Pokrent

Pokrent is a municipality in the southwest of the district of North West in Mecklenburg -Vorpommern ( Germany ). It is administered by the Office Lützow - Lübstorf based in the municipality of Lützow.

Geography

The community Pokrent located 15 kilometers west of Schwerin in a ground moraine near the sources of the shields. West of Pokrent is the Schaalsee.

To Pokrent include the districts Alt Pokrent, dairy and Neuendorf.

History

The present district of Old Slavic- Wendish origin Pokrent is, thus, the place name may be derived from the Slavic language family. So the Polish " krety " stands for crooked or twisted, the ostsorbische word " Kruty " for rigid, stiff or tight. Logically, therefore Pokrent means as much as " Krummendorf ".

Pokrent is mentioned in 1230 in Ratzeburg tithe register, which at that time the diocese of Ratzeburg belonging villages ordered by parishes lists. Besides Pokrent also included Old Pokrent, Kaeselow, blaze, Renzow, Neuendorf, impact and Old Fort Steinbeck it. It is assumed that Old Pokrent is the old Wendish village and Pokrent was newly created by the Germans. At the beginning of the 13th century Pokrent was in possession of the Knight Detlev von Gadebusch. Other important noble families, like the family of Blücher, Lützow and von Bülow, came into the possession of Pokrent.

The theologian and parliamentarians Theodor Reuter (1813-1864), member of the Mecklenburg Representative Assembly 1848/49, was born in Pokrent.

Attractions

→ See also List of monuments in Pokrent

  • The Gothic village church Pokrent was held for the first time post-Reformation Church of Mecklenburg long. However, it comes loud Dehio probably from the 14th century.
  • On the way to the neighboring village Renzow you pass the oldest and largest blood Buchenallee Central Europe.

Economy and infrastructure

Apart from agriculture, the gravel mining plays a role in the community.

Transport links

The connection point Wittenburg ( Federal Highway 24 from Berlin to Hamburg) is located about 15 kilometers from Pokrent away, the neighboring community Lützow is located on the main road 104 from Luebeck to Schwerin as well as on the railway line Schwerin Rehna.

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