Söllichau

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
image_photo =
Wappen =
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 38
lon_deg = 12 |lon_min = 38
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Sachsen-Anhalt
Landkreis = Wittenberg
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Kurregion Elbe-Heideland
Höhe = 130
Fläche = 16.68
Einwohner = 917
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 06774
Vorwahl = 034243
Kfz = WB
Gemeindeschlüssel = 15 0 91 330
Adresse-Verband = Markt 10
06905 Bad Schmiedeberg
Website = [http://www.bad-schmiedeberg.de/ www.bad-schmiedeberg.de]
Bürgermeister = Lothar Hennig
Partei = CDU

Söllichau is a municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, between the small towns of Bad Düben and Bad Schmiedeberg, in the middle of the Dübener Heide (heath). The municipality belongs to the administrative municipality ("Verwaltungsgemeinschaft") of Kurregion Elbe-Heideland, whose seat is in the town of Bad Schmiedeberg. The municipality has one constituent centre, die Gleinermühle.

= History = Söllichau had its first documentary mention in 1346. The area had, however, been inhabited much earlier by Germanic tribes, and by the sixth century, by Slavs. Hence comes the name Söllichau, which has its roots in the Slavic name "Zelichow" ("Lord Zelich's Place"). After being conquered by the German kings, the area was settled by Flemish farmers. Until 1815, Söllichau belonged to Saxony and was jurisdictionally and for taxation purposes subordinate to the "Amt" of Düben and thereby also to the Leipzig district. As a result of the Congress of Vienna, Söllichau, together with the whole "Amt" passed to the Kingdom, and after 1918, the State of Prussia. After 1952, when East Germany abolished the "Land" system, Söllichau, along with its neighbours Tornau and Schwemsal were taken out of the "Amt". Söllichau ended up in the Halle region, and more locally in the Gräfenhainichen district. After German Reunification in 1990, Söllichau stayed for the time being in Gräfenhainichen district, but the district itself was later made part of Wittenberg district.

Geography and transportation

Söllichau's neighbouring towns are Bad Düben, Bad Schmiedeberg, Wittenberg, Kemberg, Pretzsch and Torgau. Söllichau lies on the abandoned railway line between Eilenburg and Pretzsch. Söllichau is a transport hub for two State Highways ("Landesstraßen") and two district roads ("Kreisstraßen") of great importance to local traffic.

Politics

(Municipal election on 13 June 2004)

* Reinhard Domtera
* Kay Eckelmann
* Bernd Hoffmann
* Marko Höhne
* Thomas Kaiser
* Sylvia Kästner
* Björn Kieselstein
* Dirk Koch
* Christa König
* Holger Kriener
* Hannelore Purschwitz
* Otto Trebeljahr

Source: Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt

Neighbouring municipalities

*Bad Schmiedeberg
*Korgau
*Tornau (Dübener Heide)
*Bad Düben
*Kossa

ightseeing

*Neo-Romanesque village church
*Former NVA command bunker
*Bronze Age cairns, on district road 2029 Söllichau - Korgau - Pretzsch
*"Röhrenkästenbrunnen"
*Old village blacksmith's shop
*Mineral spring, seven-arm columns

External links

* [http://www.soellichau-er.de/index.html Private site about Söllichau]
* [http://www.duebener-heide.de Dübener Heide]