Great Roge

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 47 '  N , 12 ° 30'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Rostock
Office :	Mecklenburg Switzerland
Height :	42 m above sea level NHN
Area :	24.37 km 2
Residents:	614 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	25 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	17166
Area code :	039978
License plate :	LRO, BÜZ, DBR, GÜ, ROS, TET
Community key :	13 0 72 038
Office administration address:	von-Pentz-Allee 7 17166 Teterow
Website :	Groß Roge on amt-mecklenburgische-schweiz.de
Mayor :	Herbert Hoeft
Location of the community of Groß Roge in the Rostock district

Groß Roge is a municipality in the Rostock district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). The municipality is administered by the Mecklenburg Switzerland Office with its seat in the non-official city of Teterow .

geography

The community of Groß Roge is located in the west of Mecklenburg Switzerland , right next to the Mecklenburg Switzerland Nature Park and Kummerower See and only approx. 5 km from the city of Teterow. The municipality extends from the slopes of the 100 m high Teterower Heidberge in the east to the Radener See in the west. The Teterower Bergring is only a few hundred meters east of the Mieckow district.

Groß Roge is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Dalkendorf in the north, Teterow in the east, Groß Wokern in the south and Lalendorf in the west.

Districts

• Little Roge
• Mieckow, first mentioned in 1342
• New Rachow, laid out in 1645
• Rachow, first mentioned in 1275
• Wotrum, first mentioned in 1317
• Ornamental peat

history

Before the German expansion to the east, Slavic Wilsen settled in the municipality , the more than 1100 year old castle complex in the district of Zierstorf still bears witness to this today.

From 1828 the agricultural pioneer, domain councilor Carl Pogge, worked in the district of Zierstorf .

Street in Groß Roge 1989

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Wotrum was incorporated.

Groß Roge is characterized by agriculture, in the largely intact nature with forest areas and wetlands, black woodpeckers , stock doves , cranes and gray geese can be observed.

Attractions

• Gutshaus Zierstorf with exhibitions by the Heimatverein zu Carl and Johann Pogge and the Africa researcher Paul Pogge , who was born in Zierstorf.
• Gutshaus Klein Roge: Classicist , two-storey, ten-axis plastered building from the mid-19th century with a medium risalit ; Well owned by the Held (1836–1925) and Domansky (until 1945) families.
• Erdholländer in the district of Neu Rachow
• Wonder book on the Roger Os educational trail

→ See also the list of architectural monuments in Groß Roge

Transport links

The community is on the federal highway 104 from Güstrow to Teterow, in Groß Roge a connection road branches off to Krakow am See . The Güstrow junction on the A 19 ( Rostock - Berlin ) is 12 km away . The next train station is in the neighboring community of Groß Wokern .

supporting documents

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 ).

Web links

Commons : Groß Roge  - Collection of Images