Łętowo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Łętowo ( German Lantow, Schlawe / Pomerania ) is a village in the far east of the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship and is part of the rural community Sławno ( Schlawe ) in the powiat Slawienski ( Schlawe ).

Geographical location

The old farming village Łętowo than twelve kilometers southeast of Sławno and is across the province road 205 in the direction Bobolice ( Bublitz ) via the branch Pomiłowo ( Marienthal ) and Gwiazdowo to achieve ( Quäsdow ) and Żukowo ( Suckow ). By 1945, consisted of the - Located in Lantower field mark - Station Suckow following the railway line Schivelbein ( Świdwin ) - Zollbrueck ( Korzybie ). And just this Korzybie today is the nearest train station at the intersection of PKP lines No. 212 ( Korzybie - Lipusz ( Lippusch ) ), No. 405 ( Pila ( Pila ) - Ustka ( Stolpmünde ) ) and No. 418 ( Korzybie - Darłowo (Rügenwalde ) ).

Łętowo is located directly on the northwest shore of the extremely beautiful Jezioro Łętowo ( Lantower lake ) with a water surface of 400 hectares. The small stream, the - formerly called Kuhbach - runs through the town, drained the lake to Wieprza ( Wipper ).

Neighboring towns of Łętowo are: Janiewice ( Jannewitz ) to the west, Żukowo ( Suckow ) in the north, Korzybie ( Zollbrueck ) in the Northeast, Osieki ( Wusseken ) in the east, Kępice ( hammer mill ) and Warcino ( Varzin ) in the south - the latter three already in the Pomeranian Voivodeship location.

The gently undulating landscape that slopes slightly to the lake, is located about 50 meters above sea level.

History

The earliest known owner of Lantow ( Low German: Lante ) was the Order of St. John. In 1321 the village was sold to the family of Massow on the orders of Vice Grand Master Gerard of Bortfeld. To 1410 Henning III. von Massow on Lantow and Suckow ( Żukowo ) called. In the latter half of the 17th century Massows had to abandon the village. It came to the family von Zitzewitz, of which there before 1690 Adam Podewils acquired on Krag, together with Jannewitz. 1719 divided the Podewils within the family in their large ownership Schlawer country.

1784 had Lantow 1 Vorwerk, 6 farmers, 3 Kossäten, 1 school master and one forester in a total of 23 fireplaces.

In 1844, the later Earl Werner Georg Adam von Blumenthal Lantow inherited with the neighboring estates. About his wife, nee Podewils. 1874 sold their son Werner Graf von Blumenthal, the rule of the princes of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen.

In 1931 the Princely Hohenzollern administration agricultural land in the country Pomeranian Society for Aufsiedelung from, including Lantow with 250 acres. Here caused by resettlement and rebuilding the manor house six again twelve settlers sites.

By 1945 Lantow belonged with Jannewitz ( Janiewice ) Qäsdow ( Gwiazdowo ) and Suckow ( Żukowo ) for official and civil registry district Suckow in the district Schlawe i Pom. in the district of the Prussian province of Pomerania Pomerania. The municipality was in the District Court area Schlawe.

On March 7, 1945, Soviet troops invaded in Lantow. Many residents were deported. During the year 1946 Poland took over the farms and the remaining Germans were expelled. Lantow was under the name of a district of Gmina Łętowo Sławno in powiat Slawienski the West Pomeranian Voivodeship ( to 1998 Slupsk voivodship ).

Local structure before 1945

The municipality Lantow belonged to 1945 two living spaces:

Church

Before 1945, the population of Lantow predominantly Protestant denomination was. The church was the village church Suckow, because Lantow belonged with Jannewitz, Quäsdow and Suckow Parish Suckow, which was the Church of the Old Prussian Union Church Schlawe the ecclesiastical province of Pomerania. Last German minister was Pastor Erich Mett.

The affiliation of ( before 1945 few) Catholic inhabitants of St. Antoniuas - parish in Schlawe remained even after 1945 - with a sharp increase in the number of Catholics - get. However, in 1957 Żukowo was again an independent parish, the Łętowo was connected. The parish is now part Żukowo deanery in the Diocese of Koszalin - Kolobrzeg Sławno of the Catholic Church in Poland. Here now living evangelical church members are in the Evangelical - Augsburg Church assigned to the parish office in Koszalin ( Koszalin ) of the Diocese of Pomerania - Wielkopolska in Poland.

School

The building of the elementary school of Lantow was in the village center. The number of children to be taught amounted to more than 60 All the children were housed in a classroom. Last German teacher before 1945, Ewald was winter.