Hohenzieritz

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 27 '  N , 13 ° 6'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Mecklenburg Lake District
Office :	Neustrelitz-Land
Height :	85 m above sea level NHN
Area :	20.18 km 2
Residents:	453 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	22 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	17237
Area code :	039824
License plate :	MSE, AT, DM, MC, MST, MÜR, NZ, RM, WRN
Community key :	13 0 71 066
Office administration address:	Marienstraße 5 17235 Neustrelitz
Website :	www.amtneustrelitz-land.de
Mayor :	Detlev Köhncke
Location of the municipality of Hohenzieritz in the Mecklenburg Lake District

Hohenzieritz is a municipality in the Mecklenburg Lake District in southern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). The municipality is administered by the Neustrelitz-Land office, which is based in the non-official city of Neustrelitz .

geography

The municipality of Hohenzieritz lies on the edge of a terminal moraine , which is 100 m above sea level. NN west of the Tollense glacial valley. The district of Prillwitz is about 70 m lower on the west bank of the Lieps , which is separated from the Tollensesee by a marshy zone and already belongs to the city of Neubrandenburg. The entire Lieps-Ufer is designated as a nature reserve. Other protected areas in the municipality are the nature reserves Rosenholz and Zippelower Bachtal and Ziemenbachtal . Hohenzieritz is about eleven kilometers from Neustrelitz and the small town of Penzlin .

Community structure

The districts of Prillwitz and Zippelow belong to Hohenzieritz.

history

The places Hohenzieritz ("Cyrice") and Prillwitz ("Priulbitz") were first mentioned in a deed of donation in 1170, through which Prince Casimir of Pomerania transferred several villages to the diocese of Havelberg for the foundation of a monastery. At that time, the places belonged to the Land of Penzlin and were among the goods with which Prince Nikolaus von Werle enfeoffed the brothers Hermann and Heinrich von Peckatel in 1274.

Hohenzieritz

In the second half of the 18th century the Hohenzieritz Castle was built and the Hohenzieritz Park was laid out. During this time, the places fell to the sovereign Adolf Friedrich IV as a "settled" fief , who gave Hohenzieritz to his brother and successor Karl II . He had the Hohenzieritz Castle increased in 1790 and used it as a summer residence. His daughter, Queen Luise of Prussia, died here in 1810 .

Prillwitz

A castle was built in Prillwitz in the 13th century. Prillwitz was also called “Städeken Prilevitz” in the following . Until around 1300, the villages were owned by the cathedral chapter to Havelberg . After that they became the pawn of history and often changed hands. The brothers Hermann and Heinrich von Peckatel , Achim von Heydebreke , von Blankenburg , von Maltzahn , von Bülow , von Behr , von Finkh and 1733 Hans Christian von Fabian are named as feudal lords . Christoph August von Bredow grew up after the death of his father with his uncle Asmus Wilhelm von Bredow (born January 4, 1731 in Prillwitz, † September 18, 1799 in Markau) on Gut Prillwitz. From 1887 to 1889 the " Liepser Schlösschen " was built for Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich V in Prillwitz .

politics

Coat of arms, flag, official seal

The municipality has no officially approved national emblem, neither a coat of arms nor a flag. The official seal is the small state seal with the coat of arms of the state of Mecklenburg. It shows a looking bull's head with torn off neck fur and crown and the inscription "GEMEINDE HOHENZIERITZ * LANDKREIS MECKLENBURGISCHE SEENPLATTE".

Partner municipality

• Schülp b. Nortorf in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district in Schleswig-Holstein

Attractions

Hohenzieritz

See also : List of architectural monuments in Hohenzieritz

Old forge Hohenzieritz

• Hohenzieritz Castle with the Luisen memorial
• Castle Park
• Home office in the forge

The building was built by Friedrich Wilhelm Buttel in 1823 and served as a forge until 1961. Today it houses a home parlor including a Luisenkammer and is looked after on a voluntary basis.

• Round church (former castle church)

This building was built in 1806 by order of Duke Charles II . Friedrich Wilhelm Dunckelberg carried out the order. The entrance is adorned with a triangular gable and half-columns in the Doric style.

• Pitcher building

The jug building was also built by Friedrich Wilhelm Dunckelberg in 1804.

• Louis oak near the sand mill with a chest height of 7.50 m (2016).

Prillwitz

Hunting lodge Prillwitz after completion - historical view (postcard, around 1900)

• Settlement chamber from Slavic times

In the Lieps several islands populated during the Slav period and the Nonnenhof peninsula. The legendary Slavic sanctuary Rethra is believed to be in this area . However, so far there has not been any scientific proof of this.

• Hunting Lodge Prillwitz (also: Liepser Schlösschen )

Kietzwerder island in the Lieps near Prillwitz

The Prillwitz hunting lodge directly on the Lieps (private property). The hunting lodge is embedded in a landscape park that has been reconstructed since April 2009.

• Prillwitz Castle Hill

Directly at the village cemetery is a huge early German castle hill. In winter and spring you can see its enormous dimensions from afar. Remains of the field stone foundation can be found above the system. The facility was built directly after the Slav period in the 13th century and has a surface area of ​​50 by 70 meters. The floor plan is almost square.

• Village church

The original brick building dates from the Middle Ages, was rebuilt as a half-timbered building in 1730 and received a tower in neo-Gothic style in 1893. An order of garter adorns the main entrance.

Chapel of the Good Shepherd Prillwitz

• Chapel of the Good Shepherd

The chapel was donated by the owner of the hunting lodge. It was built in 2011 using clinker bricks that are more than 100 years old, based on designs by the Berlin architects Krieger + Mielke .

Transport links

You can get to Hohenzieritz via Peckatel on the B 192 or via Blumenholz on the B 96 . There are good road connections to the surrounding cities of Neubrandenburg , Penzlin , Neustrelitz and Waren (Müritz) .

The connection to Neustrelitz is during the week with the buses of MVVG ensured. The nearest train station is also in Neustrelitz. a. on the Berlin – Rostock line .

Sons and daughters

Prillwitz

• Henning August von Bredow (1774–1832), Mecklenburg-Strelitz forester, Prussian district administrator and landowner, Saxon winemaker and oenologist
• Eva Rechlin (1928–2011), German writer

Web links

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

• Literature about Hohenzieritz in the state bibliography MV
• Literature about Prillwitz in the state bibliography MV
• Literature about Zippelow in the state bibliography MV
• Hohenzieritz municipality in the Neustrelitz-Land district

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. ^ Georg Krüger [ed.]: Art and historical monuments of the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz . Volume I.1. Neubrandenburg 1921. p. 78 u. 103. [Cf. Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch (MUB), No. 95].
3. ↑ Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch (MUB), No. 1317.
4. ↑ Main Statute, Section 1, Paragraph 2
5. ^ Entry in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved January 10, 2017
6. ↑ CHAPEL “ZUM GUTEN HIRTEN” PRILLWITZ 2011. (No longer available online.) In: Website of the architects Krieger + Mielke. Archived from the original on December 6, 2016 ; accessed on December 6, 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.  
7. ↑ A new chapel is being built in Prillwitz . Nordkurier.de . March 10, 2011. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 10, 2011.