Thalberg, Bad Liebenwerda
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| Area code | 035341 |
Thalberg is a district of the town of Bad Liebenwerda in the Elbe-Elster district of Brandenburg, located approximately six kilometres northeast of the town in the Niederlausitzer Heidelandschaft Nature Park.[1]
Until 1993, Thalberg was an independent municipality in the district of Bad Liebenwerda. The officially designated residential area of Knissen belongs to Thalberg.[1]
History
The first documented mention of Thalberg dates to 1235. At that time, Thalberg likely belonged to Harigsburg near Zeischa. Knissen is mentioned in 1243 as daz dorff knuessyn.[2]
Until the Reformation, the pilgrimage route (Pilarum) between Knissen and Theisa held particular significance. Pilgrims from Brandenburg travelled along it to Liebenwerda to visit the Chapel of the Holy Cross. After 1980, the section of the pilgrimage route between the former Goldfisch restaurant in Knissen (last used as part of the Elsterwerda doll factory, now a workshop) and Thalberger Schulstraße was ploughed up.[2]
Around 1530, the Maasdorf Ponds (Großer Teich, Kleiner Teich, Pfuhlteich) were created through corvée labour. They are still used for fish farming today.[3]
Thalberg later fell victim to power struggles between supporters of the Dobrilugk monastery and the Ileburgers and their followers, lying desolate at least since the Thirty Years' War, during which places such as Theisa were plundered and burned.[3]
In 1785, Thalberg was repopulated as a colony from Theisa, but apart from the village itself, it no longer had farmland. The magistrate Schulze from Liebenwerda, who founded the village, had 16 houses built on his manor in Theisa and settled over 40 families on the wasteland.[4] In 1787, the ponds were leased to Maasdorf for nine years.[5] In 1796, they were sold privately for the first time and later named Mittelhäuser Teiche after one of their owners. In 1835, Thalberg had 34 houses with 215 inhabitants, 19 cattle, 27 goats, and 6 pigs. From 1875, Knissen belonged to Maasdorf.[6]
The sports club Wacker 21 was founded in 1921. The Thalberg war memorial was inaugurated in 1929. In 1936, Thalberg was reassigned to Knissen and its farmland, regaining its municipal boundaries and becoming an independent municipality.[4]
Ten men from Thalberg and 17 from Knissen died in the First World War, and 27 people from both districts died in the Second World War.[5]
The LPG Type 1 was founded in 1952. The cultural centre and municipal office were built between 1960 and 1961. The school and sports hall were constructed and inaugurated in 1963.[7]
On 6 December 1993, Thalberg was incorporated into the town of Bad Liebenwerda.[7]
The Thalberger bell tower was inaugurated in 2005. The school (most recently a secondary school) closed in 2006, and its buildings have remained vacant ever since, with no solution in sight.[8]
Festivals and events
The annual highlight is the Thalberg Horse and Farmers' Market, held every August. The first series took place from 1984 to 1987.[9] After 1987, authorities prohibited the continuation of the event series without providing public reasons. A revival was only possible after the end of the GDR. Since the turn of the millennium, the Horse and Farmers' Market has faced declining interest from exhibitors and visitors.[10][11]
References
- ^ a b "Gemeinde- und Ortsteilverzeichnis des Landes Brandenburg" [Directory of municipalities and districts in the state of Brandenburg] (in German). Landesvermessung und Geobasisinformation Brandenburg (LGB). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ a b Hilbert, Frank (18 August 2009). "Von "Goldfisch" bis Fischteich" [From ‘goldfish’ to fish pond]. Lausitzer Rundschau (in German). Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Internetauftritt der Teichwirtschaft Thalberg" [Internet presence of the Thalberg pond farm]. Teichwirtschaft-thalberg (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ a b "National Newspaper of the Germans" [National newspaper of the Germans] (in German). 1797. p. 221.
- ^ a b Stoy, Friedrich (1935). "Als die Maasdorfer den großen Teich pachteten" [When the people of Maasdorf leased the large pond]. Die Schwarze Elster (in German). No. 522.
- ^ "Übersicht der Bevölkerung und des Viehstandes im Jahre 1835" [Overview of the population and livestock in 1835]. Die Schwarze Elster-Unsere Heimat in Wort und Bild (in German) (596). Bad Liebenwerda: 8–10. 1985.
- ^ a b "Änderungen bei den Gemeinden Deutschlands, siehe 1993" [Changes in the municipalities of Germany, see 1993] (in German). StBA.
- ^ Claus, Frank (30 January 2014). "Bad Liebenwerda oder Thalberg?" [Bad Liebenwerda or Thalberg?]. Lausitzer Rundschau (in German). Archived from the original on 21 June 2015.
- ^ Werner, Sarah (18 August 2010). "Thalberger Heimat- und Naturschutzverein organisiert Pferdemarkt" [Thalberg local history and nature conservation association organises horse market]. Lausitzer Rundschau (in German). Archived from the original on 21 June 2015.
- ^ Rösler, Veit (27 August 2004). "Diesmal Besucherflaute beim Thalberger Pferdemarkt" [This time in visitors at the Thalberg horse market this time]. Lausitzer Rundschau (in German). Archived from the original on 21 June 2015.
- ^ Mieritz, Martina (25 August 2014). "Kaum noch Pferde, aber neue Attraktion in Thalberg – Tino Krämer rettet traditionsreiches Fest" [Hardly any horses left, but new attraction in Thalberg - Tino Krämer saves traditional festival]. ortsteilthalberg.wordpress.com (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2015.