Ducherow

Ducherow is a municipality in the district of Vorpommern - Greifswald in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, Germany. It is administered by the Office Anklam country located in the municipality Spantekow. It is the most populous municipality in the district and was, until 1 January 2005, the seat of the Office Ducherow.

Geography and Transport

The municipality is located on the western edge of the Ueckermünder Heath. Anklam is located approximately 13 kilometers north-west and Ueckermuende about 20 kilometers east of the community.

Ducherow lies on the main road 109 The railway Angermuende Stralsund - runs through the municipality. Previously branched at Ducherow station leading to the island of Usedom railway Ducherow - Heringsdorf - Wolgast from ferry, which is now operated on her lying on the part of the island between Swinoujscie and Wolgast. The desired restart from Ducherow is the reconstruction of the lift bridge Karnin containing, or new construction of a railway bridge between the mainland Pomerania Usedom and advance. Through this connection, the journey time between Berlin and Usedom would be reduced to about two hours, that is, leave about half.

Districts

• Busow
• Ducherow
• Heidberg
• Kurt Hagen
• Löwitz
• Marienthal

• Neuendorf A
• Schmuggerow
• Schwerin castle
• Sophienhof
• Rathebur
• Wilhelmshof ( deserted )

To coincide with the local elections on 7 June 2009, the previously independent municipalities Löwitz and Rathebur were incorporated to Ducherow. Effective 1 January 2012 was followed by A. Neuendorf

History

Busow

The place is a typical estate village, that is, it consisted of grange and farm workers worldwide. Good Busow always belonged to the family of Schwerin, where sometimes even the lines Schwerin Castle and Stolpe / Usedom changed in possession. It had 700 ha

Kurt Hagen

Kurt Hagen was first mentioned in 1779 as " Curtshagen " documentary. It is named after a German foundation " Hagen " means forest, the " Curt " may stem from the name of the founder. It was built as a manor on the field Mark of Neuendorf A.

Löwitz

→ Main article: Löwitz

Marienthal

Marienthal was first mentioned in documents in 1776. It was created as Vorwerk Rathebur.

Mollwitzstraße

Mollwitzstraße was first mentioned in 1822 as " Molwitz ". Moll was a joke Vorwerk Good Ducherow. It was not far to the west of Ducherow. It was still called to 1891, but is still in MTB ( ordnance map ) of 1920 marked, then it is desolate like. Today it is a Unlandfläche.

Mootsch

Mootsch is first recorded in the ordnance map of 1880 as a single farm. It performs even today the term for an older place names. It is located southwest of Ducherow the woods edge.

Neuendorf A

Neuendorf A was referred to as " Niendorp " until 1618 in the Lubin'schen card. With the addition of A, it was first written in 1779, then long without changing or a or b, and until 1957 officially with A.

→ Main article: Neuendorf A

Rathebur

Rathebur was first documented in 1271 as " Ratebur ". The Slavic name probably means " The struggle Merry ".

→ Main article: Rathebur

Schmuggerow

Schmuggerow was first documented in 1407 as " Smuggerow ". The name is of Slavic origin and means " peat ".

Schwerin castle

The present district of Schwerin Castle was formerly Cummerow. He was in 1733 by Prussia, renamed Schwerinsburg during a visit of King Friedrich Wilhelm I this after Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, who had built the castle there.

→ Main article: Schwerin Castle ( Ducherow )

Sophienhof

Sophienhof was named as such in 1631 for the first time. It was originally a Vorwerk Löwitz, this corridor was previously called " hawthorn ". The Barbican Sophienhof belonged economically to the manor Löwitz. 1494 showed a Zabel of Schwerin that Sophienhof was in pledge district of the family of Schwerin. The place was by Sophie Juliane von Schwerin, the sister of Field Marshal Curt Christoph von Schwerin, named. Previously, the place was called Hagedorn. The Good Sophienhof made ​​in the horse and cattle deserves, for which purpose Schwerin received high honors in 1910. After 1945 the manor was used as accommodation for evacuees.

Wilhelmshof ( deserted )

1822 created as Vorwerk Schmuggerow, it lay to the north of the estate and was also Kiewitzdam ( land is still called Lapwing dam ). After 1865 seemingly desolate. 2 Homesteads in the territory now called expansion.

Policy

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on 10 July 1992 by the Home Office and registered under No. 60 of the coat of arms role of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Blazon: ". Argent, three mountain from a green growth, a red gold reinforced grip with open beak and knocked- red tongue, holding a red diamond in its claws "

The coat of arms was designed by the Sagarder Gerhard Koggelmann.

Flag

The bunting is diagonally divided by two diagonal lines, thereby forming four triangles, of which the upper being red and the lower green and the two side silver ( white ) colored; on the intersection of the dividing lines is above all, the municipal coat of arms. The municipality flag can also be shown without coat of arms.

Attractions

→ See: List of monuments in Ducherow

• Motorcycle Museum Ducherow
• Church Ducherow, medieval Findlingsbau from the 13th century
• Nature Reserves in Peenetal
• Chapel Busow
• Church Rathebur
• Church Schmuggerow
• Estates and Park Schwerin Castle and Löwitz
• Bronze Age barrow cemetery at Löwitz

Personalities

• Otto Heyden (1820-1897), painter
• Bernd Schubert ( born 1955 in Anklam ), politician ( CDU), was from 1994 to 2007 mayor of Ducherow

Others

Literary mention is Ducherow Hans Fallada's novel in Little man - what now? of 1932. The main character Johannes Pinneberg lives and works in this village, there also his married life begins with his from him " lamb " said Emma.

Furthermore Ducherow find mention in the book " The Diary of Maria Meinhof: April 1945 to March 1946 in Pomerania. A search for " Renate Meinhof.