Brüssow
Bruessow is a country town in the northeast of the county Uckermark in Brandenburg and the administrative seat of the Office Bruessow (Uckermark).
- 3.1 Coat of Arms
- 3.2 twin city
- 5.1 Road Access
Geography
The city Bruessow ( northernmost city of Brandenburg ) is in a ground moraine, which spreads between the parallel valleys of the Ucker and Randow. The spacious hill landscape is characterized by many small lakes and ponds ( kettle holes ), which form the northeastern part of the Uckermärkischen lakes. The east of the municipality falls by about 30 meters from the Randowbruch; Here there is also a larger contiguous forest area in the otherwise largely dominated by the agriculture area. In the north and east of the Western Pomerania Vorpommern - Greifswald district borders the district Bruessow.
Boroughs
The municipality is composed according to the Main Articles of Association of the districts
- Bagemühl
- Bruessow
- Grünberg
- Woddow
- Wollschow
For more inhabited parts of municipalities without district status are Battin, butter timber, Mrs. Hagen, Grimme, mutton stall, Klausthal, Menkin, Moor, Petersruh, Stramehl and Trampe.
Demographics
( 31.12. of the year indicated )
- 2007: 2230
- 2008: 2157
- 2012: 1994
History
The area around Bruessow was settled quite late. Around the city are many megalithic sites to find. In the necropolis of Wollschow Urdolmen 14 and 28 stone boxes came before, five of which Urdolmen are obtained.
The original Slavic settlement is the end of the 12th century German castle site.
The city name comes probably from the Altpolabischen and is likely to derive from brus same grindstone.
In 1259 a city charter was first mentioned in a document. The document was written by Heinrich von Stegelitz. This was not least because Bruessow was on the road Magdeburg -Berlin- Stettin. This city was the right place 1550-1809 withdrawn.
On October 22, 1935, Adolf Hitler gave the Field Marshal August von Mackensen, the Prussian domain Bruessow, which then had a circumference of more than 1,231 hectares and was declared a family farm later.
Albrecht Schönherr, the disciple of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and later Bishop of the Eastern Region of the Evangelical Church in Berlin- Brandenburg was brought from Mackensen after Bruessow and was here from 1937 to 1946 his first pastorate.
Integration of the formerly independent municipality Menkin after Wollschow on 1 July 1950.
From 1952 Bruessow belonged to the newly formed county Pasewalk.
On January 1, 1973, the community was incorporated by Grimme Bruessow and the communities Battin and Trampe to Grünberg.
After a referendum Bruessow heard since August 1, 1992 back to the state of Brandenburg.
On 31 December 2001, the places Bagemühl, Grünberg, Woddow and Wollschow were incorporated.
Policy
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on 27 June 1997.
Blazon: "In red on green ground a silver castle with three pointed roofed and gold crossed towers; archway in a red ladder. "
Explanation: " This crest is probably from the 15th century and contains the city of symbolism the storm head as a sign of the former ruler of the city of Ramin (formerly Pomerania ). A later seal shows a ram (wood block with cross wood). " The new coat of arms picture shows, contrary to the old blazon four climbing sticks, a representation of the coat of arms with three climbing sticks can be found here
Sister City
With the North Rhine- Westphalian city Salzkotten is twinned since 16 August 1993.
Attractions
- City walls with ramparts, remains of Wiekhäusern and Torwächterhaus
- Church of St. Sophia in Bruessow
- Village churches in the districts Bagemühl, Battin, Grimme, Grünberg, Menkin, Trampe, Woddow and Wollschow
→ List of monuments in Bruessow
Economy and infrastructure
Transport links
In Bruessow the highways Prenzlau ↔ ↔ Löcknitz and Pasewalk Penkun cross. The motorway connection Prenzlau East on the A20 is about 12 km, the highway connection Schmölln on the A 11 is about 17 km away from Bruessow away. The nearest train station is in Löcknitz after the railway line Prenzlau - Bruessow - Löcknitz was decommissioned on 30 June 1997 due to inefficiency.
Personalities
- Friedrich Ehrenreich of Ramin (1709-1782), a Prussian lieutenant general and inspector general of the infantry
- Karl Kollhoff (1846-1901), Privy council of war, division chief of the Prussian Ministry of War
- Rudolf Hartmann (1856 - ), German politician ( DNVP )
- Joachim von Winterfeldt - Menkin (1865-1945), German jurist and politician
- Johanna Beckmann (1868-1941), German paper cutting artist