Jessen (Elster)

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Coordinates: 51°47′N 12°57′E

Jessen
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Wittenberg
Population	15,226 (30/06/2005)
Area	313.15 km²
Population density	49 /km²
Elevation	72 m
Coordinates	51°47′ N 12°57′ E
Postal code	06917 - 06928
Area code	03537 - 03584 & 03587 - 03589
Licence plate code	WB
Mayor	Dietmar Brettschneider (CDU)
Website	Stadt Jessen

Jessen is a small town on the Schwarze Elster and lies in the eastern part of Saxony-Anhalt in the district of Wittenberg.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Constituent communities 2 History 3 Economy and infrastructure 4 Culture and Sightseeing 4.1 Buildings 4.2 Sundry 5 Personalities 6 Sundry 7 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Constituent communities

Jessen is an amalgamated municipality, and has many centres taking the form of towns, villages or hamlets. They are listed here.

Arnsdorf Arnsdorfer Berge Battin Buschkuhnsdorf Dixförda Dörfchen Düßnitz Gentha Gerbis Gerbisbach Glücksburg Gorsdorf Grabo Großkorga Hemsendorf Holzdorf

Holzdorf-Ost Jessen (Elster) Kleindröben Kleinkorga Klossa Kremitz Leipa Linda (Elster) Lindwerder Lüttchenseyda Mark Zwuschen Mauken Mellnitz Mönchenhöfe Mordtal Morxdorf

Mügeln Neuerstadt Oberberge Rade Rehain Reicho Ruhlsdorf Schadewalde Schöneicho Schweinitz (Elster) Seyda Steinsdorf Unterberge Weinberge Zwuschen

[edit] History

The first documentary evidence of Jessen's existence dates to 1217. On the night of 20 to 21 September 1729, much of the town was destroyed in a fire. After belonging to Saxony for centuries, Jessen became Prussian in 1816.

In 1945, it became part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt. In 1952, owing to East German administrative reforms, Jessen became a district capital in the Cottbus region (Cottbus is nowadays in Brandenburg). In 1990, Jessen once again became part of the newly-refounded state of Saxony-Anhalt. In 1992 came the amalgamation of the communities of Grabo, Gorsdorf-Hemsendorf, Lindwerder and Großkorga, and in 1993, Schweinitz, Gerbisbach, Klossa, Schöneicho, Steinsdorf and Dixförda. With the district reform in 1994, Jessen became part of Wittenberg district, as well as having a further three communities melded with it, namely Battin, Düßnitz and Kleindröben-Mauken. In 1999 came further amalgamations: Arnsdorf, Leipa and Ruhlsdorf mit Rehain. On 1 March 2004 came a further 12, among them Seyda, Holzdorf and Linda (Elster). Some of these formerly independent communities themselves each consisted of more than one centre, and so Jessen now has a total of 47 Stadtteile (constituent communities).

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

Established businesses are mostly small and mid-sized concerns in metalworking, building, dairy processing and drink production. There are also, however, bigger enterprises in agriculture.

[edit] Culture and Sightseeing

[edit] Buildings

• Historic marketplace in Jessen
• Parish church of St. Nicolai in Jessen
• Schloss Jessen (stately home), since 1999 town council seat
• Parish church of St. Marien in Schweinitz
• Amtshaus in Schweinitz
• Gorsdorf village church
• Kleindröben village church

[edit] Sundry

• Pretzsch-Mauken reaction ferry

[edit] Personalities

• Karl Lamprecht (25 February 1856 – 10 May 1915 in Leipzig), was Professor of History at the University of Leipzig, who is known today mainly for his rôle in the Methodenstreit.

[edit] Sundry

The town is Germany's twelfth-largest municipality by land area, and is thereby about 3 km² bigger than Munich.

[edit] External links

• Jessen