Grabowo, SÅ‚awno County

Grabowo ( German Martin Hagen, also: Old Martin Hagen ) is a village in the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It belongs to the rural community Malechowo ( Malchow ) in a circle Sławno ( Schlawe ).

Geographical Location

The small village of Grabowo located 19 kilometers southwest of the county town Sławno on a side street that Gleznowo ( Steinort ) in the province road 203 ( Koszalin ( Koszalin ) - Darłowo (Rügenwalde ) - Ustka ( Stolpmünde ) ) on Dobiesław ( Abtshagen ) and Wiekowo (Alt Wieck ) with Niemica ( Nemitz ) along Route 6 ( European Route 28) (Szczecin - connects Gdansk ). The distance to the next station on the railway line Wiekowo Stargard - Gdańsk is four kilometers.

Grabowo lies in the valley of the Grabowa ( Grabow ) with its wide glacial valley on a sloping meadow to valley slope. The neighboring municipalities are: in the west of the city and rural community Sianów ( Zanow ) belonging place Dąbrowa ( Damerow ) and the rural community Darłowo (Rügenwalde ) associated Wiekowo (Alt Wieck ), in the north Przystawy ( Pirbstow ), to the east Niemica ( Nemitz ) and in the south Pękanino ( Panknin ), all three - are part of the gmina Malechowo ( Malchow ) - as Grabowo.

Place name

By 1945 Grabowo bore the name Martin Hagen, formerly also: Martenshagen. The name probably goes back to the founder by the name of Martin. This could have been a high priest of the nearby monastery Buckow, but perhaps it was also Martinus, who is called to 1274 in Stolp and five kilometers away Kuhtz (Polish: Kusice ) should have heard.

After the founding of New Martin Hagen ( Grabówko ) our village was called Old Martin Hagen. Officially, the prefix is then ceased to exist, but in slang it retained until 1945 remain valid.

History

In 1262 the Camminer bishop Hermann von Gleichen gives 40 hooves in Martin Hagen to the monastery Buckow. During this time, the village was probably founded. 1628 Martenshagen is mentioned Rügenwalde with 35 hooves, 1 Cossäten in Ampt. 1784, the village had: 8 farmers, 3 Straßenkossäten, 2 Büdner, 1 shepherd huts, good animal husbandry and two carp ponds.

In 1818, 137 people lived in Martin Hagen. The population rises to 263 in 1871, then drops to 1939 to 240

By 1945, Martin Hagen heard with Damerow ( Dąbrowa ) Panknin ( Pękanino ) and Zitzmin ( Sieciemin ) to the Official Panknin district Schlawe i Pom. in the district of the Prussian province of Pomerania Pomerania. All four communities were also connected to the registry office Panknin.

On March 6, 1945 Russian troops occupied the village. In June 1947, take over the Poles, which also the expulsion of the German population began. Martin Hagen received the Polish name Grabowo and is now part of Gmina Malechowo ( Malchow ) in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship Slawienski powiat (until 1998: Koszalin Voivodeship ).

Local structure before 1945

The municipality Martin Hagen belonged before 1945 two localities:

Church

The people of Martin Hagen were predominantly Protestant denomination until 1945. The village belonged to the parish church in the county Damerow Rügenwalde the Church of the Old Prussian Union. Last German minister was Pastor Hans Meinhof.

Today Grabowo is predominantly Catholic. The few evangelical church members are looked after by the parish office in Koszalin ( Koszalin ) in the Diocese of Pomerania - Greater Poland the Evangelical-Augsburg (ie Lutheran ) Church in Poland.

School

In Martin Hagen was until 1945 a separate school. The building was built in the 19th century and had a classroom and a teacher's house. About 60 children attended last school. The names of the last German headmaster before 1945 are Pahlow, Jordan and Büttner.