Mönkebude

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 46 '  N , 13 ° 58'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Vorpommern-Greifswald
Office :	At the Szczecin Lagoon
Height :	3 m above sea level NHN
Area :	34.23 km 2
Residents:	756 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	22 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	17375
Area code :	039774
License plate :	VG, ANK, GW, PW, SBG, UEM, WLG
Community key :	13 0 75 093
Office administration address:	Stettiner Strasse 1 17367 Eggesin
Website :	amt-am-stettiner-haff.de
Mayor :	Andreas Schubert ( independent )
Location of the community Mönkebude in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald

Mönkebude is a German municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . It is administered by the Am Stettiner Haff office , based in Eggesin , and bears the title “ State-approved resort ”.

geography

Aerial view (facing east)

Mönkebude is located on the southwestern bank of the Szczecin Lagoon in the Haff Coast nature reserve, six kilometers from Ueckermünde . The large forest area of ​​the Ueckermünder Heide begins in the south and west of the municipality . The place is designed like a horseshoe towards the harbor. Mönkebude has two harbors, a fortified port on the beach and a port further east towards Grambin. There are many fishermen's houses in the village, but also quite magnificent farms line the streets. The town's population has risen steadily since the 1990s, with an increase of almost 10% since 1990.

The neighboring communities are Grambin , Leopoldshagen , Lübs and Ueckermünde .

history

Mönkebude is an old Slavic settlement called "Doblowitz" and was first mentioned in 1244 as Mönkebude. The name probably derives from the monks (actually Canons Regular ) of the Norbertine - Monastery Grobe on Usedom ago who had settled there since the 12th century. Barnim I gave the monks the right to fish, hunt and log wood in the lagoon and the surrounding forests in 1243 (Mönche-Bude = house, the monks' booth).

During the Thirty Years' War the place was badly devastated and not repopulated until 1698. In 1777 the post road from Anklam via Mönkebude, Ueckermünde to Stettin was built . In addition to agriculture and fishing, crafts and trade developed in Mönkebude. Later the barge business gained in importance. In 1930 the port was dredged and the beach was washed up. In 1934, the church with tower and belvedere was completed in a simple functional building . The octagonal tower dome is an architectural feature.

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent community was incorporated into Grambin.

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : “Divided by a wave cut of silver over blue; on top of the division between two green pines, the lowest branches of which are facing the house are truncated, a silver house with five black windows, a black doorway, black half-timbering and a black thatched roof; below a silver fish turned left. " The coat of arms and flag was designed by Gerhard Koggelmann from Sagard and approved by the Ministry of the Interior in 1999 and registered in the coat of arms.

Justification for coat of arms: Coat of arms since 1982, which showed the same symbols, but did not meet the requirements in terms of design. In the coat of arms, the house, the booth, should allude to part of the place name as a speaking symbol. The pines represent the majority of the trees in the wooded area, with the mutilated branches referring to the earlier clearing. With the wave cut the coastal location of the community is to be made clear, with the fish the fishing. The tinging in silver and blue shows that it belongs to the Western Pomerania region.

flag

Flag of the municipality of Mönkebude

The flag is alternately striped of white, blue, white, blue and white across the longitudinal axis of the flag cloth. The white stripes on the leech and the flying end each take a twelfth, the blue stripes each take a sixth and the white central stripe takes up half the length of the flag cloth. In the center of the flag is the municipal coat of arms, which takes up two thirds of the height of the flag. The length of the flag is related to the height as 5: 3.

Official seal

The official seal shows the municipal coat of arms with the inscription "GEMEINDE MÖNKEBUDE".

Economy and Infrastructure

converted barn

The importance of the main economies of fishing and barges decreased after the Second World War . At the same time, tourism became more and more important. In the 1970s, the Am Mühlenberg bungalow settlement was created for the state-owned businesses and the bungalow settlement on Lübser Landstrasse. The beach and harbor were expanded several times and were given their present appearance in the 1990s. There are various craft businesses such as u. a. Boat yard, construction company, hardware store, timber trade, electrical company, bakery, carpentry shop In 1994 the Mönkebude tourist association was founded on the Stettiner Haff .

Mönkebude is located on the L31 connecting road from Ueckermünde to Anklam . In Ducherow the federal road 109 ( Berlin - Pasewalk - Anklam) is reached. The next train station is in Ueckermünde.

Culture and sights

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Mönkebude

• St. Petri Church , a hall church from 1934; Inside with a small altar cross that H. Griese created in Erfurt around 1960.
• Network of hiking trails and boat connections to Usedom, Swinoujscie and Stettin
• Fischerstube with regular exhibitions on the past and present of the village

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistisches Amt MV - population status of the districts, offices and municipalities 2019 (XLS file) (official population figures in the update of the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ↑ Hans-Heinz Schütt: On shield and flag production office TINUS, Schwerin 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814380-0-0 , p. 413.
3. ↑ Main Statute, Section 1, Paragraph 3 (PDF).
4. ↑ Main Statute, Section 1, Paragraph 4 (PDF).

Web links

Commons : Mönkebude  - collection of images