Krugau

Krugau Municipality Märkische Heide Coordinates: 52 ° 1 ′ 31 ″  N , 13 ° 59 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	55 m
Residents :	238  (December 31, 2011)
Incorporation :	October 26, 2003
Postal code :	15913
Area code :	035471
Location of Krugau in Brandenburg

Former farm building in Krugau

Krugau ( Dubrawa in Lower Sorbian ) is a district of the Märkische Heide community in the Dahme-Spreewald district of Brandenburg .

Location and accessibility

Krugau is located about twelve kilometers northeast of Lübben on the state road 443 and six kilometers east of Schlepzig .

The approximately 250 km long cucumber cycle path runs directly through Krugau, past the Krugauer See, the field stone church and the Spreewald barracks .

On the outskirts is the former Krugau train station, the Niederlausitzer Eisenbahn . The route is active today from Lübben to the high moor in the Krugau Forest, but is no longer used.

Directly south is the legendary 60 meter (110 m above sea level) high Marienberg. In addition to a monk's cemetery, there was also a Marienquelle and a chapel on the mountain top. In addition, monks are said to have used the Marienberg to grow wine.

history

Krugau was first mentioned in a document as Cruge towards the end of the 14th century .

Culture and sights

• The village church Krugau is a field stone church from the 15th century. Inside there is a pulpit altar from the beginning of the 18th century.
• In the churchyard there is a 1946 Soviet memorial for 42 forced laborers .

Spreewald barracks

To the east of Krugau is the so-called Spreewaldkaserne, a medical supplies warehouse of the Bundeswehr . During the Second World War, there was an armored equipment office and an army ammunition depot on the site . In the forest area southeast of today's barracks there are still remnants of the MUNA Krugau, which has a track network of almost 17 kilometers. In the later GDR , the NVA was stationed at the location.

Web links

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

• Krugau on the website of the municipality of Märkische Heide

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Müller's Large German Local Book 2012: Complete local dictionary. 33. revised and exp. Ed., Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and Boston 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-027420-2 , online at Google Books , p. 775
2. ↑ Spreewald. In: spreewald.de. Retrieved June 12, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Niederlausitzer Railway. In: lr-online.de. Retrieved July 9, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Marienberg. In: lr-online.de. Retrieved June 25, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Bundeswehr. In: lr-online.de. Retrieved June 12, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Muna. In: geschichtsspuren.de. Retrieved June 25, 2015 .