Blankenberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Blankenberg is a municipality in the north of the county Ludwigslust - Parchim in Mecklenburg -Vorpommern ( Germany ). It is administered by the Office Sternberg Lake District with headquarters in the city Sternberg.

Geography and transport

Blankenberg is located between Brüel and Warin in the northern area of wooded, hilly Sternberg Lake District. The municipality borders the United Labenzer Sea to the east, the Glammsee the north and the Tempziner Sea to the west. Larger lakes in the municipality are the White Sea, the Rübensee who like carp and Harmsee. The largest river is the Brüeler stream with its tributaries Tönnisbach and Radebach. The highest point of the municipality is the Kreyenberg south of Penzin 67.2 m above sea level. NHN.

The distance to the city of Wismar is about 25 km, the state capital Schwerin about 30 kilometers. About the connection Zurow in ten kilometers Blankenberg is connected to the Baltic Sea motorway A 20 (Lübeck Cross Uckermark). Through the village leads the federal highway 192 The Blankenberg ( Meckl ) railway station is on the railway line bath small -Rostock and Wismar in 1998 set railway -Karow.

Community structure

Quarters are Blankenberg, Friedrichswalde, Wipersdorf, White pitcher and Penzin.

History

In Blankenberg is a Slavic castle was located at the southern end of Glammsees on Tönnisbaches.

Blankenberg is first mentioned in 1340 as a farm. 1391 the site was sold to the St. Anthony Medal in Tempzin monastery. After the Reformation ( 1550) was handed the territory Joachim Krause on Varchentin, his time ducal council, as a fief. The area was then up to the Second World War, the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg -Schwerin. After 1945, the village was initially part of Mecklenburg, then from 1952 to 1990 part of the district of Schwerin.

Penzin was first documented in 1287. The name comes from the old Slavic name pąk based on the locator, so place the PECA.

Attractions

Village church in Penzin