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Oldest monument in Saxony-Anhalt on the wayside

Very beautiful old church

In the middle of the village, and yet surrounded by greenery, stands the venerable village church of Spören, with its two districts Spören and Prussendorf, dating from the Romanesque period. The Protestant parish belongs to the parish of Zörbig. It was built on a natural elevation around the year 1170. It is therefore visible from afar and invites people to attend church services. As the old church is characterized by excellent acoustics, concert performances always promise a special experience. The church has an Opus 262 organ, built in 1904 by the Wilhelm Rühlmann company. For over 50 years, i.e. for more than half of its existence, it has been played by the local organist, Mrs. Marlene Duckstein, in church services almost every Sunday. Furthermore, inside the church there is a hand-carved altar of Mary by the Leipzig master painter Heinrich from 1489. The parish, including Bessarabian Germans (the Bessarabian Germans are a German ethnic group within the Black Sea Germans who lived in Bessarabia (today's Moldova and Ukraine) between 1814 and 1940), has in recent years completely renovated the church inside and out with great financial resources and volunteer work. The Romanesque Road leads directly through the town of Spören. Nevertheless, the Romanesque Spören Church is not a designated object of this cultural trail. Of course, the Spören Church cannot and does not want to be measured or compared with the church buildings in Naumburg, Landsberg, Magdeburg or on the Petersberg. But it is precisely the simple, plain beauty of this village church that can convey to the people of our time something of peace and security in a faith that has conveyed hope since time immemorial and has allowed people to face their days with confidence. can be tackled. Source https://www.stadt-zoerbig.de/Stadtleben/B%C3%BCrgerservice/Kirchen/index.php?object=tx%7C3940.5.1&ModID=7&FID=3940.21641.1&NavID=3940.132&La=1

The water pumping facilities in Wasserturmstraße were gradually dismantled from 2001 and the water rights were cancelled. The pressure boosting station was converted into a social station in 2003, but the Zörbig drinking water association still uses the area as a location for its technical department.[4] The water tower is a listed building and is registered in the monument register with the number 094 12330.[6] In 2011, it was depicted on a stamp by the MZZ postal service (a subsidiary of the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung) to mark the city's 1050th anniversary.[7][8] Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasserturm_Z%C3%B6rbig

The tower was built between August and December 1929. After the reinforced concrete skeleton structure was erected, the compartments were filled with red bricks.[5] Under the flat roof is the raised tank, which has a capacity of 200 cubic meters. This area was emphasized on the facade with darker bricks, otherwise the 36-meter-high tower largely dispenses with decorative elements.[4] Nevertheless, the hexagonal tower became one of the landmarks of the small town due to its position dominating the landscape and is visible from afar. On the street side, it has a vertical recess in the upper area. The architect Johannes Richter planned it in 1928. An expressionist, pointed archway was added to the south of the tower, which also forms a connection to the neighboring pump and machine house to the south. This two-story building was emphasized more strongly with stepped gables and was also built of red brick.[5] Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasserturm_Z%C3%B6rbig

The town of Zörbig was already planning to build a water pipeline and thus a waterworks in 1900, but initially only the station on the Bitterfeld–Stumsdorf railway line, which opened in 1895, received a water tower. This tower existed until 1973, when the German Reichsbahn had it blown up because only diesel locomotives were running on the line.[1][2] The town, on the other hand, which is located near the source of the Fuhne, was still dependent on draw wells and water pumps until the 1920s. But the increasing demand for water made its own water tower unavoidable, and so such a raised tank was built in 1929.[3] The water was extracted from two wells at a depth of 15 meters. In 1931, iron removal and deacidification systems were added to guarantee the water quality. Water demand tripled by 1948, but then settled at this level. Decades later, the hard water caused problems with the water pressure, and so the renovation of the pipes began in 1989. Ten years later, however, the decision was made to use long-distance water and the connection to the Elbe floodplain was put into operation in 2001. In 2011, the connection to the East Harz was also made.[4] Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasserturm_Z%C3%B6rbig

idyllic view of the gate in the early morning

Riding arena in Prussendorf, shortly before a tournament