Schmogrow-Fehrow

Schmogrow- Fehrow, Lower Smogorjow - Prjawoz, is a municipality in the district of Spree- Neisse in Brandenburg. It belongs to the office castle on (Spreewald), which has its headquarters in the town of Burg (Spreewald). In part Fehrow 1995 still had 25.7 % of the population Sorbian.

  • 3.1 municipal

Geography

The municipality is located in the southeast of Brandenburg in Lower Lusatia in the traditional settlement area of ​​the Sorbs / Wends. About 700 meters east of Fehrow unite the Malxe and Hammergraben to the Great flow, which flows through the village on the southern edge to the west.

Community structure

Districts are Schmogrow ( Smogorjow ) Fehrow ( Prjawoz ) and Saccasne ( Zakaznja ).

History

1362 Fehrow is first mentioned in a document. From the Wendish term smogor for peat occurs because the name Schmogrow ago. The spelling of the place changed over the centuries, several times, in 1400 Smogro, later Schmogero and Smogorow, from 1652 Smogrow. The community Schmogrow- Fehrow was taken on December 31, 2001 the voluntary merger of the previously independent municipalities Schmogrow and Fehrow.

Policy

Parish council

The municipal council of Schmogrow- Fehrow is composed of 11 women and Council councilors, including the mayor.

  • CDU 6 seats
  • WG Schmogrow- Fehrow 3 seats
  • WG Male Choir Liederkranz 1 seat

(As at municipal election on October 26, 2003)

Culture and sights

In the list of monuments in Schmogrow- Fehrow are registered in the list of monuments of the country Brandenburg monuments.

Burg (Amt) Sorbian languages Hammergraben (Cottbus) Briesen (Spreewald) Dissen-Striesow Drachhausen Drebkau Drehnow Guhrow Peitz Tauer Tschernitz Turnow-Preilack Welzow Werben (Spreewald) Wiesengrund
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