Velgast
Velgast is a municipality west of Stralsund in the district of Vorpommern - Rügen. The community is managed by the Office Franzburg- Richtenberg with headquarters in the city Franzburg. The church is the area and population largest municipality in office.
- 3.1 Coat of Arms
Geography
Velgast located about 25 kilometers west of the Hanseatic city of Stralsund on a ridge of. The river flows through the south Barthe of the municipality.
Districts
- Old Hagen
- Bussin
- Hoevet
- Lenders Hagen
- New Seehagen
- Schuenhagen
- Starkov
- Velgast
- Manschenhagen
- Sternhagen
History
Velgast is first mentioned in 1242. The community is thus one of the oldest in Western Pomerania. He is mentioned in a deed dated fief Rüganer Wizlaw I.. The place name is of Slavic origin. He was until 1326 part of the Principality of Rügen and then the Duchy of Pomerania
With the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 came Vorpommern and thus also the place Velgast under Swedish rule after the place previously belonged to the Duchy of Pomerania. In 1815 the church and Pomerania came to the Prussian province of Pomerania.
The congregation was then until 1952 part of the district Pommern -Barth and belonged then to 1994 to the circle Stralsund in the district of Rostock. Since 1990 Velgast part of the state of Mecklenburg -Vorpommern.
Policy
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on 29 May 2006 by the Home Office and registered under the number 302 in the coat of arms role in the country.
Blazon: " Angular links shared; above in blue on a golden plow rail 3 golden plowshares beam example, the bottom of a silver diagonally left excepted green oak leaf. "
The coat of arms was designed by Bernd Velgaster Tscheuschner.
Attractions
→ See also List of monuments in Velgast
- Christ Church: Brick church from the 14th century in Velgast
- Forestry Office Schuenhagen
- Brick church in St. Jürgen Starkow
- Pfarrgarten in Starkow
- Nature trails in the conservation area Barthe
- Manor House in Old Hagen
Transport links
North of the village, the B 105 runs The railway Stralsund, Rostock leads through the village. In addition to the regional express trains Rostock Sassnitz here also hold the intercity trains that connect southern Germany via Hamburg with Binz on Rügen. By UBB train (UBB ), which operates on a section of the former Darßbahn, Barth is connected. The railway line Velgast - Tribsees that was set in 1995, began in the village.