Demes

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Demen (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 38 '  N , 11 ° 46'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Ludwigslust-Parchim
Office :	Crivitz
Height :	45 m above sea level NHN
Area :	46.79 km 2
Residents:	830 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	18 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	19089
Area code :	038488
License plate :	LUP, HGN, LBZ, LWL, PCH, STB
Community key :	13 0 76 029
Community structure:	4 districts
Office administration address:	Amtsstrasse 5 19089 Crivitz
Website :	www.amt-crivitz.de
Mayor :	Heidrun Sprenger
Location of the municipality of Demen in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district

Demen is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). It is administered by the Crivitz Office , based in Crivitz .

geography

The community is located about 9.5 kilometers northeast of Crivitz and about ten kilometers south of Sternberg . The district Kobande is located on the north bank of Lake Barniner . Large parts of the municipality are forested, so there are the forest areas Venzkower Tannen and Kobander Tannen . The Demener Räumde forest area west of the town of Demen was used as a military training area from 1976 to 1990 by the NVA's 5th Missile Brigade stationed in Demen and then by parts of the German Armed Forces logistics regiment 14 until 2004 . The Warnow flows through the community. Another river is the Demener Bach, which flows into the Warnow. Several small lakes, such as the Dorfsee , the Faule See and the Tief See , together form the so-called Demener Rinne. Only a few hills exceed 50  m above sea level. NHN .

The districts of the municipality are Buerbeck, Demen, Kobande and Venzkow. The settlements Klaushof, Horst, Kölpin, Poggenhof and Müggenburg are also inhabited in the municipality.

history

The name is probably of Slavic origin and means something like place of fire or smoke, which indicates the origin of the settlement (slash and burn).

Demen was first mentioned in a document in 1265, when Sigfried von Grönau sold the village of Demen to the Dobbertin monastery and gave the village of Demen, which Sifridus von Gronau sells to them , to the closter Dobbertin, with wood, knowledge, pastures, water, and also with the church back , hums to own all hooves and Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg , the pilgrim , lent the village of Demen in Sternberg to the Dobbertin monastery on May 26, 1265. Demen belonged to the monastery until June 29, 1645.

For many years the Vitten was built with sheep stalls and farmed with large herds. The house, which was laid out in 1789 by Christian Friedrich Rohr as leasehold no. 4, was given up around 2000 and is now left to decay. An initiative of the Asche family to preserve the farm by faithfully reconstructing the house at a nearby location failed because the right to live had meanwhile expired.

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Buerbeck was incorporated. Kobande followed on January 1, 1951.

Dannhusen

The Dannhusen development gives the Dannhuser See its name and means "Tannenhausen" in High German. The settlement, which was presumably founded in the 18th century, last consisted of a "solid" brick building and a clay building with a thatched roof with adjacent farm buildings. The fishing tenant of the Dannhuser See and a Büdner lived here. In 1957 the farms were electrified, but given up a little later. In the mid-1970s, the buildings were largely derelict.

In 2015, the residential space can no longer be found, as forest areas were reforested in its former location in around 2000. The desperate deed of Drews, the father of the family, lingered in the memories of the villagers of Demens, who shot his wife and two young daughters and himself afterwards in 1945 in the face of the surrender of the Wehrmacht and the occupation of Demens by the Soviet army. This also confirms the phenomenon of high suicide rates at the end of the Third Reich, which became famous for dementia with mass suicide in Demmin .

Hawking

Einhusen existed as a brickworks, which belonged to the Prestin estate, since the 17th century. With the settlement of the estate after 1873, this operation was given up. Since the 19th century - presumably also in the course of the settlement of the estate - several houses were established. The residential space was given up in the 1960s when new apartments were created with the construction of the apartment blocks of the workers' housing cooperative in the Straße der Freunds. Some remains of the building and the gardens can still be seen in 2015.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the brickworks produced building materials that were sold as far as Berlin. In the course of the establishment of the LPG in the 1950s, the areas of Einhusens were cultivated by the LPG in Buerbeck under the direction of Marta Kruse. In the Middle Ages, the village of Stampe existed nearby. In the 14th century Henning von Pressentin has been found on Stampe. In 1554 the place was already desolate. The eponymous Stamper See has been dry since the 19th century due to drainage measures. Only an alder quarry through which the Demener Bach flows reminds us of the former waters between Horst and Einhusen. The no longer cultivated Hufen in the desert town led to long-term disputes between Stieten and Prestin. In the sense of a Solomonic judgment, the entire area, the Stampe, Einhusen and the Sparower Mühle was raised to an independent municipality and later (1925) the municipality of Demen and Buerbeck united.

Sparower Mill

The Sparower mill has been known since 1309. According to the Mecklenburg record book, Müller Rossow was arrested in Rostock because he and his accomplices attacked citizens of Rostock in front of the city. At the end of the 15th century the mill was the subject of dispute between Messrs. Prestin (von Pressentin's family) and Bülow (von Barner's family) over the question of who was allowed to collect the tax from this mill. Curiously, the mill ponds were in the area of ​​the Bülow estate and the buildings in the area of ​​the Prestin estate . The confusion ended in 1506 with a comparison before the Kaiser in Speyer. The Thirty Years War hit the mill hard. Twice she was ambushed and burned by enemy knights. After later reconstruction, the mill was in operation until after 1900.

The census of 1900 confirmed that eight people lived in the Sparower Mill at that time. In the course of the land reform of 1945 , the land of the mill, which in the meantime belonged to Gut Buerbeck, was also settled. The vernacular still speaks of the Sparower field and the Sparower meadows. Presumably in the course of land consolidation measures, the remains of the building that still existed in 1945 were demolished in the 1960s or 1970s. Only the mill ponds from that time suggest that there were buildings. These have been state-protected since 1990 as the “Priesterwiesen” area natural monument.

Mill tenant:

• 1309: Rossow
• 1819: Johann Timm (according to the census file)
• 1861 to after 1867: Johann Schwedt (according to the lease)
• 1900: pike

Venzkow

Venzkow was first mentioned in 1330 as Ventzkowe ex parte domocelli nostri . In 1399 we learned that Helmoldus de Plesse in Mutetzmow (Müsselmow) dimisit et resgnauit ordini S. Anthonii ius patronatus seu presentandi parochialis ecclesiae uille Ventzekow, cuius uerus fuit patronus, anno domini 1399. 1400 is dat ghantze dorpv to Ventnserkow Lande to the Sterneberghe prove with deme kerklene .

Agriculture

Agriculture until 1945

In contrast to many other places in Mecklenburg, Demen was never Gutsdorf in its history. That is why an independent peasantry has developed over the centuries. In essence, the fields around Demen were cultivated by four farms (e.g. Farmer Suhr). Numerous dealings were added. With the start of the Häusler settlement program of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , many cottages were set up in Demen . The so-called Competence Association was founded as an aid association at the end of the 19th century, with the task of leasing pasture land for the cows as the spokesman for all the cottagers. One chairman was Friedrich Schröder (1876–1950) from Häuslerei No. 50. The green area of ​​today's bathing area was z. B. in the 1930s the competence meadow. It was leased from the community.

A fisherman carried out his trade on the Dannhuser See. Forestry production is unknown.

The annual farmers' market was held for the last time in 1840.

Agriculture 1945 to 1953

With the land reform from July 1945, numerous citizens of dementia benefited from the division of the run. About one hectare of forest and one hectare of meadow / arable land were given to new farmers (refugees and displaced persons) and local residents for use. The Demener received their land mainly in the area of ​​the divided Buerbeck estate. Further knowledge from this time is lacking due to a lack of research results.

In the first years after the war, the new landowners tried hard to reclaim the often fallow land. The men were often still prisoners of war or fallen. In Demen it was ultimately the women who organized the reconstruction and survival.

Agriculture 1953 to 1990

The formerly private large farms, which were previously divided up in the land reform, were controlled by the state, but from 1953 onwards they were brought together in cooperative structures. On March 11, 1953, when the Agricultural Production Cooperative (LPG) "Freedom" was founded, the start of the collectivization of agricultural production in Demen as well. With 18 members it cultivated an area of ​​139.48 hectares. At the same time (1954) a Type I LPG was founded in Buerbeck, which was called "German-Soviet Friendship" and whose members worked 23 hectares of agricultural land.

This was the first step for the revolution of a different kind in Demen. Centuries-old structures of independent peasantry have now been dissolved according to state guidelines. Demen's village began to change, as did the character of its residents. The alliance of the peasantry, initially carried out on a voluntary basis, now became increasingly compulsive in the second wave of collectivization. On January 1, 1958, the unification of all LPG was completed. At that time there were still 59 independent farms. In the following years the last free farmers were forced into the LPG or given up by state repression (throttling of the free peaks in sales) and, according to reports, also by threats and violence on site. In 1965 there were 219 members of the LPG "Freiheit", who farmed a total area of ​​1940.06 hectares. Demen reported the full cooperative and thus the end of the free farmers.

Between 1965 and 1990 production was intensified. With the end of the GDR, the economy embedded in the state planned economy also came to an end.

Agriculture after 1990

The turning point in the economic order also required the LPG "Freiheit" Demen to make great efforts to adapt to the new economic system. The name was changed to Agrargenossenschaft Demen e. G. and the focus on effective working methods. In this context, what was once the largest employer in the village lost its outstanding importance for social life. Milk production, which was no longer economical for a long time, was discontinued on July 1, 2016.

Due to the wounds left by collectivization and the severed bond of the tradition of the free peasantry, no new peasant class has been able to establish itself in Demen to this day . The number of farms has remained insignificant for the economic performance of dementia and cannot therefore contribute to slowing down the emigration of the young village population. There is no identification with the land.

politics

Village mayors and mayors

• 1666–1696 Pagel Arenß
• 1696–1717 Christopher Albrecht
• 1767 - 0000Hans Hacker
• 1886–1895 Christian Ahrens
• 1896–1918 Helmuth Harnack
• 1923–1929 Mr. Schröder
• 1930–1937 Heinrich Luckmann
• 1938–1945 Carl Schröder
• 1945–1946 Hermann Scheel
• 1947–1950 Wilhelm Brack, Georg Stuntebeck, Werner Gründling
• 1951–1975 Karl Müller
• 1975–1976 Werner Burmeister
• 1977–1982 Mr. Slopinski
• 1982–1985 Mr. Löwe
• 1985–1990 Monika Hornemann
• 1990–1994 Gerd Weber
• 1994–1998 Wolfgang Höfer
• 1998–2014 Thomas Schwarz
• 2014– 0000Heidrun Sprenger

Community representation

After the local elections on May 27, 2014, the local council consists of:

• Voting community Demen: 4 seats
• SPD : 2 seats
• The left : 1 seat
• Future working group: 1 seat

coat of arms

Blazon : "In gold with a border divided by gold and blue in a double cloud section, two diagonally crossed red tree trunks, burning red and gold at the upper ends, angled by four red clover leaves." The coat of arms and the flag were designed by the Schwerin heraldist Heinz Kippnick based on an idea by Venzkower Roland Woiciechowski . It was approved together with the flag on August 8, 2000 by the Ministry of the Interior and registered under the number 222 of the coat of arms of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Justification for the coat of arms: In the coat of arms, the cloud section and the burning tree trunks create a visual reference to the community name, which is most likely derived from the Old Slavic word dyminy and, in a figurative sense, means smoking place. The background for the naming is probably the slash and burn operations once carried out by the Slavs in the beech and oak forests that existed at the time. The tree trunks are also intended to symbolize the large forests in the municipality, but above all they stand for a dendrological and forest attraction, for the two giant sequoia trees in the Kölpiner forest. The shamrocks refer on the one hand to the traditional main source of income for the inhabitants, agriculture, especially animal husbandry, and on the other hand to the number of the four districts. With the tinging of the coat of arms in blue, gold and red, the affiliation of the municipality to the state of Mecklenburg is indicated.

flag

Flag of the municipality of Demen

The flag is striped in yellow, blue and yellow across the longitudinal axis of the flag cloth. The yellow stripes each take up a quarter, the blue stripe takes up half the length of the flag cloth. In the middle of the blue stripe 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 DEMEN".

Attractions

Village church Demen 2009

• Architectural monuments
  → Main article : List of architectural monuments in Demen
• Church Demen
• Natural monuments
• Sequoia trees in the Kölpin Forest , near the district of Venzkow (district of Kölpin)
• Exhibitions and museums
• Traditional room of the former 5th Missile Brigade

The well-tended exhibition room is located in the EVITA Forum (formerly Warnow barracks) and is accessible.

• Traditional room of the former LPG Freiheit Demen

The traditional room was opened in 1981 under the direction of former chairwoman Irma Brandt. In 2015, after being inaccessible for many years, it was made available to the community for recycling in the course of compiling the village chronicle.

Associations and tourism

The top entry point for water hikers into the Warnow is at Demen. The beach of the "Tiefen See" is secured by lifeguards during the summer months. The demand for sociability and community among the population was also evident in Demen. The first clubs were founded as early as 1850.

• Political associations

The Hitler Youth and the Association of German Girls existed in Demen until 1945. At that time, the numerous leisure activities were a welcome change from the monotony of everyday life in the country. The pioneer organization and the Free German Youth existed in Demen until 1990. Most of the children and young people at the POS “Fritz Schmenkel” were also members of these political youth organizations.

• Compatriot clubs

The Demener Heimatverein helped to develop the coat of arms for Demen, which was approved on August 8, 2000. For the 750th anniversary of Demens in 2015, a local history was drawn up. To improve tourism in the region, new hiking trails were identified and information material was developed. The Heimatfest takes place annually in August in Demen. Before 1945 there was a folk dance group and a costume group in Demen.

• Social associations

From 1920 to 1945 there was also a men's choir in Demen. The rural women's association Demen has existed since 1990. Since 1990 there has been a senior citizens' club in Demen. V. and since 2004 its own club room in the old school building. The senior choir dissolved in 2007. The Demener Carneval Club '89 e. V. was founded in 1989, has over 50 active members and various dance groups.

• sports clubs

On December 1, 1950, the BSG Traktor Demen was founded and there was a diverse sports culture. In addition to football, boxing, horse riding, table tennis and judo, there was also women's gymnastics.

From 1977 to 1989 the ASG Vorwärts Demen existed as an army sports community of the 5th Missile Brigade of the NVA, which has been based in Demen since 1977 . In 1980 the soccer team won the Schwerin District Cup. In 1989 the ASG was dissolved.

traffic

The municipality is located north of federal highway 321 and south of federal highway 104 . The federal motorway 14 (approx. 15 km) can be reached via the Schwerin-Ost junction. Demen can be reached by bus from Crivitz . The Demen – Crivitz (–Schwerin) line has been in place since 1954. Today operated by SGS Bus & Reisen GmbH as line 124.

The next train station in the direction of Schwerin is in Crivitz (12 km) and in the direction of Rostock in Blankenberg (22 km). Before the beginning of the First World War until at least 1929, the construction of a small railway line from Schwerin (port railway) to Demen and later the extension towards Brüel was planned. Demen was intended as a changing station. This plan was not implemented.

Coming from Crivitz, the “old” Sternberger Landstrasse leads past Demen to Sternberg and connected the residential cities of Schwerin and Güstrow. It is evidence of a formerly very good infrastructural connection to the place. In Demen, a transformer station was operated by the hereditary tenant Heldt, which was taken over by the Höftmann family in 1946. Historically, this former freight route had the significance of today's federal highway. The street became particularly important during armed conflicts. The armies of Gustavus Adolphus in the Thirty Years 'War, the army of Tsar Peter I in the Seven Years' War and an army of Napoleon marched on this road in 1806. With the construction of the westernmost section of today's federal highway 104 , which began in 1840 and was completed in 1844, and the associated completion of Paulsdamm in 1842, the Crivitz-Demen-Sternberg section was abandoned and directed via Brüel to Schwerin. This still corresponds to the course of the federal road today. Demen was compensated with the construction of a paved road (including a roadside keeper's house). However, this could not reverse the loss of the infrastructural connection. The isolated situation of dementia that resulted from this has not yet been overcome.

Literature and Sources

literature

• Demen community: 700 years of Demen. Festschrift, Demen 1965.
• Horst Ende: Demen, village church. In: The monuments of the Schwerin district. Schwerin 1985, p. 18.
• Horst Ende: Demen . In: Churches in and around Schwerin. Berlin 1990, pp. 106, 107, 180.
• Burghard Keuthe: Parchimer legends. Part II. Brüel-Crivitz-Sternberg. Parchim 1997 ISBN 3-932370-27-9
• Hans-Heinz Schütt: On shield and seal. Schwerin 2002 ISBN 3-933781-21-3 pp. 121-122, 179, 269.
• Tilo Schöfbeck: The Land of Sternberg in the Middle Ages (7th – 13th centuries). Genesis of a cultural landscape in the Warnower area. In: Slavs and Germans in the High Middle Ages east of the Elbe. Volume 8, Studies on the Archeology of Europe, Bonn 2008 ISBN 978-3-7749-3485-6
• Demen community: 750 years of Demen, local history 1265–2015. Schwerin 2015.

Printed sources

• Mecklenburg record book (MUB)
• Mecklenburg Yearbooks (MJB)

Unprinted sources

• State Main Archive Schwerin
  • LHAS 1.5-4 / 3 documents Dobbertin monastery. MUB 11818. Regesten No. 4311, 17614, 17615, 20910.
  • LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Provincial Monastery / Monastery Office Dobbertin. No. 1341 Transfer of the villages Demen and Dabel, which formerly belonged to the Dobbertin monastery, as well as the tenants from Domsühl to the Schwerin Duke in 1645. No. 3407 Farmer's laying in Demen 1590. No. 3407/1 Lease agreements between the Dobbertin monastery and Demen.

Web links

Commons : Demen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Office Crivitz - Municipality of Demen

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. ^ Unofficial read version of the main statute of the municipality of Demen. (PDF; 239 kB) (No longer available online.) Parish Demen, November 24, 2014, archived from the original on January 21, 2016 ; accessed on January 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ Paul Kühnel: The Slavic place names in Meklenburg. MJB 46 (1881) ISSN  0259-7772 , pp. 3-168, here p. 39.
4. ↑ MUB I. (1863) No. 440.
5. ↑ MUB II. (1864) No. 1046.
6. ↑ Source: von Pressentinsches Familienarchiv
7. ↑ MUB VIII. (1873) No. 5143.
8. ↑ MUB XXIII. (1911) No. 13384.
9. ↑ MUB XXIV. (1913) No. 13621.
10. ^ Community Demen: 750 years of Demen. 2015, p. 16.
11. ↑ 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. 193-195 .
12. ↑ ^{a b} main statute § 1 (PDF).
13. ^ Community Demen: 750 years of Demen. 2015, p. 84.
14. ^ Community Demen: 750 years of Demen. 2015, pp. 76–79.