Kummerow (at the lake)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 46 '  N , 12 ° 50'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Mecklenburg Lake District
Office :	Malchin at the Kummerower See
Height :	32 m above sea level NHN
Area :	55.31 km 2
Residents:	572 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	10 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	17139
Area code :	039952
License plate :	MSE, AT, DM, MC, MST, MÜR, NZ, RM, WRN
Community key :	13 0 71 084
Community structure:	4 districts
Office administration address:	Am Markt 1 17139 Malchin
Website :	www.kummerow.de
Mayor :	André Ebeling
Location of the municipality of Kummerow in the Mecklenburg Lake District

Kummerow is a municipality in the Mecklenburg Lake District in Western Pomerania . The community is part of the Malchin am Kummerower See office .

Geography and traffic

Kummerow is located about six kilometers northeast of Malchin . The federal highway 104 ( Lübeck - Stettin ) runs south and the B 194 ( Waren - Stralsund ) east of the community. The community is located on the south-eastern shore of Lake Kummerower and partly in the Mecklenburg Switzerland and Lake Kummerow Nature Park . The western border of the municipality runs on the banks of the Ostpeene .

Community structure

The following districts belong to the municipality of Kummerow:

• Axelshof
• Kummerow
• Leuschentin
• Maxfelde

history

Kummerow was probably settled by Slavic tribes from the 5th century. The place name is of Slavic origin and means something like Mückenort, derived from komor for mosquito. Kummerow was first mentioned in a document in 1222. The place was called Cummerow until the 20th century .

Already in 1255 the place received city rights. 1309 Heinrich von Maltzahn was Burgvogt von Kummerow and Vogt of the country Kalden . In 1315 the Kummerow Castle was besieged but could not be captured. After 1320 the lords of Maltzahn were withdrawn from the fiefdom of the Duke of Pomerania, who gave it to the pastor of Kummerow in 1368. Around 1420 the place came back to the von Maltzahn family. In 1450 the castle and bailiwick were besieged and conquered in a Mecklenburg-Pomeranian feud. After the peace treaty on August 29, 1450, the castle, town and bailiwick of Kummerow came to Mecklenburg.

After another war, Kummerow fell back to Pomerania in 1481 and again went to the von Maltzahns as a fief. From 1573 to 1671 there were protracted feuds and negotiations between the von Maltzahns, the city and Dargun Monastery . The Thirty Years' War caused great devastation in Kummerow, only 16 residents survived the war. After that, Kummerow became the Swedish property of General Baron Bleichert. In 1671 Kummerow lost its town charter and the von Maltzahn family again became owners of the place, which was confirmed to them in 1741 by the new sovereign, the King of Prussia, Friedrich II .

An exchange of the enclave Kummerow with areas of Mecklenburg was refused in 1925, it is stated "that the inhabitants [of the enclave] had been Prussia for centuries, felt like Prussia in every respect and wanted to remain so".

During the Second World War , u. a. Children evacuated from Szczecin and Berlin are housed. On April 30, 1945, Kummerow was occupied by Soviet units. A quarantine camp for a thousand former forced laborers was set up in the manor house.

Because of the refugees from eastern Germany, the number of inhabitants increased from 325 (1938) to 720 (1946). In 1954 the road from Leuschentin to Kummerow was completed. This gave Kummerow a connection to the fixed road network. In 1957, 979 people lived in the municipality. A campsite set up on the lake was becoming increasingly popular. 3310 holidaymakers on both campsites and around 5670 holidaymakers in addition to bungalows and as local people spent their holidays in Kummerow in 1976.

On January 1, 1951, the previously independent community of Leuschentin was incorporated.

In the years 1963 to 1965 Kummerow received a central water supply, before that sea water was used.

In 1966, 876 people lived in the community.

Until January 1, 2005, the community was part of the Am Kummerower See office .

Leuschentin: The Leuschentin estate and manor house were owned by the von Maltzahn family around 1900.

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : "Above a blue, lowered wave shield foot in gold, two leaves to the left and a grape drifting between them, accompanied by two red rabbit heads on the right." The coat of arms was designed by Karl-Heinz Steinbruch from Schwerin . It was approved on July 23, 2014 by the Ministry of the Interior and registered under the number 356 of the coat of arms of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Justification of the coat of arms: The coat of arms testifies to a constant relationship with the von Maltzahn family through the inclusion of the symbols of the rabbit's head and the vine. These symbols can also be found on their coats of arms, albeit in a different color and arrangement, and can thus be traced back to a seal imprint from 1293. The adoption of the symbols in varied designs suggests that the family shaped economic and social life in the municipality for centuries. Today, as then, the municipality impresses with its location on the south-east bank of the Kummerower See, which is indicated by the wave shield around the coat of arms. The municipality is part of the Mecklenburg Lake District Nature Park and the Kummerower See Nature Park.

flag

The municipality does not have an officially approved flag .

Official seal

The official seal shows the municipal coat of arms with the inscription "GEMEINDE KUMMEROW".

Attractions

Kummerow Castle

Kummerow village church

→ See: List of architectural monuments in Kummerow (am See)

• The Kummerow Castle was from 1725 to 1733 in the style of the Baroque for the family of Maltzahn built. The elongated two-storey main building is connected to two-storey corner pavilions via gallery buildings and is surrounded by historic farm buildings and the remains of a landscape park by Peter Joseph Lenné . The castle has been partially renovated since 2014 and is used for exhibitions; it is to be established as the “National Photography Museum”.
• The village church of Kummerow was erected in the 13th century as a rectangular brick building and received its half-timbered roof tower and its current shape through a renovation in the 18th century. The interior of the church has been preserved from the 18th century, including a pulpit altar, patronage box and organ loft, each with allegorical paintings on the parapets. In the church there are also historical stained glass and tombstones of the Maltzahn family.
• Axelhof manor house

Personalities

• Hans Albrecht von Maltzan (1754–1825), Oldenburg diplomat and district president, born in Kummerow
• Friedrich Matthias Theodor Friese (1792–1863), organist and organ builder, born in Kummerow
• Thomas Brick (* 1947), German physician and politician (CDU).

Web links

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

• Literature about Kummerow (at the lake) in the state bibliography MV
• Official website of Kummerow am See

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. ↑ Main Statute, Section 1, Paragraph 1 (PDF)
3. ↑ ^{a b} main statute § 1 (PDF).