Easy hikes and walks in Ringelsdorf

Originally, there was a simple bench without a backrest there, and because two friends regularly went there to watch the sunset, which, by the way, boasts the most amazing play of colors, a kind person built this bench and named it 👍...so, have a beautiful sunset, everyone! 👍🌄🌅

The municipality of Hohenziatz consists of the districts of Hohenziatz and Lüttgenziatz. Hohenziatz can look back on a 1000-year history and was first documented in 992. Hohenziatz is located in a scenic area, the Möckern - Magdeburgerforth nature reserve. In the district of Hohenziatz, the Ehle has been declared a natural monument. This protects its original course and there are no canalization measures as far as Lüttgenziatz. There are a number of biotopes in the district that have a diverse flora and fauna. These include the Brückwiesenteich, the Seerosenteich, the Krohnepuhl and the park ponds in Lüttgenziatz as well as several marl pits. The churches in Hohenziatz and Lüttgenziatz are considered to be of cultural and historical value. The "St. Stephanus" church in Hohenziatz was built in the middle of the 12th century as a fortified church on the highest point in the town.

After the secularization of the dioceses as a result of the Thirty Years' War, Hohenziatz came under the sovereignty of the Brandenburg-Prussian state in 1680. With the Prussian administrative reform of 1815, the place was incorporated into the Jerichow I district. In 1910, the village of Hohenziatz had 609 inhabitants and the independent Hohenziatz estate district had 107 inhabitants. On September 30, 1928, the Hohenziatz and Lüttgenziatz estate districts were united with the Hohenziatz rural community.[4] After the incorporation of the two estate districts and through immigration in the 1930s, the population had risen to 783 in 1939. When the GDR reorganized its territorial administration in 1952, Hohenziatz became part of the Burg district in the GDR district of Magdeburg. The number of inhabitants continued to rise to 920 in 1964 and fell again to 801 by 1973.[5] After German reunification, the Jerichower Land district became responsible for Hohenziatz in 1994. On January 1, 2004, Hohenziatz was incorporated into the town of Möckern.

The town developed quickly, thanks to its location on the old Brandenburg-Magdeburg military road, an important trade route that crossed the Ihle at Hohenziatz. In 1308, ownership passed from the Archbishopric of Magdeburg to the Lehnin Monastery. In 1420, the monastery enfeoffed the noble family of Arnstedt with Hohenziatz, and from 1620 to 1725, the town was in the hands of the Brand von Lindau family. In 1533, a customs station was set up in Brandenburg and a relay station for changing horses was created. This later developed into the Clevesche Post office for the Magdeburg-Berlin postal route, which existed until 1819. It was only when the Magdeburg-Burg-Berlin highway was completed in 1819 that Hohenziatz lost its convenient location. From then on, the only important activity for the town was agriculture.

Hohenziatz owes its existence to the Slavic settlement of Ziazinauizi, today Lüttgenziatz. Ziazinauizi was first mentioned in a document from the German King Otto III in 992 about a barter deal with the Memleben monastery. During the German colonization of the East Elbian areas, a town with immigrants from the western areas was established about three kilometers south of the Slavic settlement. It was first mentioned in writing in 1187 under the name "villa Zojas" in the inventory of the Leitzkau monastery. In the further course of history, the place name changed via Ciaz in various spellings from 1562 onwards to Hohenziatz, with "Hohen..." referring to a German settlement, while "Lüttgen"-ziatz referred to the Slavic inhabitants.

Near the church in Hohenziatz, a signpost points to a historic sandy path - the Old Post Road to Berlin (Reichsstraße no. 1). Until 1819, there was a post office with a horse change in Hohenziatz. This path is well suited for hiking and cycling, but difficult to use with a racing bike

This beautiful path leads along the Hohenziatzer ponds. These ponds are supplied with fresh water by the Ihle and then drained again. It is worth taking a nice walk here

An imposing tree, this dead oak! It is said that the Prussian chief took a rest at this tree. In the run-up to Christmas, an Advent market is traditionally held here.