Middelhagen

Middelhagen is a municipality in the district of Vorpommern - Rügen on the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern. The community is managed by the Office Moenchgut -Granitz, located in the municipality Baabe.

Geography

Middelhagen lies about 20 kilometers east of Bergen auf Rügen on the Moenchgut Peninsula. In the south the city borders on the rügischen Bodden Bay Having the north and the Hagen 's Wiek in the south. In Alt- Reddevitz the almost five kilometers long but only 500 meters wide peninsula Reddevitzer Hoeft projects in the form of a promontory in the bay. The Hoeft is mainly agricultural. Middelhagen located in the Southeast Rügen Biosphere Reserve.

Districts

• Middelhagen
• Old Reddevitz
• Lobbe
• Marie village

History

The town was made famous by a large stone grave in his local area, the " Duke grave ". It can still be seen today, it was excavated several times. Many finds were recovered. The megalithic grave was excavated in 1926 by Klinghardt. On the northern termination stone are two small bowls of 3 cm diameter and 1.5 cm deep. Located next to the surface of the northern end of the stone carrier Western carrier stones four well recognized dish of 3.5 cm diameter and 1 cm in depth are present. The Duke grave is one of the most famous megalithic tombs of Ruegen. It was discovered before 1922 by the late teacher and local historian Fritz Worm from Old Reddevitz. One old legend nachgehend he dug on the way from Moenchgut to Alt Reddevitz more erratic blocks free. Then he came across the Umfassungssteine ​​the grave chamber. She was burial site of a clan of the Neolithic period. 9 blocks with the smooth sides inside the chamber include, The north wall is supported by a great block. The entrance to the south consists of two vertical stone slabs. The chamber floor was made ​​of stone and clay. The dead were buried above the other, there were 38-40 skeletons determined. 50 pottery, amber beads at 80 locations and many flint tools were among the offerings. The grave is now quite unspectacular, but then finds with the large number of buried individuals were a sensation.

→ Main article: Lobbe

The village is located southeast of Middelhagen on the road towards Thiessow in Southeast Rügen Biosphere Reserve.

Middelburg Hagen was first mentioned in 1250.

The place was until 1326 part of the Principality of Rügen and then the Duchy of Pomerania. With the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 complaints and thus the area of Lancken -Granitz became a part of Swedish Pomerania. In 1815 came Middelhagen as part of Neuvorpommern to the Prussian province of Pomerania.

Since 1818 Middelhagen belonged to the circle or district Rügen. Only in the years 1952 to 1955 it was the county Putbus belonging. The village belonged until 1990 to Rügen county in the district of Rostock and in the same year part of Mecklenburg- Vorpommern. The 1990 re- designated as the Rügen was 2011 in the district of Vorpommern - Rügen.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on 19 March 1987 by the local council and registered under No. 105 of the coat of arms role of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Blazon: "Divided by silver over red; above a growing, gold reinforced red grip with a golden Abtstab in the catches; below a golden tent, accompanied: the right of a golden ear and left of an upright silver fish ".

The coat of arms was designed by the Sagarder Gerhard Koggelmann.

Attractions

→ See: List of monuments in Middelhagen

• Village of Old Reddevitz ( oldest row house on Ruegen )
• Megalithic grave " Duke grave "
• School Museum
• St. Catherine's Church ( Middelhagen )

School Museum in Middelhagen

On the headland Reddevitzer Hoeft

Duke grave Alt Reddevitz

Duke grave Alt Reddevitz excavation and Fund Plan 1926

Transport links

The Federal Highway 196 ends in the northeast Göhren two kilometers away.