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The district of Schwedt
Idyllic village road in Blumenhagen
image author: Stadtmagazinverlag AS GmbH Blumenhagen
The village "blomenhagen", mentioned in 1265 and belonging to the bailiwick Vierraden in Pomerania, is as old as Schwedt. Wendish settler wrestled farmland from the Pomeranian heath, used the forest for the building of clay half-timbered houses. Strategic located at the crossing of Welse and Oder, the village was again and again involved in warfare, with plundering, pillage and murder. Blumenhagen was totally 'wrecked' after the 30-year War. Only three families survived, who then wanted to 'cultivate again'. With the Potsdamer Edict French settler came in the village. They recognised that climate and soil were optimally suited for tobacco growing. Well preserved tobacco storehouses form apart from old farmhouses and new homes the picture of a young village. From a population of 245, 70 are children. And so the children's festival with Taubenabwerfen (pigeon dropping) as well as the putting up of the maypole unites all Blumenhagen citizens when they celebrate.
Lenné-Park in Criewen
image author: Stadtmagazinverlag AS GmbH Criewen
The old Slavic fishing village at the Alten Oder, first mentioned in 1354 changed often its owner. 1816 brought a change when the Arnim family bought the estate. They pulled down the old crofts apart from the stone church built in the 14th century. Lenné created in this spot an estate park in English style in front of the new palace. The village was rebuilt further east. Bernd von Arnim, later Prussian minister for agriculture, founded a significant seed growing business. The estate was divided in 1945 into 18 new farms. Then a public estate for animal breeding, a seed growing business and until 1998 a LPG was there. Today the Schwedter village with 549 inhabitants and active club life houses the administration of the National Park Unteres Odertal with interesting museum and is starting point for eventful walking routes. The renovated palace, a German-Polish meeting place houses the Brandenburg Academy Criewen.
Village centre of Gatow
image author: Stadtmagazinverlag AS GmbH Gatow
The name of the fishing village comes from the Slavic "gotow", which means 'ready' or 'prepared'. A place ready for settlement, forest and meadows, fertile land and fish rich waters. Mentioned first 1347, the inhabitants lived from fishing, crop farming, tar burning and later tobacco growing, when a war was not raging through the land or high-water destroyed the village. Some well preserved tobacco barns form still today the village picture. Only 16 fishermen lived in the village after the 30-year War, at the end of the 2nd World War three quarter of the houses were destroyed. With Gatow Nord fifty new homes for Uckermärker are being built. They discovered the charm of this delightful place with 205 inhabitants. Because directly at the Hohensaaten-Friedrichsthaler-Waterway situated, is the canal bridge with its resting place a popular starting point for walks and cycle tours into the National Park Unteres Odertal. Any engaged citizens and the auxiliary fire brigade contribute to village life with folk festival in the forest and dance around the campfire.
Village church from 1250 with baroque altar in Heinersdorf
image author: Stadtmagazinverlag AS GmbH Heinersdorf
The stone church built in the 13th century served the devotion and was since its beginning also refuge for the people of the Angerdorf. Because as all villages near Schwedt was also the in 1313 first mentioned "Henricksdorf" bone of contention between Pomeranian and Brandenburger potentates. The citizens were farmer, plugged away on corn and flax fields. Friedrich II demanded then to 'grow Tartüffel everywhere', as the Uckermärker call noodles. An old legend says the ponds and pools in the surrounding area are the work of giants. The palace was created in 1795 after plans by the state master builder Berlischky. With the land reform the estate of the Earls von Reedern was divided into 50 new farms from those the LPG was created. A turning point came for the rural village at the charming Kavelheide was the building of the petrochemistry in Schwedt. The MVL Mineralverbundleitung Heinersdorf was created and has shaped since then village life. Sports contests and the harvest festival in rural tradition unite annually guests and many of the 715 residents.
1901 built village church in Hohenfelde
image author: Stadtmagazinverlag AS GmbH Hohenfelde
Hohenfelde lives up to its name. It is situated surrounded by forests and meadows on the hills from the last Ice Age. First mentioned in 1564 as sheep-farm and farm estate 'uf dem hohen Felde', Graf von Hohnstein ordered in 1612 four day-labourer farms to be built to till the 248 morgen land of the front-fortification of Vierraden and to care for 1003 sheep as well as 58 cattle. The noble owner of the village changed often. Last owner was until 1945 Princess zu Lynar-Reedern. The farmer grew on the fertile fields mostly potatoes, grain and tobacco. Livestock was fed with hey from the polder meadows of the Oder. Later, when craftspeople like smiths, Cartwright and brick burner settled here, the small-scale industry bloomed. Around 1861 part of the 245 residents worked in peat cutting, at tar ovens, at the brick kiln and the distillery of the estate. The village children were taught by the tailor. The children's festival is still today highlight in the life of the 224-soul-village. The old custom of the Taubenabwerfen is still being done. Carved wood pigeons are put on sticks and children try to knock them down with clubs. King is who knocks down the last body. Until the reunification agriculture formed the village by the LPG "Frohe Zukunft" (Happy Future), the Schwedter people moved from prefabricated high-rise buildings into the village and enjoy peace and countryside idyll after the work in the city.
Welse near Kummerow in winter
image author: Stadtmagazinverlag AS GmbH Kummerow
The name tells the location of the 1318 first mentioned village. In Slavic gnat is "kommar". The Angerdorf lies in the swampy meadows of the once fish rich Welse. There are still ospreys, red kites and black storks here at home in this nature intense area. Kummerow, also destroyed through the 30-year War, was newly created in 1720. The simple church houses show-pieces like the old baptismal font and the lectern from the 17th century. Farmer performed field work and vehicle services for the squires who changed very often. The estate got with the land reform twelve new farmers. Agriculture still forms Kummerow today. The 110 residents created their village very nicely and were in 1958 'Prettiest Village'. Village pond, children's playground, fire brigade house and the road to Stendell were done by themselves. Kummerow is since 1911 weekend destination for the Schwedter who have allotments in this idyllic village. A goblin is up to mischief, as legend would have it.
Village pond with reconstructed houses in Kunow
image author: Stadtmagazinverlag AS GmbH Kunow
Slaves founded once the in 1281 first mentioned "conow". "Kon" is Slavic for horse or steed. The massive stone church, a building monument from colonisation times was prayer house and refuge when arguments arose once again about the estate. That happened because the border between Pomerania and the Mark ran across the village and the fields and vineyards. The Grafen von Hohnstein, who bought in 1481 town and palace Schwedt, determined village life for a long time before it belonged to the sovereign domain of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II. The rural embossed Kunow is with its 410 residents today agricultural centre for the Agrarprodukt GmbH, who farms the fields around Kunow, Kummerow and Hohenfelde and is responsible for the village club and great harvest festival. The village church, which can be seen from far above the reconstructed farmhouses and new homes, is an important building monument. It houses an altar from 1719 with a Rubens copy, an baptism angel and regional valuable pewage.
Village church from the 13th century in Stendell
image author: Stadtmagazinverlag AS GmbH Stendell
As „Nova Stendal" first mentioned in 1318, the village Stendall has to thank the settlers for its name who came in the 12th century from the Altmark. Soil finds substantiate that Slaves have lived here earlier. A castle defended the pass between Welse marsh and mountain ranges, which caused a gruelling battle in 1303 between Pomerania and Brandenburg. In the middle of the village the former estate park one can just imagine the castle wall near the church, which was built around 1250 with the old community oven in front. 20 residential farmers provided around soccage. Fires, plague and the 30-year War made the village nearly desolate. Part of the manor was later the custom house, the distillery and brick works as well as the front-fortification Herrenhof. At the beginning of the 19th century several craftsmen lived in the village apart from farmers and crofters. Until 1945 was the Welse with overflowing bogs boundary river between Pomerania and Brandenburg and the bridge over it the only access to the village. From 1994 onwards the village got modern infrastructure, drinking water and natural gas pipes as well as underground electro cable. The access to the B 166 got a bitumen cover. The 411 residents of Stendell are most of all connected with the petrochmistry at the nearby Schwedt.
Old tobacco drying barn near Vierraden
image author: Stadtmagazinverlag AS GmbH Vierraden
Since Slavic times was the mill "zu den vier Raden" at the Königsweg from Frankfurt to Stettin at the Welse situated. The mill was first mentioned in 1265. The name transferred to the settlement and the palace built in the 14th century. The tower ruin still surmounts the village today. The Sweden King Gustav Adolf moved his wintering grounds here in 1631. The palace and town lay ravaged after the 30-year War. The Huguenots brought new life in 1685 to the depopulated village.
They grew first of all tobacco. Drying barns form today the town-silhouette. The Tobacco Museum is accommodated at a listed barn. The fish resources of the Oder were a blessing for Vierraden, but constant floods before regulating and dyke building, a life threatening curse. After the Red Army stormed the fortress Schwedt-Vierraden in 1945, were from 181 houses 122 destroyed. The town at the B 2 in the traditional tobacco producing area is now a district of Schwedt with restored farming estates and new family homes. The 1000 residents still produce tobacco but most people work in Schwedt's modern industry.
Interesting building style of the village church from Zützen
image author: Stadtmagazinverlag AS GmbH Zützen
The typical Reihendorf is located at the Oder lowland, surrounded by willows at the Hohensaaten-Friedrichsthaler Waterway. The village is being formed by modern homes but still houses valuable witnesses from its moving history. Inside the stone-built village church from the 13th century floats an 300-year old baroque baptism angel. In front of the building is the striking Mausoleum of the once
wing-adjutant of Prussian King Friedrich II, Christian von Bredow and his wife. The restored estate and a stately stables made of stone are witnesses of the rich and changing rural village history. The village has today 451 residents. The idyllic district with forest and lakes is starting point for cycle tours and carriage rides into the National Park "Unteres Odertal". Boating trips and canoe tours from the only 4 kilometre distant Schwedt extend the tourist offer of the village.
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