Dolgelin

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Dolgelin
Community Lindendorf
Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 43 ″  N , 14 ° 24 ′ 26 ″  E
Height : 49 m
Residents : 499  (2008)
Incorporation : October 26, 2003
Postal code : 15306
Area code : 03346
Dolgelin (Brandenburg)
Dolgelin

Location of Dolgelin in Brandenburg

Dolgelin is a place in the district of Märkisch-Oderland in Brandenburg and has been part of the municipality of Lindendorf since October 26, 2003 . Together with other municipalities, the official business is carried out by the Amt Seelow-Land . The size of the district boundary is 1439 ha. Dolgelin was the geographic center of the Free State of Prussia .

history

Dolgelin is one of the oldest hill villages on the western edge of the Oderbruch . Excavations since 2000 have uncovered traces of settlement from the Bronze and Iron Ages.

The name suggests a Slavic origin. Dolhi as well as dolgo and len mean long and flax . Archaeological finds on the north-western edge of the village also prove the presence of Slavs . As an anger village , it received a stone church in the 13th century. Dolgelin was first mentioned in documents in 1321. Knights of the Templar Order , who owned a commandery in the neighboring village of Lietzen, had a great influence on the fortunes of the place . In the Middle Ages belonged Good on the field Mark the place for the possession of the Cistercian nuns - monastery Friedland . From 1450 to 1482 the village was owned by the von Pfuel family . Dolgelin was heavily devastated during the Battle of the Seelow Heights in April 1945, the church remained in ruins, the church tower was blown up in 1965; A development association is committed to rebuilding the church. In 2018/2019, the ruin was given a roof that comes very close to the original shape. So the building can be used again. Dolgelin has had its own parish hall since 1997.

Population development

year 1734 1875 1890 1910 1925 1933 1946 1993 2000 2006
population 319 888 818 823 838 795 846 546 531 517

Economy and Infrastructure

The Dolgelin district is located directly on Bundesstraße 167 and had its own train station. In 1881 Dolgelin was connected to the Eberswalde – Frankfurt (Oder) railway line . The station has not been served since 1994.

The place was also connected to the Fürstenwalde – Wriezen railway , part of the Oderbruch Railway . The official final trip between Dolgelin and Wriezen took place on September 23, 1966.

education

There is a primary school and the Dolgeliner Zwerge kindergarten in the village .

Sights and culture

  • The church ruin Dolgelin with its medieval plaster scratch drawings is on the Brandenburg list of monuments. Construction work began in 2018 to restore the church, which was bombed in World War II.
  • The former train station, although no longer in use, and the buildings belonging to it have been preserved. The local sheep farm is right next to it . The new playground was built on the former site of the transformer station. The name "Umspannstation Dolgelin" was retained.
  • The artisanal Christmas market in Dolgelin has been enjoying increasing popularity for several years. Well-known greats like Michi Beck from the band Die Fantastischen Vier were here to visit.
  • The Adonisröschen Hike takes place annually in the "Dolgeliner Mountains", during which you can see the Adonisröschen in the nature reserve in long and short tours .

literature

  • Peter P. Rohrlach: Historical local dictionary for Brandenburg. Lebus. With an overview map in the appendix (= Friedrich Beck [Hrsg.] Historisches Ortslexikon für Brandenburg . Part VII; Publications of the Potsdam State Archives. Volume VII). Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 1983, Dolgelin sö Seelow. Pp. 69–71 (reprinted in 2011).
  • Lebus home district (ed.): A long-suffering country: The Brandenburg district of Lebus in the turmoil of 1945–1952. Self-published Heimatkreis Lebus 1992, p. 154ff
  • Klaus Stieger: Historical views from the Lebus district: 1857–1945. Findling Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-933603-36-6 , ISBN 978-3-933603-36-4 , pp. 121f.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2003
  2. ↑ Heidi Peter-Röcher: The late bronze / early iron age settlement in Dolgelin, district of Märkisch-Oderland. Results of the excavations in the years 2000-2004 (2011)
  3. ^ Leopold von Ledebur: Adelslexikon der Prussischen Monarchy . Rauh, 1856, p. 196.
  4. ↑ Peter P. Rohrlach: Historical local dictionary for Brandenburg. Lebus . Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 1983, Dolgelin sö Seelow. 10. Population figures, p. 71.
  5. ^ The Genealogical Place Directory: Dolgelin
  6. ↑ 09180417 Dolgelin village church . In: Brandenburgisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologisches Landesmuseum (Ed.): Monument list / monument database of the State of Brandenburg (accessed on October 23, 2018).
  7. ↑ Ines Weber-Rath: Measuring: The Dolgeliner church roof truss . In: Märkische Oderzeitung , August 8, 2018 (accessed October 23, 2018).