Groswin

Groswin is the name of a former castle and the surrounding province in the area south of the Peene. She was probably between Stolpe and Anklam. The exact location is not known. John Micraelius she suspected near the hamlet of stumbling Neuhof. Other theses after the castle was near Grüttow, Görke or Müggenburg.

In the dated to the year 946 Deed of Foundation of the Diocese of Havelberg the country Groswin ( Brotwin ) was first mentioned. However, this document is now considered a forgery. Groswin 1140 was first referred to in documents as a castle in defining the boundaries of the Pomeranian diocese by Pope Innocent II

The provincia and the castrum Groswin formed the eastern extreme of the middle Peene room. About Groswin been reported in association with the military campaigns of 1164 and 1174 Valdemar. 1185 Groswin was by the Danes under Knut VI. and their allies rügischen destroyed.

In 1234 Groswin was last mentioned in a document called a castellan named Jacobus. Parts of the country Groswin and the tithe from this area had been over appropriated to the monastery mistake in the 12th century. The importance Groswins declined with the rise of Anklam in the 13th century from the market towns of the Hanseatic city.

In the Codex Gelre, a coat of arms book from the late 14th century, is an emblem of the " Hertoge va groetswün ", so probably the " Dukes of Groswin " mapped. This is likely a side-line of the reigning house of Pomerania grasping be meant, who resided in Groswin or Groswin part at least. Considering about Prince Bogusław VII comes († 1404), a younger brother of the reigning Duke Swantibor III. (~ 1351-1413 ).

The hillfort far west of Neuhof in 1835 referred to in the Prussian Urmeßtischblatt with " Grosswin " on the southern high banks, Kunkel calls him also 1932, in a castle wall registers with " Groswin ". Surface finds date the castle wall in the middle Slavonic time. The hillfort is registered archaeological site.