Groß Wüstenfelde

Great Wüstenfelde is a municipality in the district of Rostock in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern ( Germany ). It is administered by the Office Mecklenburg Switzerland, located in the office not belonging Teterow city.

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Geography

The municipality Great Wüstenfelde on the northwestern edge of the Mecklenburg Switzerland is in a Grundmoränenbereich between the catchment areas of the rivers Warnow and Peene. The highest point of the hilly area is 52 m above sea level. NN. The nearest towns are Teterow (12 km), Gnoien (15 km) and Laage ( 14 km).

Community structure

Too Big Wüstenfelde include the districts Jägerhof, Matgendorf, Mühlenhof, Perov, Reisaus, Schwetzin and Vietschow.

History

As Wostenuelde dive United Wüstenfelde the first time in 1314 in a document on which the district Perov ten years earlier.

In the 1930s, the places Matgendorf, Schwetzin and United were settled Wüstenfelde of the Rhine countries, Oldenburgers and other West German Catholic farmers in the early 1950s, the Catholic parish church in Matgendorf and the Catholic chapel in Schwetzin were built.

Incorporations

Perov heard since July 1, 1950 United Wüstenfelde. Schwetzin and Vietschow were added on January 1, 1951. Matgendorf was incorporated on 13 June 2004.

Attractions

• Manor House in Great Wüstenfelde from the 17th century, the oldest building of the community, including with apartments
• Matgendorfer chateau with an English Garden: Built in 1852-56 spent to replace an earlier building in 1851 for the landowner Cuno August Peter von der Burg chain, designed by Hermann von Willebrand in the neo-Renaissance style. 1927 sold to the country Mecklenburg Schwerin mbH, 1930 at Catholic settlers, now used as a psychiatric nursing home. In the park near the lake there is a grave train ( with vault ) of those from the chain Castle: A large stone called Franz Baron von der Kettenburg ( born November 22, 1841 in Matgendorf, † November 29, 1899 in Mentone ), Hans Baron von der Kettenburg ( born June 19, 1870 in Faal, † June 4, 1904 in Matgendorf ) and Cuno Baron of the Kettenburg ( born November 22, 1902 in Matgendorf; † August 14, 1904 in Matgendorf ), also a senior pillars Sophie Ulrique of the Kettenburg (* February 18, 1780, † November 22, 1814 ), born of the Liihe.

See also List of monuments in Great Wüstenfelde.

Regular events

• The annual village festival is held on the last weekend in August which, like the carnival events in the winter time, is organized by the Culture and Leisure Club United Wüstenfelde.
• Another regular appointment in early July is the Saint Kilian's feast in the village Schwetzin. It is the church festival, in honor of St. Kilian as the patron saint of the Franconia region to commemorate the consecration of the Catholic Kilianskapelle in Schwetzingen.
• In the district Matgendorf the Park festival is celebrated annually in the castle park.

Economy and infrastructure

Business

In the town sit a medium-sized metal construction company, a carpentry shop, as well as an assembly operation and a retail store. In addition, there are a number of family farms, linked to this, several contractors and an agricultural equipment company with machinery trade.

Transport links

The districts Matgendorf and Perov are on the main road 108 (Rostock - Teterow ). More roads leading into the small towns and Gnoien Dargun. In the near distance, there are connections to the federal highways 19 and 20 at a distance of 23 km is the airport Rostock- Laage. Public transport is operated by the bus transport company Güstrow (OVG ), there is a direct bus to the Hanseatic city of Rostock. The railway line Teterow - Gnoien, was Wüstenfelde at the Great, was shut down in 1996. The nearest train stations are in Teterow and Laage.

Education

In the village there are a kindergarten and a primary school. The outgoing Regional School is located in the neighboring municipality Jördenstorf. The next school in the city Teterow, here there is also a special school, a music school and a vocational training center.

Personalities

• Hans Friedrich von der Kettenburg (1671-1753), Mecklenburg and Holstein diplomat at the Imperial Court in Vienna and Hofgerichtspräsident in Güstrow
• Kuno Ludwig of the Kettenburg († 1813), Mecklenburg diplomat and poet ( tragedies " Diego " and " Julian the Apostate " )
• Otto Staudinger (1830-1900), Explorer lepidopterist ( butterfly watchers ) and insect dealer, initiator of the natural history research on many countries (in South America and Asia)