Plöwen
Plöwen is a municipality in the district of Vorpommern - Greifswald in the extreme southeast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The community is managed by the Office Löcknitz Penkun based in the community Löcknitz.
Geography
The community is located between the Plöwen Randowbruch and the border with the Republic of Poland. The location in a wooded landscape offers good opportunities for nature lovers. In the vicinity are the nature reserve Plöwensches Seebruch with the hillfort chickens angle and about 20 hectares with Kutzowsee Shore trail. The Kutzow Lake is known nationwide for its particularly good water quality.
Districts
- Plöwen
- Wilhelmshof
History
The first settlement on the boundary Plöwen can be traced back at least to the Germanic period. Thus, depending on a burial ground from the Pre-Roman Iron Age and the early Roman Empire known. On the imperial burial ground (fire pit graves with weapons) relations with the once native to south-eastern Poland Przeworsk culture could be detected by finding and adding situation. Nearby Plöwens is a Slavic castle wall, which is called "Chicken angle".
The farming village was built in the 13th century and belonged to the Duchy of Pomerania, parts of the community in the meantime to Uckermark. 1472 gave Margrave Achillis the castle Löcknitz with the associated lands - this included Plöwen - the nobleman Werner von Schulenburg. Prince Bogusław X of Pomerania procured Margrave the revision of the gift of this manor, so the village in Brandenburg and Pomerania subjects was divided. After frequent change Vorpommern landlords came in 1720 to Prussia. French colonists settled in the 18th century and formed their own French Reformed congregation. 1848 burned down the whole village, 1852, the church was rebuilt again. While the population in 1937 was approximately 300, it rose at the end of World War 2 on the basis of the refugees to over 1000 and adopted in the following years again.
In the municipal elections in December 1950, the Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany prevailed, one of the block parties in the GDR. With her Arnim gardener was mayor until 1990, and remained in office. During his tenure, it came to the massive expansion of cultural activities in the village and establishing the sports field.
From 1993 to 2003, the population Plöwens decreased by about 10%.
Attractions
→ See: List of monuments in Plöwen
- Church Plöwen
- Castle Wall Plöwen, called "Chicken angle"
- As a " place of worship " mentioned, round survey with a double row boulder and a grooved stone. It is integrated into a system of Slavic castle walls and embankments ( find sites Plöwen 2, 3 and Boock 25).
- The Protestant Chapel Wilhelms is located just outside the hamlet of Wilhelmshof in a meadow on a hillside near the Schiller Bach. It was built in 1910 and consecrated in 1913. In this stucco building in Art Nouveau style, there is a nearly complete equipment from that period.
- Several farmsteads in Plöwen
Transport links
Federal highway 104 ( Pasewalk - Szczecin ) is tangent to the municipality and three kilometers west rail connection is in Löcknitz.
Sports
In Plöwen there is the football and equestrian club Plöwen 1919 As the name suggests, there are two sections:. . Football and Reisport - hence the acronym FRV Plöwen 1919 One of the biggest sporting events is the last weekend held in August large annual horse show with 700 starts in Plöwen, which is also known beyond the country's borders. The footballers playing in the county league.