Lelkendorf

Lelkendorf is a municipality in the eastern part of the district of Rostock in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern ( Germany ). The community is managed by the Office Mecklenburg Switzerland, located in the office not belonging Teterow city.

Geography

The municipality Lelkendorfs in the Mecklenburg Switzerland northeast of Teterow is characterized by a small terminal moraine, which reaches 67 m above sea level in the highlands. It is bordered by the hilly area Vurzbach the north and east and by the Peene in the south and partly in the West. Peene and Vurzbach form the boundary to the district of Mecklenburg Lake District in the southeast. Much of the district is located in the Natural Park Lelkendorf Mecklenburg Switzerland and Lake Kummerow.

Community structure

To Lelkendorf include the districts large Markov, Küsserow, Küsserow - yard, Ludwig village, Sarmstorf, Zeeland and Sperlingshof.

History

Already in 1225 the dive site Lelkendorf first time in a document. An originating from the 13th century castle is one of the descendants of Baron von Levetzow, the 1945 was the last owner, as well as other private owners. The castle is owned by the family since 1990 again. The architect and businessman Joachim von Levetzow ( b. 1943 ) has transformed parts of the palace complex to condominiums and 2003 the club " culture per Regio" founded (including Temporary Art Gallery, theater performances ). In 1993, a zoo was opened in endangered animals in Lelkendorf.

Attractions

→ See also List of monuments in Lelkendorf

• The castle in Lelkendorf that those of Levetzow as one of the oldest noble families of the region until 1945 and fief seat, is originally from 1224. Was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War in 1629 by Wallenstein's mercenaries. In the following years it was rebuilt in Renaissance style and expanded. In 1898 it was designed by the architect Paul Schultze -Naumburg to a renewed conversion modeled after the English Tudor Gothic and received it the mighty tower with an observation deck.
• The Pet Lelkendorf houses about 500 animals from 38 domestic and livestock breeds, some of which are threatened with extinction, such as Girgentana goats, cattle Cachena, Juan Fernández, goats, pigs Rotbunte Husum (also known as Husum protest pigs), Chinese mask pigs ( Meishan ), English Park cattle, Exmoor ponies and Tajiks goats.
• Heimatstube in the old school of the village
• Cord stone source whose deep water is estimated
• Large Markov was also owned for centuries by those of Levetzow. The modest one-storey manor house, provided with a mansard roof stucco building, was built in 1829 in the style of classicism. The garden, the facade has been loosened by a semi-circular protruding central projection. The farm buildings of the former manor were demolished in 1945 for the most part. The manor with a park used as a hotel.
• The neo-gothic church in the United Markov was built in 1840 by order of Theodosius Levetzow, Domcapitular of Magdeburg and Halberstadt and Owner of the Manor at large Markov, Klöden and Danne joke, completed the west tower in 1890. The stained glass windows of all equipment in 1890 through the stained glass Ferdinand Müller from Quedlinburg on behalf of the family of Levetzow. The angel held by a marble baptismal font was made ​​after a model in the Cathedral of Copenhagen.

Church in Great Markov

Transport links

The municipality is situated on the road connecting Teterow after Neukalen, from the nearby town Neukalen the roads to Malchin and Demmin. In Teterow 14 km away, there is also the closest station after the train track Malchin - Dargun, was due to the Lelkendorf, was decommissioned in 1996. The web is used as a trolley route since 2002.