Friedrichswalde (Blankenberg)
Coordinates: 53 ° 46 ' N , 11 ° 45' E
Friedrichswalde is a district of the municipality of Blankenberg in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
geography
Friedrichswalde is located in the north of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district , four kilometers northeast of Brüel and near the south bank of the Groß Labenzer See . The area is wooded, only in the south there is a clearing. To the west of Friedrichswalde lies the Harmsee, which is connected via a connecting ditch to the Penziner See to the south of the village. The height of the terrain falls from the center of the village to the lakes from 40 to less than 30 meters.
The Friedrichswalde Weiche estate is located about two kilometers southeast of the village . Until about the middle of the 20th century there was a goods loading point on the Bad Kleinen – Rostock railway line .
history
In 1833 Friedrichswalde was a man-made manor and owned by the chamber director Friedrich Ludwig von Flotow. A tar stove that existed in the village is also mentioned at this time. On July 1, 1950, Friedrichswalde was incorporated into Blankenberg.
Attractions
The castle park, the Wedekind mausoleum, the old forester's house and a horse stable are under monument protection.
Friedrichswalde hunting lodge
The mansion with park was acquired by the merchant and consul general Paul Wedekind, son of the German-Italian merchant and art patron Karl Wedekind , around 1880 . Paul Wedekind, whose family had economic interests in the Italian oil trade, lived mainly in Berlin and used the approximately 1000 hectare property in Friedrichswalde, Penzin and Klein-Görnow exclusively for hunting.
The building has a three-story tower at the rear and was structurally simplified in the past. In the GDR era it served as the DTSB's sports and recreation home. Even today, the privately owned property is a hotel and holiday complex. Construction work is being carried out step-by-step to restore the building to its former glory.
Mausoleum and bronze stag
In 1914, a mausoleum for Paul Wedekind and his family members was erected within the forest on Lake Groß Labenzer. The complex includes a sculpture of a bronze deer, a hollow body weighing around 100 kilograms, by Louis Tuaillon . The figure was cast in the Noack bronze foundry in Berlin. Stone stairs lead to the Groß Labenzer See. In 1945 soldiers of the Red Army shot at the plastic where the bullet holes that had been visible for decades came from. The site was also maintained by associations during the GDR era. During this time a bronze grave slab was stolen and found again. After the fall of the Wall , there was more and more damage from vandalism, which is why the mausoleum was closed and has not been accessible since then.
The bronze stag was stolen in early July 2007. As early as July 10th, the plastic was found sawn up on the premises of a metal processing company in Schwerin. In addition to the antlers, the legs, including the base, had also been cut off; the thieves were probably after the pure material value. In September 2007, the individual parts of the animal sculpture were brought to the foundry where it was once cast. In addition to assembling the stag, the 1945 bullet holes were also removed. The restoration work was financed by descendants of the Wedekinds and donations. The unveiling of the repaired sculpture took place on May 24, 2008 as part of a celebration attended by hundreds of citizens.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Grand Ducal Mecklenburg-Schwerin State Calendar 1834
- ↑ Monuments Office Sternberger Seenlandschaft ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (PDF; 48 kB)
- ^ German gender book Volume 187 (17th Lower Saxony Volume), CA Starke Verlag, Limburg 1982 and tradition
- ↑ Castles and palaces in the Parchim district - detail page ( Memento of the original dated November 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) 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. - burgeninventar.de
- ↑ a b c Schweriner Volkszeitung (SVZ): Who is the thief of the bronze stag? July 7, 2007
- ^ SVZ: Berliner restaurieren Hirsch , September 22, 2007
