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Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Mecklenburg Lake District
Office :	Demmin country
Height :	1 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.68 km 2
Residents:	387 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	33 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	17111
Area code :	039994
License plate :	MSE, AT, DM, MC, MST, MÜR, NZ, RM, WRN
Community key :	13 0 71 150
Office administration address:	Goethestrasse 43 ; 17109 Demmin
Website :	www.verchen.de
Mayor :	Mr. Robert Beerbaum
Location of the municipality of Verchen in the Mecklenburg Lake District

Verchen [ fɛʁçən ] is a Western Pomeranian municipality in the north of the Mecklenburg Lake District . The community is located southwest of Demmin and belongs to the Demmin-Land office . Until 2004, Verchen was administered by the Borrentin Office.

Geography and traffic

Verchen is about twelve kilometers southwest of Demmin. The B 194 runs east of the municipality and can be reached via the Borrentin district of Lindenhof. The community is located on the north bank of the Kummerower See near the outflow of the Peene .

history

In the Verchen monastery church

The village of Verchen was first mentioned in 1164, when the battle of Verchen also took place. There was a Benedictine monastery here from the 13th century until the Reformation .

The monastery Verchen was from a Slavic founded nobleman named Janice of Virchin. It is from him that the name of the municipality of Verchen comes from. In 1255 the griffin duke Wartislaw III. the village the monastery. From 2004 to 2015 a small community of sisters from the Christbruderschaft Selbitz lived in the monastery . The Verchen manor dates from around 1700 and is now a hotel for children and young people.

politics

Coat of arms, flag, official seal

The municipality has no officially approved national emblem, neither a coat of arms nor a flag . The official seal is the small state seal with the coat of arms of the region of Western Pomerania . It shows an upright griffin with a raised tail and the inscription "GEMEINDE VERCHEN * LANDKREIS MECKLENBURGISCHE SEENPLATTE".

Attractions

Verchener boat harbor between Peene and Kummerower See

Kummerower See , lakefront with restaurant and water hiker resting place
Early Gothic former monastery church St. Marien , construction of which began around 1270, has the oldest glass paintings in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Cross vaults and barrel vaulted cellars in the former office building

Personalities: sons and daughters of the place

Gustav Wienstein (1828-1891), German lawyer, Reich judge
Emil Krüger (1855–1925), German agricultural scientist, cultural engineer, construction clerk and university professor
Karl Sparr (1860–1932), German educator and member of the cooperative
Peter C. Bloth (1931–2012), German Protestant theologian and university professor, rector of the Church University of Berlin

Web links

Commons : Verchen - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ 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 ).
↑ Main Statute, Section 1, Paragraph 2 (PDF).

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-MV-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] Main Statute, Section 1, Paragraph 2 (PDF).