Baumgarten (Schenkenberg)

Baumgarten is a part of the municipality of Schenkenberg in the far north of the Uckermark district in the German state of Brandenburg .

location

The village is south of the center of Schenkenberg and Lake Baumgartner on the L 26 . Via this, the district town of Prenzlau can be reached in a westerly direction and the Baltic Sea motorway to the east .

history

church

Baumgarten probably goes back to a former Slavic settlement and was first mentioned in a document in 1240 as a Bomgarde . The village owned 70 Hufen at that time and belonged to the diocese of Cammin . A rectangular stone church has existed since 1261.

In 1578, lived together with family farmers twelve, two Kossäten , a shepherd and a shepherd lease in Baumgarten. They had 43 hooves and four parish hooves. Furthermore, the knight's seat of the von Eickstedt existed with eight hooves. The village was last devastated by the Swedes in 1675. The church as well as twelve farms, which were mostly desolate until 1687, were destroyed. At the beginning of the 18th century the village recovered and for the year 1801 one estate, twelve all-farmers, eight residents, a fisherman, a blacksmith and a jug are recorded. 49 hooves were tilled. For the year 1931 an agricultural area of 752 hectares is given, of which 433 hectares belonged to the manor. In the course of the land reform in Baumgarten in 1949, 446 hectares were expropriated and distributed among other things to landless farmers, resettlers and farm workers.

On July 1, 1961, Baumgarten and the then neighboring municipality of Kleptow formed the new municipality of Ludwigsburg. On December 31, 2001, Ludwigsburg was incorporated into Schenkenberg. Since then, Baumgarten has "only" been part of Schenkenberg's municipality.

Population development

year	1734	1774	1801	1895	1939	1946	1977	1992	2005	2009
Residents	116	208	205	283	192	315	276	180	209	209

Sights and events

In Baumgarten there is a stone church whose foundation stone was laid around 1250. It was destroyed and rebuilt several times. Every year in September the Potato Festival takes place at Gut Baumgarten. In addition to a farmers market, there is usually a colorful program of events, which is supported by the rural women. Folklore groups perform here, but there is also something to see for lovers of old technology and machines with the Oldtimer-Traktor-Treff.

Volunteer firefighter

The Baumgarten volunteer fire brigade was founded in 1921. She takes care of fire protection and general help. It currently has a modern and spacious fire station , which was built in 2001. It is also equipped with a modern portable pump vehicle with water (TSF-W).

literature

Carola Krafft: Baumgarten Chronicle 1240–2010 Part 1.
Lieselott Enders : Historical local lexicon for Brandenburg, Part VIII, Uckermark, Weimar 1986, ISBN 3-7400-0042-2 .