Pechüle is an old village in
Brandenburg
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,
Germany
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, part of the village of
Bardenitz, which itself belongs since 2003 to the administrative district of the town of
Treuenbrietzen
Treuenbrietzen () is a town in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district of Brandenburg, Germany.
Geography
The municipality Treuenbrietzen is situated 32 km northeast of Wittenberg and includes the localities
* city of Treuenbrietzen with its agglom ...
.
Pechüle was first mentioned in writing in the year 1225 as ''Pechule''.
[Märkische Oderzeitung, August 26/27, 2006, p. 11. In German.] A property of the
Zinna Abbey
Zinna Abbey () is a former Cistercians, Cistercian monastery, the site of which is now occupied by a village also called Kloster Zinna, today part of Jüterbog in Brandenburg, Germany, about south of Berlin. The village was established by Freder ...
,
[Engeser, T.; Stehr, K: ]
Pechüle (Ev. Dorfkirche)
', 2003. In German. URL last accessed 2008-02-27. it passed to the possessions of the
Archbishop of Magdeburg
The Archbishopric of Magdeburg was a Latin Catholic archdiocese (969–1552) and Prince-Archbishopric (1180–1680) of the Holy Roman Empire centered on the city of Magdeburg on the Elbe River.
Planned since 955 and established in 967, the arch ...
when the abbey was dissolved in 1554. In 1680, the village became part of Brandenburg.
In the course of the administrative reforms in Brandenburg since the 1990s, Bardenitz became part of the town of Treuenbrietzen on December 31, 2002.
Gebiets- und Namensänderungen im Land Brandenburg 1991 bis 2004
' Beitrag #16, Department for Statistics, Berlin-Brandenburg
p. 68
In German. URL last accessed 2008-02-27.
The
nave
The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...
of the church of Pechüle dates back to the 13th century and is the oldest brick building in the
Fläming region. The church tower is from the 15th century, with a roof from 1799. In 1960, when the church was restored, late
gothic frescoes were discovered.
References
External links
*Haberland, G.:
Pechüler Chronik', Pechüle 1988. In German.
Villages in Brandenburg
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