Karow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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Karow is a district of the town Plau am See in the east of the county Ludwigslust - Parchim in Mecklenburg -Vorpommern ( Germany ). By 2010, Karow was an independent municipality in the Plau am See.

Geography

Karow is located about twelve kilometers east of Goldberg and about nine kilometers north of Plau am See. On the southern edge of the former municipal area is the Plau. In the north of the Nature Park Nossentin / Schwinzer Heath borders.

Large parts of the former municipal area, particularly in the north are forested. Here also lies the nature reserve Paschensee. In the east, the Samoter lake is in the nature reserve north shore Plau and south of the town Karow the nature reserve Brantensee, a wetland. The protected areas and other large items are included in the Natural Park Nossentin / Schwinzer Heath. The elevations exceed nearly 80 m above sea level. NHN. West Karows runs the Mildenitz.

History

Karow was first mentioned in 1254. At that time, the region belonged to the rule Parchim Rich Mountain. After the dissolution of the same Karow came to power in 1255 Werle. With the death of the last regent on September 7, 1436 Karow fell to the Dukes of Mecklenburg.

In the village the castle and the estate farm formerly associated dominate. The " Old Palace " in 1800 /01, built in the style of classicism. In 1898 the Berlin entrepreneur Schlutius castle and estate Karow. Schlutius 1945 was expropriated without compensation, the Good to the state-owned asset. In GDR times, involved a operating professional school for the training of farmers the mansion. This is after extensive restoration since 2007, this hotel and restaurant. The Good with the large and architecturally significant commercial buildings was acquired in the 1990s by the family Schlutius.

In the northwest of the former township, on the border of several forest areas and country roads, the border town of Green developed after the establishment of a pitcher hunter, whose importance, however, decreased with the construction of paved roads and the railway line in the second half of the 19th century and 1945, waste was.

The formerly independent municipality Karow with the districts Karow, bars and Teerofen was incorporated on January 1, 2011 in the town of Plau am See.

Policy

The community Karow led both a coat of arms, as well as a flag.

Coat of arms

Blazon: " Under blue shield in gold the main crenellated red stepped gable front of a church with eight ( 1:7 ) arched windows, in the open door, a red high cross. "

Flag

The flag is evenly lengthwise stripes of gold ( yellow) and red in the center, is located on two thirds of the height of the golden ( yellow ) and the red stripe across, the municipal coat of arms. The length of the bunting is related to height as 5:3.

Community partnership

Since 1993, Karow maintains a partnership for community Diekholzen in Lower Saxony.

Attractions

• Nature reserve Paschensee
• Trolley route between Karow ( Damerower barracks ) and Borkow
• Karow mansion, originally a classical building with neo-baroque extension
• Gutspark
• Mausoleum ( since 1945 ruin) the landowner family Schlutius, 1912/16 by sculptor Wilhelm wall Schneider: found in a wooded area east of the park
• Village church in brick construction without a tower, surrounded by the churchyard of the church. Before the funeral chapel since 1988, is the bronze monument, the mourners of Wilhelm wall cutter. The female figure has many bullet holes from handgun. It originally stood in front of the mausoleum of the Schlutius family.
• Decaying reception hall of the station from 1880 and empty outbuildings. Received signal boxes of 1938 and then erbauter for the National Railroad water tower with covered roof structure.
• Water tower of the former material from the 1907 with a higher of 26 meters and 150 cubic meters of water storage volume.
• Monuments → Main article: List of monuments in Plau am See # Karow

Traffic

By Karow the main road lead 103 and the Federal Street 192 Federal Highway 19 is on the junction Malchow at about eight kilometers distance.

By train Karow is accessible by the East German Eisenbahn GmbH Neustrelitz or Parchim. The Karow ( Meckl ) station was to the 1990s, major intersection and interchange point. However, he lost this function with adjustment of passenger services on routes Güstrow Meyenburg and Wismar -Karow.