Ukranenland
Ukranenland is an archaeological open-air museum in Torgelow ( Western Pomerania ) sponsored by Ukranenland - Historische Werkstätten e. V. One of the institutions of experimental archeology is the early medieval Slav village "Ukranenland", in which the life of the Ukranians is represented as an Elbe Slavic tribe. Furthermore, there is an information center near the village, the high medieval building complex “Castrum Turglowe” next to the club's own hostel in Torgelow and a shipyard for building a cog in Ueckermünde . An essential part of the museum concept is based on the most authentic possible representation of life as living history .
Slavic village Ukranenland
The early medieval - Slavic Museum Village Ukranenland is 1.7 kilometers south of Torgelow , away from settlements and roads, on a Wiesenaue between a forest and the Uecker . According to archaeological findings, Slavic block , post and wattle wall houses from the 9th and 10th centuries were reconstructed in their original size . On the land side, surrounded by a wooden palisade, there is a jetty towards the river for the two historic ships Svarog (built around 900) and Svantevit (built around 1100). All employees work in historical costumes and have mastered at least one historical handicraft , including bronze caster , potter or blacksmith . Trying it out and doing it yourself is an essential part of the educational concept. Other crafts include braiding , felting , weaving , carving , baking and leather processing . In addition, the own music group "Cantilena" belongs to the Ukranenland. In addition to the musical performances, the musicians explain the various historical instruments or demonstrate how they are made. Special highlights are the Easter festival and the summer festival, which always takes place on the second weekend in August. In addition, there are various themed days, for example all about forging or pottery.
Medieval Center Castrum Turglowe
In the Castrum Turglowe , which was built next to the few preserved foundation walls and inaccessible, buried rooms of a castle in the center of Torgelow , high medieval ways of life are shown. For this purpose, some presumed functional buildings of the former castle were reconstructed on the basis of archaeological reference material. A restored villa from the 1920s, which was built over the remains of the castle and is now used as a museum , also belongs to the castrum. On the upper floor of the villa there is a multimedia exhibition about the life of Margrave Otto IV of Brandenburg and the period of the High Middle Ages. As in the Slavic village, the castrum is also enlivened by employees in medieval costumes who demonstrate various crafts and activities. Every year a medieval festival takes place in the medieval center. A footpath leads from the Castrum along the Uecker to the Slavic village .
A club-owned hostel is located next to the castrum.
The facilities of the Ukranenland are open from the end of April to the end of October.
Networks
The Ukranenland is part of the transnational cooperation "Baltic History", which is dedicated to the tangible early medieval history of the Baltic Sea region. The cooperation includes a. the Viking reserve Foteviken (Sweden) and the Slav and Viking settlement Wolin (Poland). In addition, the Ukranenland is part of the “Lagomar Project”, which deals with the natural and cultural heritage in the southern Baltic Sea region.
history
In 1991 the idea of building historical workshops was born. The founding of the association followed in 1993. The Slavic village on the Uecker was built from 1995 to 1997 and has been operated regularly since then. The planning for the Castrum Turglowe began in 2000. The two historical facilities were also expanded in the following years. In 2005 the newly built hostel and in 2006 the renovated villa was handed over to the association by the city of Torgelow. In 2013 the multimedia exhibition opened in the villa.
The Ukranenland was also already a film set, for example the German-British historical film Black Death , where the recordings of a remote medieval village that had been spared by the plague, with well-known actors such as Sean Bean and others, were made. In addition, some documentaries were shot, including recordings for the documentary “The Slavs - Our Mysterious Ancestors” in 2017.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 37 ′ 2 " N , 13 ° 59 ′ 53" E