Küstrinchen

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Küstrinchen
City of Lychen
Coordinates: 53 ° 13 '26 "  N , 13 ° 22' 48"  E
Height : 79 m
Residents : 50  (Dec 31, 2009)
Incorporation : 1990

Küstrinchen is a small settlement that has existed since the 13th century. It has been part of the city of Lychen since 1990 and belongs to the federal state of Brandenburg .

history

On a document from the year 1299 the place is mentioned for the first time as Costernitz , it belonged to the dominion of the count von Fürstenberg. His descendants sold the place to the Boitzenburg nunnery in 1368 . When the monastery was dissolved in 1539 as a result of the Reformation , 19 farmers lived in Costernitz in simple huts and with little land. In addition, there was the pastor's family, but there were no kossas . The inhabitants practiced agriculture, livestock and fishing.

Two people (Jakob Hase and Hans Schröder) burned the place down in 1586. They were caught as "murder burners" and "transported from life to death with fire".

The witch craze did not stop at the small town. In 1592 the village mayor Poldi Potza was tortured and then burned at the stake as a sorceress and poisoner .

In the Thirty Years War (1618–1648) almost all buildings including the village church were destroyed. In 1687 the village was still desolate, it is said that “Küstrinchen suffered so badly that it ceased to be a farming village”.

The rule of Boitzenburg began in 1716 with the attempt to resettle farmers, which initially did not succeed. So the owners leased the land as a Vorwerk and in 1724 there were 27 inhabitants. The population grew again and so the documents for the year 1861 already give 155 people here.

Until the end of the Second World War , Küstrinchen belonged to the Boitzenburg district, from 1949 it came to the Neubrandenburg district . As a result of German reunification, Küstrinchen has been in the state of Brandenburg since 1990 and administrative reforms led to its integration in Lychen.

Culture and sights

Village church in August 2013
  • The village church Küstrinchen , standing in the middle of the hill, comes from the beginnings of the village. After the Reformation it became a place of worship for the local evangelical Christians. Destroyed like the other residential buildings in the Thirty Years War, the patron, Arnim von Boitzenburg, had them rebuilt from 1747 under the responsibility of the builder A. F. Cavon. As can be seen from the year on the weather vane, the church underwent a major renovation in 1828. The surrounding churchyard was closed in 1970, and funerals have been held in Lychen ever since. The church building was last used for a service in 1982. From 2002 to 2020 the local building was refurbished, also with the help of the residents and the specially founded development association.
  • In 1729 the place received the first school house , which was originally only built as a residence for the teacher. A new school building was only built by official order from 1887–1889.
  • Some older buildings from the 19th century have been preserved, including the former grocery store . After the fall of the Wall , there were immigrants who had new buildings built. For the year 2012 50 inhabitants of Küstrinchen are counted.
  • Directly on the Großer Küstriner See , which belongs to Küstrinchen, is a historic fisherman's house that has been modernized. It serves as a seminar and training center.
  • Küstrinchen nature reserve

Web links

Commons : Küstrinchen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Source and individual references

  • Board with historical dates on the main street of the village next to the church; published by Lychen Municipality