Hohenfelde (Schwedt / Oder)

Hohenfelde

Location of Hohenfelde in Brandenburg

Hohenfelde is a village in northeast Germany and belongs to the city of Schwedt / Oder in the Uckermark district in Brandenburg .

geography

The village with 228 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2006) on a municipal area of ​​approx. 17 km² is located on the edge of a plateau near the terminal moraine that stretches north of the catfish and forms a striking relief with heights of 40 to 50 meters above the Welsebruch (Müllerberge). On this area sloping down to the southeast, wine was still cultivated into the 19th century.

history

Hohenfelde was first mentioned in 1564 in a letter from Elector Joachim to Maria von Honstein-Vierraden , b. Countess zu Regenstein , mentioned in a document. There is still no talk of a village, just a sheep farm and a farm belonging to the Vierraden family on the “high field”.

In 1602 there were already "uf the high field" a Vorwerk and the already mentioned sheep farm. From one country rider was handed down in 1608, that since even only four Kossäten had been eating, but a Vorwerk besides sheep insist that belonged to the Counts of Schwedt . According to other reports, Count Martin von Hohnstein (1524–1609), master master of the Order of St. John and the last male representative of the Hohenstein family, had the four farms built in order to attract workers for the farm, which was enlarged to 248 acres . The next farms were built in the immediate vicinity of the old village oak, where the farms of the four long-established farmers are still to this day. This is how the village of Hohenfelde gradually came into being.

The Thirty Years' War brought great misery for the villagers; many fell victim to hunger and disease. A report from 1653 named four desert farms. In 1696 these four farms were inhabited again and the village slowly began to recover from the devastation.

By the end of the 18th century, Hohenfelde experienced rapid development, which was due to a high demand for workers. The following data is available for this period:

• 4 farms
• 7 Büdner * 12 residential buildings
• 69 inhabitants
• 12 fire places

In 1775, Margrave Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Schwedt acquired the place. Hohenfelde belonged to the Randow district of the Prussian province of Pomerania from 1817 to 1939 . With the dissolution of the Randow district in 1939, the Greifenhagen district came into being . For a long time the northern boundary of Hohenfeld was the border between Pomerania and Brandenburg-Prussia .

From 1950 to 1993 Hohenfelde was a municipality in the Angermünde district in the Frankfurt (Oder) district . Since October 26, 2003 the place belongs to the city of Schwedt / Oder . and has been their northernmost district ever since. The Teerofenbrücke residential area also belongs to Hohenfelde .

Attractions

Village church

The Hohenfeld village church is a 14 m long and 7 m wide brick building with a small tower as a roof turret on the west gable. In the church there is a small west gallery , a simple pulpit and an altar with the image of Christ crucified, completed by a paneled ceiling and plaques of the builder and for the fallen of both world wars on both sides.

Hohenfelde village church

Until the beginning of the 19th century, the Hohenfelder had to cover the four kilometers long and often arduous way to the Vierraden church, especially in winter . The growing population made the desire for their own church stronger. The construction of the new church, which was consecrated in 1901, was thanks to the energetic activity of the pastor Erxleben . Many parishes from the Mark Brandenburg helped finance the construction of the church. A picture postcard with a picture of the church and an appeal for donations comes from this time, which reads as follows:

“God's grace added stone on stone,
God's blessing made the little church small,
God's strength preserved and more,
what built up for His glory!
Who will raise the last stone of concern,
Voluntarily give another mite ? "

The main donors included the Imperial Court Chamber and the owner of the estate, Count von Reedern. The bailiff Schönermark contributed the four lead-glazed windows with colored representations from the New Testament. They were destroyed in World War II. A shell hit next to the round choir window caused major damage and the roof was perforated in many places. The small bronze bell in the church tower was also broken through by shrapnel. Compared to the devastation in Schwedt and Vierraden, the Hohenfeld Church got off quite lightly. The damage was poorly repaired in 1945, the windows sealed with cardboard and boards. In the early 1950s, a more thorough repair was made; the new windows were also used.

The bell bears the following inscription: 2. Chorinter 5, verse 20, Let yourself be reconciled with God AD 1866 cast by C. Voss in Stettin Golgatha Capelle

supporting documents

1. ↑ History summary Hohenfelde. Author: Botho Milleville / 2008 edited by Rita Feick. Retrieved September 23, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states. Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 .

Web links

Commons : Hohenfelde (Schwedt)  - Collection of images

• Pictures from Hohenfelde

Coordinates: 53 ° 8 '  N , 14 ° 17'  E