Gadegast is a village and a former municipality in
Wittenberg
Wittenberg ( , ; Low Saxon language, Low Saxon: ''Wittenbarg''; meaning ''White Mountain''; officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg (''Luther City Wittenberg'')), is the fourth largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the Ri ...
district in
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of
and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town
Zahna-Elster
Zahna-Elster is a town in the district of Wittenberg, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2011 by the merger of the former municipalities Zahna, Dietrichsdorf, Elster (Elbe)
Elster is a village and a former municipality in Sa ...
. The municipality belonged to the
administrative municipality (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of
Elbaue-Fläming
Elbaue-Fläming was a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("administrative community") in the district of Wittenberg, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was situated on the right bank of the Elbe, north and east of Wittenberg. The seat of the ''Verwaltungsgeme ...
.
Geography
Gadegast lies about 17 km east of
Lutherstadt Wittenberg.
History
Gadegast had its first documentary mention in 1385. In 1508, the name was written ''Gathegast'', and in 1550 ''Gategast''. The community lay until 1815 in the Saxon ''
Amt
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...
'' of Seyda, whereafter it became
Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...
n.
In 1550, 32 men who owned property lived in the community, among them 18 gardeners who were directly under the ''Amt's'' authority. The village had its own court seat and judge. Moreover, it had its own parish
church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
* Chris ...
.
Also at that time, Gadegast bordered on the villages of Schadewalde, Mellnitz, Zallmsdorf and Seyda.
From 1815 to 1944, Gadegast was part of the Prussia, Prussian Province of Saxony and from 1944 to 1945 of the Province of Halle-Merseburg.
After World War II, Gadegast was incorporated into the Province (since 1947, State) of Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952), Saxony-Anhalt from 1945 to 1952 and the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, Gadegast has been part of
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of
and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...
, since 2011 as a part of
Zahna-Elster
Zahna-Elster is a town in the district of Wittenberg, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2011 by the merger of the former municipalities Zahna, Dietrichsdorf, Elster (Elbe)
Elster is a village and a former municipality in Sa ...
.
Economy and transportation
Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B 187 between Jessen (Elster), Jessen and Wittenberg lies 11 km to the south of the community.
References
Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt
Zahna-Elster
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