Kartzow

Kartzow is an inhabited part of Fahrland , a district of the city of Potsdam .

geography

The village of Kartzow is located on the edge of the Döberitzer Heide approx. 12 kilometers northwest of Potsdam . The location is limited to the west by a low channel, the Großer Graben, to the east by Fahrländer Chaussee and to the north by the village road that flows into it. The southern boundary is formed by the former manor under the name Schloss Kartzow with the associated manor park.

history

The first written mention of the parish village of Cartzow goes back to 1357. Bronze Age urn fields on the north-western edge of the village and early Bronze Age settlement and grave finds within the village indicate an earlier settlement .

The small street village was originally built on a single row. It is located on the medieval trade route running from Saarmund to Nauen , which is likely to have been decisive for the development of the village. In the land book of Charles IV in 1375 a pastor, two nobles and 14 farms were mentioned, five of which were already in desolation . No farmers are named. The village also has a jug .

After 1412 the (von) Spil family owned shares in Kartzow. Before the years 1412 to 1729 the Hünickes had the authority and seven free hooves or the whole village with upper and lower court , street court , patrimonial court and a heath near Wolfsberg.

In the castle register of 1450, the Hünickes are listed as the sole owners of the village and a farm with seven free hooves. Ten Hüfner (full farmers) are only listed in 1624 . The Hünickes were u. a. wealthy in pairs and sentence grains. In 1708 there were six three-handers including the Schulzen , four Kossaten, a blacksmith and a village shepherd. The last owner from the von Hünicke family, Cuno von Hünicke, sold the manor to Ludwig von Fronhofer in 1729.

Until after 1859 the landowners changed frequently. In 1840 there were 20 residential houses in the village and the manor, which at that time was owned by Johann Carl Sietlow, who brought it to economic prosperity.

Until the middle of the 19th century, half-timbered construction with a thatched roof dominated the rural appearance. This changed after the "Great Fire" of 1873, to which the church and most of the half-timbered buildings fell victim. Most of the newly constructed buildings were made of brick .

Kartzow village church

Kartzow Castle

The church was also rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style in the years 1879/1880 as a hall building with a polygonal choir and a retracted west tower. An inscription on one of the three tower bells indicates the Berlin architect Theodor Prüfer . The atonement cross was the only medieval testimony to be preserved in the churchyard.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Berlin spirits manufacturer Arthur Gilka took over the manor. The existing distillery and the good soil quality of the arable land are likely to have been decisive . Between 1912 and 1914, the manufacturer had the manor house of the manor remodeled by the Berlin architect Eugen Schmohl into Kartzow Castle, where a representative, three-winged building was created in a Baroque style. The estate was sold by the widow in 1937 after Gilka's death. The state acquired it in 1941 and left it to the Wehrmacht , as a further substantial expansion of the Döberitz military training area to Kartzow was planned.

After the end of the Second World War , around 50 hectares of the former estate district Döberitz were added to the Kartzow community by expropriation . The manor house of the manor house served as accommodation for resettlers from 1945 to 1949 and was then converted into a children's convalescent home in 1949. From 1974 to 1984 the manor house served as a children's home , then until 1996 as a sanatorium for children with kidney disease. The manor house stood empty from 1998 to 2006 and was only sold in December 2006. After a renovation in 2007, it is used for events, mainly weddings, and there is a branch of the Potsdam registry office in it.

In 1953 an agricultural production cooperative was established in the village, which in 1965 joined the horticultural production cooperative in Neu Fahrland . Apple orchards were created in the fields around Kartzow. In the village itself, a plant protection station and some plants for the production of frozen vegetables were set up. The reunification of 1990 brought the end for the agricultural facilities.

Kartzow belonged as an independent rural community to the Osthavelland district until 1952 , then to the Potsdam district and was incorporated into Fahrland as a district on March 14, 1974. Kartzow has been a part of Potsdam since October 26, 2003 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office
2. ↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 2003

Web links

• Kartzow and its history potsdam.de

Coordinates: 52 ° 30 '  N , 12 ° 59'  E