Börgerende-Rethwisch

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 54 ° 9 '  N , 11 ° 55'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Rostock
Office :	Bad Doberan Country
Height :	2 m above sea level NHN
Area :	15.98 km 2
Residents:	1685 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	105 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	18211
Area code :	038203
License plate :	LRO, BÜZ, DBR, GÜ, ROS, TET
Community key :	13 0 72 017
Office administration address:	Kammerhof 3 18209 Bad Doberan
Website :	www.gemeinde-boergerende-rethwisch.de
Mayor :	Horst Hagemeister (independent)
Location of the municipality of Börgerende-Rethwisch in the Rostock district

Börgerende-Rethwisch is a municipality in the Rostock district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is administered by the Bad Doberan-Land office based in the city of Bad Doberan .

geography

The community stretches from the Baltic coast almost 5 km southeast into the inland. The municipality includes the Conventer See , a former bay whose connection to the Baltic Sea has silted up. The lake is a nature reserve , it is characterized by the variety of marsh and water birds. West of Börgerende is the oldest German seaside resort Heiligendamm .

Börgerende-Rethwisch is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Nienhagen in the northeast, Admannshagen-Bargeshagen in the east and Bad Doberan in the southwest.

In addition to Börgerende and Rethwisch, the districts of Bahrenhorst and Neu Rethwisch belong to the community.

history

Old barn in Rethwisch

The village of Rethwisch was first mentioned in a document in 1297. In 1299 a clergyman from the Doberan monastery was employed in Rabenhorst. In the war damage calculation of 1312 on the damage caused by the conflict between the Rostockers under Nikolaus and the troops of Henry the Lion , an administrator (magister curie) of the Doberan monastery , as well as a churchyard and sexton, was mentioned. In addition to the manager, there were around twenty households in the village at that time, all of which had German names. 1353 was first written by a church as "capella Redwisch", a year later as "ecclesia Redewisch". It was mentioned that the church was previously located in Rabenhorst, but had now taken its seat in Rethwisch. After the Reformation , in 1552 the monastery property was transferred to the lordly Domanialverband.

The independent communities Börgerende Rethwisch and merged on June 20, 1957, changed simultaneously by the district Rostock-Land in the district of Bad Doberan .

The FDGB rest home “Waterkant” was the largest hotel in GDR times . It was opened on August 11, 1976 and had 462 beds, a restaurant with 240 seats, a swimming pool and several medical facilities. The building, which had been vacant shortly after the fall of the Wall , fell into ruins and was demolished in 2008. At this point holiday apartments were built.

As a relic from the GDR era, there is the listed Baltic Sea border tower Börgerende , one of the last two surviving watch towers on the Baltic Sea.

Artists in the field of ceramics, graphics and visual arts offer their products to tourists in the art barn .

politics

Baltic coast in Börgerende

Community representation

The municipal council consists of 12 members. The election to the municipal council on May 26, 2019 had the following results:

Party / applicant	Percent 2009 (2004)	Seats
BBN voter group	32.5	4th
Voting group WE - for our community	27.1	3
CDU	14.3	2
Fire Brigade & Crafts Plus voters group	10.2	1
Voting group UW Börgerende-Rethwisch	9.3	1
SPD	6.7	1

coat of arms

Blazon : “Divided by a wave cut; above in silver two diagonally crossed red gable boards with turned away horse heads; a silver fish below in blue. " The coat of arms and the flag were designed by the Schwerin heraldist Heinz Kippnick . It was approved together with the flag on August 9, 2000 by the Ministry of the Interior and registered under the number 223 of the coat of arms of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Reasons for the coat of arms: In the coat of arms, the wave cut symbolizes the location of the municipality on the Baltic Sea. The gable boards refer to the Lower Saxon farmhouses in the village. The fish creates a connection to one of the residents' main sources of income in the past, to fishing in Börgerende.

flag

The flag is evenly striped lengthways in blue and white. In the middle of the flag, at two thirds of the height of the blue and white stripes, is the municipal coat of arms. 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 BÖRGERENDE - RETHWISCH •".

Attractions

Rethwisch Church in Schulstrasse

• The Gothic , three-aisled village church of Rethwisch made of granite and field stones dates from the beginning of the 14th century. The wooden west tower has a pyramid roof . The oldest parts of the carved altar date from the 15th century. The sacrament house is designed in the shape of a pinnacle tower .
• The Börgerende Baltic Sea Border Tower was one of a series of formerly 27 towers on the Baltic Sea coast of the GDR.
• The large manor-like farmhouses in Rethwisch, Börgerender Strasse No. 14, No. 15 and No. 16.
• The hall houses in Rethwisch, Schulstrasse No. 18 and No. 34.

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Börgerende-Rethwisch

literature

• Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . The district court districts of Hagenow, Wittenburg, Boizenburg, Lübenheen, Dömitz, Grabow, Ludwigslust, Neustadt, Crivitz, Brüel, Warin, Neubukow, Kröpelin and Doberan. III. Tape. Schwerin 1899, p. 692 ff . ( Digitized in the Internet Archive [accessed on August 12, 2015]).

Web links

Commons : Börgerende-Rethwisch  - Collection of images

• Website of the municipality of Börgerende-Rethwisch

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. ↑ Election results on the website of the Bad Doberan Land Office (PDF)
3. ↑ Hans-Heinz Schütt: On shield and flag - the coats of arms and flags of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and its municipalities . Ed .: production office TINUS; Schwerin. 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814380-0-0 , pp. 226/227 .
4. ↑ ^{a b} main statute § 1 (PDF).