Kikowo
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | West Pomerania | ||
| Powiat : | Białogard | ||
| Gmina : | Tychowo (Powiat Białogardzki) | ||
| Geographic location : | 53 ° 53 ' N , 16 ° 16' E | ||
| Residents : | 220 | ||
| License plate : | ZBI | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Rail route : | Szczecinek – Kołobrzeg railway line , Tychowo station | ||
| Next international airport : | Szczecin-Goleniów | ||
Kikowo (German Kieckow ) is a village in the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship . It is located in the powiat Białogardzki and belongs to the Gmina (rural community) Tychowo (Groß Tychow) .
Geographical location
Kikowo is located in Western Pomerania , 22 kilometers southeast of the city of Belgard ( Białogard ). The eastern part of the village is traversed by the Leitznitz ( Liśnica ), in the west a small ridge along the Persante ( Parsęta ) forms the local border.
Kikowo can be reached via the road 167 ( Koszalin (Köslin) - Tychowo (Groß Tychow) - Ogartowo (Jagertow) ) via the Krosinko (Klein Krössin) junction . The train station is Tychowo, six kilometers away on the Szczecinek – Kołobrzeg railway line .
history
The Pomeranian Kieckow, mentioned in a document as early as 1477, is an old manor village that has been closely associated with the name of the von Kleist family since the village was founded , who owned the Kieckow estate until the end of the Second World War . Initially still a farming village with several half and full farmers jobs, these were relocated to Groß Tychow and Klein Krössin, so that Kieckow became a pure estate village. Kieckow was closely connected to Klein Krössin, as both goods were owned by von Kleist.
In the 18th century there was still a watermill on the Leitznitz, which was later replaced by a windmill.
The “rescue house” built in Kieckow in 1850 became known beyond the Pomeranian region and was named the “Elisabeth” foundation after Queen Elisabeth , the wife of Friedrich Wilhelm IV . Orphaned and vulnerable boys between the ages of six and fourteen were accepted. By the end of 1926, 727 boys found a new home here.
In 1856 there were 18 houses in Kieckow. In the 1939 census, 88 households were counted. The community area was then 1560 hectares. In addition to the estate, there were some sideline jobs.
Until 1945, Kieckow belonged to the district of Zadtkow (today in Polish: Sadkowo ) and to the registry office district of Groß Tychow. The competent district court was in Belgard. The last incumbents were Mayor Gerlach, Head of Department Fiek and registrar Treichel.
Towards the end of World War II , Red Army troops occupied Kieckow in early March 1945 . A stretch of refugees that had previously set out was caught up by the Soviet front after 40 kilometers and sent back. The last landlord on Kieckow and Klein Krössin, Hans Jürgen von Kleist-Retzow, was abducted by the Russians despite his active Nazi resistance activities and only released to Germany in 1947 after two years of imprisonment.
After Hinterpommern was placed under Polish administration after the Russian occupation , a Polish authority from Groß Tychow (Tychowo) took over the management of the former Kieckow estate. In the ensuing time, the residents were out of the place sold .
Kikowo is now part of the rural community of Tychowo .
Population numbers
| year | number | Remarks |
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| 1867 | 266 | |
| 1871 | 285 | |
| 1925 | 533 | including 525 Evangelicals and 4 Catholics |
| 1933 | 411 | |
| 1939 | 447 | |
| 1856 | 256 |
church
Until 1821 Kieckow was an independent parish a daughter parish of Groß Tychow (today: Tychowo ). When the parish Neu Buckow ( Bukówko ) was integrated into the parish , Kieckow was only preserved as a chapel parish. In 1818 the old church was demolished because it was in disrepair. In 1848 the lord of the manor Hans Hugo von Kleist-Retzow built a new chapel: a brick building with a stone foundation, a small choir extension and a turret structure.
Until 1945 the parish belonged to Tychowo Kirchenkreis Belgard of the ecclesiastical province of Pomerania in the Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union . The last German pastor was Werner Braun.
Today Kikowo is in the parish Koszalin (Köslin) of the Polish Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland . The place of the church is Białogard.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the place
- Hans Hugo von Kleist-Retzow (1814–1892), born on November 25, 1814 in Kieckow, District Administrator of the Belgard District , High President of the Prussian Rhine Province , Member of the Reichstag
- Jürgen von Kleist-Retzow (born August 21, 1854 in Kieckow, † December 14, 1897 in Dresden), district administrator
Other personalities who have worked on site
- Hans Jürgen von Kleist-Retzow (1771–1844), politician and district administrator of the Belgard district, landlord on Kieckow
- Ruth von Kleist-Retzow (1867–1945), committed member of the Confessing Church and in the resistance against National Socialism
literature
- Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann : Detailed description of the current state of the Königl. Prussian Duchy of Vor and Hinter Pomerania . Part II, Volume 2, Stettin 1784, p. 652, No. 33.
- Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen . III. Part, Volume 1, Anklam 1867, pp. 837-842.
- Belgard-Schivelbein home district committee (ed.): The Belgard district. From the story of a Pomeranian home district. Belgard-Schivelbein home district committee, Celle 1989.
Web links
- The community of Kieckow in the former Belgard district in Pomerania (Gunthard Stübs and Pommersche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 2011).
- Gut Kieckow
Individual evidence
- ↑ Road map PL003: Western Pomerania. Köslin - Stolp - Gdansk . Höfer Verlag, Dietzenbach 2005, 9th edition.
- ^ Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen . III. Part, Volume 1, Anklam 1867, pp. 837-842.
- ↑ Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann : Detailed description of the current state of the Königl. Prussian Duchy of Vor and Hinter Pomerania . Part II, Volume 2, Stettin 1784, p. 652, No. 33.
- ↑ a b Royal Prussian Statistical Bureau: The municipalities and manor districts of the province of Pomerania and their population . Berlin 1874, p. 110, no.114.
- ↑ Kieckow community in the former Belgard district in Pomerania. Retrieved June 23, 2017 .
- ^ A b Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Province of Pomerania, district of Belgard. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).