Leopoldshagen
Leopoldshagen is a municipality in the district of Vorpommern - Greifswald in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern ( Germany ). The community is on the Szczecin Lagoon, based in Eggesin managed by the Office.
Geography
The municipality is located on the northwestern edge of the Anklamer Heath, about 16 kilometers from the former county town of Anklam. Leopoldshagen is designed as a typical street row village on the main road, with a south running parallel road forms a second building line. The local church is like an island surrounded by the main road. The approximately three kilometers wide Haffwiesen separate Leopoldshagen from the Szczecin Lagoon.
Immediately north-west of Leopoldshagen begins Anklamer peat bog, a protected nature wetland that runs along the western Haffufer to Anklam.
Districts
- Leopoldshagen
- Grünberg
- High Heath
- Mörkerhorst
History
By order of the Prussian King Frederick II, the town was created in 1748 by the master builder stick as an elongated row village road and populated with 30 colonists. 29 colonists came from Mecklenburg- Strelitz and a family of Swedish Pomerania. First, 30 farms were created after the clearing of the large oak forest. 18 of these courtyards with their gabled residential buildings have been preserved. The name Leopoldshagen got the place in 1752 in honor of Prince Leopold Maximilian von Anhalt -Dessau, the second son of Leopold I of Anhalt -Dessau.
Despite the arduous cultivation of the place grew and a small timber-framed church was built in 1754 and in 1763 came the first pastor after Leopoldshagen. The colonists were obliged on the opposite side of the road to build the so-called Büdnerseite, double homes, to settle more people. From the middle of the 19th century the so-called Behind series was born.
Since October 1, 1896 track construction was completed and Leopoldshagen had its own small railway station. The Mecklenburg- Pomeranian narrow gauge railway ( MPSB ) had henceforth own track connection of Leopoldshagen to the city of Anklam. On April 28, 1945, the scheduled train service ended on the track Anklam - Leopoldshagen. Soon after the war, the entire route was dismantled because the tracks had fallen under reparations to the Soviet Union.
Leopoldshagen belonged until 1952 to the city of Anklam. The broad village street with the church in the middle layer separated the farmers on the north side of the Büdnern and craftsmen on the other side of the street, which can be seen on the buildings of which still exist. However, the small-scale structures disappeared after 1945 and two agricultural production cooperatives ( LPG) were founded. The still existing cultural associations, sports club; DTSV " Blue-White 58 " and Carnival Association; " Le -Ha ", was launched by Village Club chairman Max Eckhardt.
The community is now home to elementary school, also for the neighboring communities Mönkebude and Grambin. Since 1991, the center was renovated thoroughly in the context of urban development.
Attractions
→ See: List of monuments in Leopoldshagen
- In the center stands the Leopold Hagen timbered church, built in the 18th century, with a roof turret. Three bells are found in the belfry of the church.
- A special feature is a residential building with onion dome.
- In an old mill motor, a local history museum was founded in 1998 on the occasion of the 250 - year celebration set. It shows how the colonists, artisans and two fishermen lived and contributions to church history and everyday school life.
Transport links
Nine kilometers west of Leopoldshagen Ducherow lies the community. There is connection to the national road network (B 109) and to the railway line Berlin- Stralsund. The area is well connected by bike and walking trails.
Personalities
- Charles of Scheveningen (1882-1954), Protestant theologian and bishop of the Evangelical Church of Pomerania.