Jerichow () is a town on the east side of the river

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, in the District of Jerichower Land, of the state of

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...

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. With about , the municipality of Jerichow is one of the largest municipalities in area size in Germany.

Geography

The city of Jerichow lies on an old branch of the river

between

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and

Genthin Genthin () is a town in Jerichower Land district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Geography Genthin is situated east of the Elbe river on the Elbe-Havel Canal, approx. northeast of Magdeburg and west of Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg. The m ...

, 31 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of

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. The territory of the municipality extends from the center of the city to the east along the northern boundary of the District of Jerichower Land to the state boundary of

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and from there a strip of land to the south.

Divisions

On 1 January 2010, the municipality (''Einheitsgemeinde'') of Stadt Jerichow was founded by the merger of the 12 former municipalities that had until then formed part of the Municipal Association (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of Elbe-Stremme-Fiener. The 12 former municipalities became ''Ortschaften'' or municipal divisions of the town Jerichow. These ''Ortschaften'' are composed of several ''Ortsteile'' (local parts):Hauptsatzung der Einheitsgemeinde Stadt Jerichow
§ 12, February 2020. * Brettin (Annenhof, Brettin) * Demsin (Großdemsin, Kleindemsin, Kleinwusterwitz) * Jerichow (Jerichow, Klein-Mangelsdorf, Klietznick, Mangelsdorf, Steinitz) * Kade (Belicke, Kade, Kader Schleuse, Neubuchholz) * Karow * Klitsche (Altenklitsche, Neuenklitsche) * Nielebock (Nielebock, Seedorf) * Redekin (Neuredekin, Redekin, Scharteucke) * Roßdorf * Schlagenthin (Kuxwinkel, Schlagenthin) * Wulkow (Altbellin, Blockdamm, Großwulkow, Havemark, Hohenbellin, Kleinwulkow) * Zabakuck (Güssow, Zabakuck) Mangelsdorf had already merged with Jerichow on 6 August 2002.

Climate

With the annual

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of 530 mm, Jerichow has one of the lowest amounts recorded in Germany. At seven percent the weather stations of the

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(German Weather Service) were registering low numbers. The driest month is February, with most of the rainfall coming in June. In June, the amount of rain is twice the total for February.

History

Jerichow is not named after a

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in the

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of the

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. Jerichow was actually an Old Slavic word meaning, "riverside settlement of the dominant one". There used to be a castle backed by a man-made tributary of the Elbe River, but today only a lump of earth remains with the name of ''Burgberg'' (lit. Castle Hill). Jerichow was mentioned for the first time at the end of 1144 by the documents. The occasion was the foundation of the

Jerichow Monastery The Jerichow Monastery () is a former Premonstratensians, Premonstratensian monastery located in the northern outskirts of Jerichow, near the shores of the Elbe River, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt of Germany. Founded by the Premonstratensian ...

of the

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canons with the donation of Hartwig von Stade, the canon of the Cathedral of Magdeburg (with the confirmation from the

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). In the following year, the Premonstratensian canons came from the ''Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen'' (Monastery of the Blessed Virgin Mary) in Magdeburg to settle in the town center but, in 1148, they moved to the present location because of the disturbing bustle of the town's marketplace. They built between 1149 and 1172 the

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as a

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with three

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s as well as the east wing of the

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. These buildings are considered as important works of the Romanesque brick style, the oldest of its kind east of the Elbe River. They would serve for centuries as the landmark for the surrounding areas. In the 13th century Jerichow received the city charter ('' Stadtrecht''). In 1336 the town was completely destroyed by the flooding from the Elbe River but it was rebuilt and founded in its present location by a local nobleman, Johann III von Buch. However, its former location is still marked by a deep trench lined with ancient walls of brick. W. Schmidt, "''Der Trüben und seine Umgebung'' The Troubled Waters and their Surroundings , ''Geschichts-Blätter für Stadt und Land Magdeburg'' ''Historical Papers for the City and County of Magdeburg'' Volume 39 (1904)
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Around 1530, with the

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, the

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doctrine took hold of the town and, in 1552, the Monastery was secularized by Hans von Krusemark; a part of the convent's building was reserved for the

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's domains. During the

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, the Imperial and Swedish armies devastated the village and monastery of Jerichow in 1631. Since 1680, along with the Duchy of Magdeburg, Jerichow belonged to the Electorate of Brandenburg and later the Kingdom of

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and to the former Jerichower District. In 1684 and 1685, the Monastery's church was repaired by the order of the Great Elector,

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, to be used as a new

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church for the

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refugees. In 1806,

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and his

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captured the city of Magdeburg and added to the

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, with his brother

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as the King, but the eastern boundary of the new Kingdom stopped at the Elbe River. Jerichow was on the other side of the Elbe so it remained Prussian for the rest of the French occupation (1806–1814). From 1853 to 1856, at the request of King

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, Ferdinand von Quast restored the Monastery Church. Around 1870 the convent building was used as a brewery and a distillery. In the present time, there was an extensive renovation of the Monastery Church with the considerable restoration of the Romanesque appearance. With a series of administrative reorganizations, Jerichow remained in the Kingdom of Prussia until 1918, when it became German. At the end of the Napoleonic wars, it was assigned to

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Jerichow II but its district's name was changed in 1952 to Landkreis Genthin and in 1994 to Landkreis Jerichower Land. Jerichow has been a part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt since the 1990

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of Germany.

Political Administration

* 1180–1680 :

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, Prince-

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, (at least since 1588) ''Amt'' (District of) Jerichow * 1680–1701 : Electorate of Brandenburg-Prussia, Province of the Duchy of Magdeburg, ''Amt'' Jerichow * 1701–1816 :

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, Province of the Duchy of Magdeburg, ''Amt'' Jerichow * 1816–1918 : Kingdom of Prussia,

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, ''

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'' Magdeburg, ''Kreis'' (District of) Jerichow II Rolf Jenke, compiler,
Territoriale Veränderungen
' ''in Deutschland und deutsch verwalteten Gebieten 1874 – 1945'' ''Territorial Changes in Germany and German-Administrated Areas 1874 – 1945'' retrieved 29 December 2013. * 1918–1944 : Germany, Province of Saxony, ''Regierungsbezirk'' Magdeburg, ''Kreis'' (''Landkreis'' since 1939) Jerichow II * 1944–1945 : Germany, Province of Magdeburg, ''Landkreis'' Jerichow II * 1945–1949 : ( Soviet Occupation) Province of

, ''Landkreis'' Jerichow II * 1949–1952 :

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, State of Saxony-Anhalt, ''Landkreis'' Genthin * 1952–1990 :

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, ''Landkreis'' Genthin * 1990–1994 : Germany, State of Saxony-Anhalt, ''Regierungsbezirk'' Magdeburg, ''Landkreis'' Jerichow II * 1994–2004 : Germany, State of Saxony-Anhalt, ''Regierungsbezirk'' Magdeburg, ''Landkreis'' Jerichower Land * 2004–present : Germany, State of Saxony-Anhalt, ''Landkreis'' Jerichower Land

Heraldry

Coat of arms

The coat-of-arms of the collective municipality of Stadt Jerichow was approved on 11 May 2011 by the authorities of the ''Landkreis'' Jerichower Land. ''Genehmigungsurkunde des Landrates vom 11. Mai 2011'' ''Approval of the District Administrator of 11 May 2011'' Blason: "In blue two silver towers with golden tipped and pitched roofs, arched windows, sound holes and ledges, between them a silver

with a golden roof, with windows and

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s. The towers were accompanied by two golden ears. The golden bottom of the shield is covered with a wavy blue bar." The coat-of-arms, designed by the municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch, presents in the middle the stylized collegiate church of the Jerichow Monastery with a wavy bar at the bottom. The wavy bar symbolizes the Elbe River, which had, from the earliest times, significant importance to the history of the town. Two accompanying ears, each with eleven grains, are the reference to the formerly independent eleven towns that are now united in the Collective Municipality with Jerichow, and to agriculture, their main industry for many centuries. The colors of the town are white and blue. Current coat of arms of the town of Jerichow Blason: "On the blue field St. George in a silver armor, in his right hand a silver cross-tipped lance, on his left side holding a shield divided in red and silver, with a silver double-towered church in the upper half; on his right side, a golden dragon.'' Until 1999 Jerichow did not have an official coat-of-arms but for centuries it had used as its temporary symbol the changing image of St. George in his armor with the lance and the dragon. From Christian iconography, numerous incarnations of St. George have survived. The earliest seals showed him dressed in a simple robe and standing on the downed and pierced dragon; only in the Middle Ages and then again towards the end of the 19th century, he was transformed into a knight, complete with a set of armor, a helmet, a shield and more. It is assumed that Jerichow's coat-of-arms also underwent another change because, in 1779, it had a different description. In the archives of the Jerichow Monastery, there is a file with the title "''Nachrichten von der Stadt Jerichow de Anno 1779''" (News from the Town of Jerichow for the Year 1779)''.'' In this file, the Mayor answered various questions about the town. The thirty-first question is, ''"Was die Stadt im Wappen führe?''" (What would the town have in the coat-of-arms?); the answer: "''Den Ritter St. Georg der den Lindwurm ersticht'' " – The knight St. George stabbing the dragon. Old archival documents from 1779: "''In Jerichow ist die Stadtkirche dem Heiligen Georg geweiht; hierin erklärt sich der Zusammenhang zum Wappenbild. Erste bildliche Zeugnisse des Jerichower Wappens zeigen eine recht naturalistische Darstellung mit Beiwerk und in falschen Tinkturen''" (In Jerichow the town church is dedicated to St. George, which explains the image on the coat-of-arms. The first visual evidence of Jerichow's coat-of-arms shows a fairly naturalistic representation with accessories and in incorrect tinctures). The redesign of the coat-of-arms was undertaken in 1999 by the municipal heraldist (''Kommunalheraldiker'') :de:Jörg Mantzsch Jörg Mantzsch. Former Coat-of-arms of Jerichow Blason (former coat-of-arms): “In blue on the green ground a knight in silver armor, in his right hand a silver cross-tipped lance, in his left hand a red and silver divided shield with a black fess of twin

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s, on the right side, a snarling brown dragon, on both sides green plants with red petals.” The coat-of-arms of Jerichow conformed to the common laws. About the connection between the contents of the coat-of-arms, there is not any reliable information. But the fess of merlons in the little shield is meant to symbolize the Premonstratensian collegiate church.

Flag

The flag of the Collective Municipality of Stadt Jerichos is striped in blue-white-blue (1:4:1) (short form: stripes running horizontally; long form: stripes running vertically) and occupied in the middle by the coat-of-arms of the collective municipality.

Flag of the Municipality

The flag is striped blue-white-blue and overlaid with the coat-of-arms of Stadt Jerichow.

Population

In 1837, Jerichow was home to 1440 people. It grew to 1500 by 1850, 1841 in 1885, 1605 in 1906, 2720 in 1933 and 3246 in 1939. Dr. Michael Rademacher,
Landkreis Jerichow II
, ''Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte von der Reichseinigung 1871 bis zur Wiedervereinigung 1990'' ''History of German Administration from the Imperial Union of 1871 until the Reunification of 1990'' retrieved 29 December 2013.

Economy

For centuries, agriculture, crafts, breweries and inns were the lifeblood of Jerichow. In 1837, Jerichow had 1,400 residents, a Royal forester and a Royal administrator. Karl Friedrich Vollrath Hoffmann, editor, ''Europa und seine Bewohner: Ein Hand- und Lesebuch für alle Stände, Band 6: Beschreibung von Deutschland, der Schweiz, Dänemark, der Niederlanden und Belgien'' ''Europe and Her People: A Hand- and Readbook for all Classes, Volume 6: Description of Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium'' (

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: Literatur-Comptoir, 1837)
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/ref> Between 1840 and 1850, it was the home of 1,500 residents, including 14 shoemakers, 11 joiners, 11 carpenters, 7 weavers and 8 bakers, and of 7 windmills. In 1894, Jerichow had its own post office as well as a district court. In 1899, a train station was constructed to connect Jerichow with Genthin and Schönhausen. The

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came in the 19th century, leading to the decline of the crafts as well as the economic importance of Jerichow, but the fortunes of the town were revived in 1899 with the establishment of a provincial hospital in the middle of the nearby pine forest. The hospital, with the additions of a psychiatric ward in 1902 and a

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in 1928, soon became an important employer of the town. Today, after an extensive modernization and expansion in 1991, it operates as an AWO (workers' Welfare) hospital specializing in psychiatry, psychotherapy, neurosciences and psychotherapeutic medicine. In the town, certain agricultural, artistic and small businesses remain. A housing development was built northwest of Jerichow between 1934 and 1938. Since the end of

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, the businesses, as well as the train station, have become the major partners of the hospital.

Transport

Jerichow was the main

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of the

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of the rail system of Saxony-Anhalt until 1999. The routes to Schönhausen, Genthin and Güsen were built by the Kleinbahn-AG in Genthin. At the same time Jerichow had a

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depot for the

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s of the DR-Baureihe VT 2.09 series and their successors.

Memorials

* Monument in the local cemetery for commemorating Fritz Schulenburg, the founder of the local chapter of the

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(KPD), who was imprisoned at the beginning of the

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years with a hundred others in a basement of the City Hall of

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and who had endured mistreatment, which caused his death in 1933. * Monument in the town center for the victims of Fascism * Memorial, listing the names of approximately 930 victims who were euthanized by the Nazi operation,

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, on the grounds of the State Psychiatric Hospital, now the AWO Specialist Hospital

Attractions

and its church and museum ( with the parish church on the "''Straße der Romanik''" "Romanesque Road" ">Romanesque_Road.html" ;"title="" " ) * Parish church built in the Romanesque art">Romanesque style * Smock mill">Holländermühle [ "Dutch Mill" ">Romanesque Road" ) * Parish church built in the Romanesque art">Romanesque style * Smock mill">Holländermühle [ "Dutch Mill" a windmill on the ''Mühlenberg'' [ "Mill Mountain" ], near the former train station. The technical structure of the interior is completely preserved. In 1936, the mill was converted to be driven by a motor. By 1960, the wings and their rotating ring in the spire had to be dismantled because they were already in disrepair. The website, ''Windmühlen in Sachsen-Anhalt'' ''Windmills of Saxony-Anhalt'' has th
1997 photograph
of the last surviving windmill of Jerichow before its restoration. After the restoration, the mill got new wings in May 2005.

Sons and Daughters of the Town

* Udo von Tresckow ( 1808–1885 ), Prussian general of infantry who led the Siege of Belfort * Werner Genest ( 1850–1920 ), engineer and producer of telecommunicating equipment * Otto Baer ( 1881–1966 ), Mayor of Magdeburg * Werner Usbeck ( 1881–1947 ), railway engineer and President of the ''Reichsbahndirektion Halle'' "Imperial Railroad Management of Halle" * Fritz Schulenburg ( 1894–1933 ), Communist and victim of the Nazis * Sylvester Groth ( * 1958 ), movie actor and

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singer * Albert Eiteljörge ( 1864–1941 ), historian who lived in Jerichow since 1902 and who wrote and published books and articles about the history of Jerichow, its Monastery and its surrounding area

Miscelleanous

* In several works of

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, a place called "Jerichow" appears but it is probably based on the village of Klütz in

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, which does not have anything in common with the town of the same name in Saxony-Anhalt. * In 2009, a German movie premiered with the title of ''

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''. Partly based on an American novel '' The Postman Always Rings Twice'', the movie was set in the town of Jerichow but it was actually filmed in the

Prignitz Prignitz () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in northwestern Brandenburg, in northeastern Germany. Neighboring districts, clockwise from the north, are Ludwigslust-Parchim (in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), Ostprignitz-Ruppin (Brandenburg), Stendal (dist ...

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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a Federated state, state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's States of Germany, sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpom ...

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Jerichow on the ''Romanesque Road''
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