WierzchlÄ…d
Wierzchlądz ( German Verchland, formerly Ferch Country ) is a village in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland.
Geographical location
The village is located in Eastern Pomerania, about 25 km east of Szczecin and 10 km west of Stargard ( Stargard in Pomerania ), on the east bank of the Madüsees. The river flows south of the village Hufnitz in the Madüsee.
Neighboring towns are in the north, around 1 km from the lake, Kunowo ( Kunow on the road ), in the south lakefront Koszewko (small Küssow ) and to the east Skalin ( Schellin ).
History
The place was first mentioned in 1320 under the name Varchland documented. It is possible that the place name explained by the fact that the German foundation between the surrounding older, original Slavic villages " cooped up " was. On the Lubinschen map from 1618, the place is also listed as Varchland.
Verchland was an old feud of the noble family of Küssow, which was first mentioned in 1336 with a Nicolaus Küssow. Verchland belonged as well as the neighboring small Küssow goods and Kunow on the road the line Megow small Küssow the family of Küssow. This line died in the male line with Jochen Friedrich Graf von Küssow out in 1777. Verchland came, as well as small and Küssow Kunow on the road to his daughter Friederike God is love, a nee von Zastrow. The goods were allodifiziert 1780.
In Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann's detail description of the current state of the Royal Prussian Duchy pros and Pomerania (1784 ) was Verchland listed under the noble estates of Pyritzschen circle. In Verchland then passed a Vorwerk, so the farm estate, two Kossäten and a schoolmaster, a total of 16 households ( " fires "). In addition, the church was called the branch church of the Church of Schellin was.
1820 Verchland was how ( later raised to the peerage as Ludwig von Geibler ) and the neighboring small Küssow, by the Privy Councillor Ludwig Geibler bought. When the regulation of landlord and peasant relations (see: Prussian agrarian ) of Verchland then the only remaining Kossätenhof was moved together with the Kossätenhöfen from small Küssow in a new settlement, the Government Ludwig was named Ludwigsthal after the secret of Geibler. After the death of Louis of Geibler inherited by his daughter Verchland, while his son Theodor received from Geibler small Küssow. Thus, the possession context of Verchland with small Küssow was first abolished for centuries.
Around 1860 Verchland counted 120 inhabitants. In 1910, the Gutsbezirk Verchland counted 105 inhabitants.
Later Verchland was incorporated into the rural community Schellin. By 1945 Verchland belonged as part of the community Schellin for Pomerania the Prussian province of Pomerania.
After the Second World War came Verchland how completely Pomerania to Poland. It was the Polish place names Wierzchlądz.
Administrative structure
The village lies in the Gmina Stargard ( Stargard in Pomerania rural community ) and, with this the powiat Stargardzki ( Stargarder circle) in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship.