Doberlug-Kirchhain

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Doberlug-Kirchhain
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Doberlug-Kirchhain
Doberlug-Kirchhain (Germany)
Doberlug-Kirchhain
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Brandenburg
District Elbe-Elster
Town subdivisions 10 Ortsteile
Mayor Bodo Broszinski (FDP)
Basic statistics
Area 148.93 km² (57.5 sq mi)
Elevation 97 m  (318 ft)
Population 9,764  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 66 /km² (170 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate EE
Postal code 03253
Area code 035322
Website www.doberlug-kirchhain.de
Location of the town of Doberlug-Kirchhain within Elbe-Elster district
Map

Coordinates: 51°37′00″N 13°34′00″E / 51.616667, 13.566667

The town in the Kreis Elbe-Elster
The town in the Kreis Elbe-Elster
Church Gate of Dobrilugk Abbey
Church Gate of Dobrilugk Abbey
Castle of Doberlug in March 2007
Castle of Doberlug in March 2007

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[edit] History

937. The town of Kirchhain was built by Margrave Gero. A document written in 1005 mentions the town Doberlug (Dobraluh) for the first time. In 1165 the Cistercian Dobrilugk Abbey was founded by Margrave Dietrich of Landsberg.

1235. Kirchhain received market-rights. In 1431 the Hussites destroyed the town of Doberlug and the abbey was devastated. In 1637 and 1643 the Swedes destroyed Kirchhain.

1848. The jurisdictions of Doberlug and Kirchhain were unified, but the actual merger of the two towns did not take place until over one hundred years later, in 1950.

On August 28, 1992, the Amt Doberlug-Kirchhain was created to streamline the administration of the town together with the surrounding 8 small municipalities. Nexdorf and Frankena later joined as well. The municipalities incorporated into the town were Frankena (2000), Dübrichen, Hennersdorf, Nexdorf, Prießen and Werenzhain (2001), and Buchhain (2002). The remaining three municipalities Arenzhain, Trebbus and Lugau were incorporated on October 26, 2003, thus ending the history of the Amt.

[edit] Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the town shows the town hall with three towers topped with yellow flags. Below is a green ring. On top are two clouds and rays of the sun. The shield is blue, and shaped like a leather sheet, symbolizing the history of the city as a tannery center. The coat of arms was created in 1950 by combining the symbols of the coats of arms of Doberlug and Kirchhain: the green ring and the sun are taken from the arms of Doberlug, while the town hall is from those of Kirchhain.

[edit] Twin towns

Doberlug-Kirchhain is twinned with Hemer in North Rhine-Westphalia and Kirchhain in Hesse.

[edit] Notable Natives

[edit] Kirchhain

  • Daniel Schade (1601-1662), Musician
  • Karl Gustav von Berneck (1803-1871), writer
  • Guido Jendritzko (* 1925), sculptor and paiter

[edit] Dobrilugk

  • Heinrich Clauren (1771-1854), also Carl Gottlieb Samuel Heun, writer
  • Otto Fridolin Fritzsche (1812-1896), theologist
  • Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (1834-1898), chemist
  • Eduard Köllner, (1839-1891), composer of Festhymne zur 100 jährigen Jubelfeier der Unabhängigkeitserklärung der Vereinigten Staaten Nordamerikas (Hymn for the Independence Day 1876)