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Jessen () is a municipality on the
Black Elster The Black Elster or Schwarze Elster () is a long river in eastern Germany, in the states Saxony, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, right tributary of the Elbe. Its source is in the Upper Lusatia region, near Elstra. The Black Elster flows through ...
river and lies in the eastern part of Saxony-Anhalt in the district of Wittenberg.


Geography

Jessen is an amalgamated municipality, and has the following 44 subdivisions (''Ortsteile''):Hauptsatzung der Stadt Jessen (Elster)
2 July 2019.
* Arnsdorf * Battin * Buschkuhnsdorf * Dixförda * Düßnitz * Gentha * Gerbisbach * Glücksburg * Gorsdorf * Grabo * Großkorga * Hemsendorf * Holzdorf * Jessen (Elster) * Kleindröben * Kleinkorga *
Klöden Klöden is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Jessen (Elster). Geography Klöden lies on the Elbe about 12 km southwest of Jessen and in easter ...
* Klossa * Kremitz * Leipa * Linda * Lindwerder * Lüttchenseyda * Mark Friedersdorf * Mark Zwuschen * Mauken * Mellnitz * Mönchenhöfe * Morxdorf * Mügeln * Naundorf * Neuerstadt * Rade * Rehain * Reicho * Rettig * Ruhlsdorf * Schadewalde * Schöneicho * Schützberg * Schweinitz * Seyda * Steinsdorf * Zwuschen


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 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 e ...
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 Cottbus (; Lower Sorbian: ''Chóśebuz'' ; Polish: Chociebuż) is a university city and the second-largest city in Brandenburg, Germany. Situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree, Cottbus is also a major railway junction with ext ...
is nowadays in
Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 squar ...
). 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).


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 Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
.


Culture and Sightseeing

*Historic
marketplace A marketplace or market place is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods. In different parts of the world, a marketplace may be described as a '' souk'' (from the Arabic), ' ...
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 *Pretzsch-Mauken
reaction ferry A reaction ferry is a cable ferry that uses the reaction of the current of a river against a fixed tether to propel the vessel across the water. Such ferries operate faster and more effectively in rivers with strong currents. Some reaction ferri ...


Personalities

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Karl Lamprecht Karl Gotthard Lamprecht (25 February 1856 – 10 May 1915) was a German historian who specialized in German art and economic history. Biography Lamprecht was born in Jessen in the Province of Saxony. As a student, he trained in history, politic ...
(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''. *
Herbert Kaiser Herbert Kaiser (16 March 1916 – 5 December 2003) was a Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or succe ...
(16 March 1916 – 5 December 2003) a pilot in the Luftwaffe during World War II


Sundry

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


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Jessen
{{Authority control Wittenberg (district)