Mötzow
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Mötzow
Beetzseeheide municipality
Coordinates: 52 ° 27 ′ 51 ″ N , 12 ° 35 ′ 24 ″ E
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| Incorporation : | January 31, 2002 |
| Postal code : | 14778 |
| Area code : | 033836 |
 Location of Mötzow in Beetzseeheide
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 Mötzow from the west in the aerial photo
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The village of Mötzow is a part of the municipality Beetzseeheides in the north of the Potsdam-Mittelmark district in Brandenburg .
geography
Mötzow is the only place in the Beetzseeheide municipality on the eastern bank of the Beetzsee , an elongated ice-age channel lake. Mötzow itself lies on a small moraine knoll . To the south lies a small terminal moraine plateau , also formed during the Ice Age, with the 49 meter high Wasenberg . In addition to the Beetzsee, there are a few other small lakes south and west of Mötzow, but they are of anthropogenic origin. These formed in former clay pits, in which the raw material for the surrounding brickworks was extracted. The lakes of the Katharinenbruch lie in a glacial meltwater channel. South Mötzows is the central city of Brandenburg an der Havel as the main center of the region.
history
Finds document a settlement in the Mötzow area as early as the Iron Age . Further evidence comes from the time of Slavic settlement in the 8th and 9th centuries. "Mukzowe" was first mentioned in a document in 1161. It was transferred to the Brandenburg Cathedral Chapter and until its dissolution in 1571 it was in the Brandenburg Monastery , the principality of the Brandenburg Bishop. In the 13th century the village was specifically described as a Slavic settlement. It was a little southwest of its present location. As a result Mötzow became a desert . Only one farm was left. In the further course of history Mötzow was a Vorwerk of the Cathedral of Brandenburg with a sheep farm. The Wasenberg south of Mötzow was a high court . It was here that death sentences were carried out on the gallows from at least the 16th to the 18th century. From 1717 the cathedral chapter leased the land. In the 19th century Mötzow had two brick factories. Brickworks were widespread around the Beetzsee, as there were rich clay deposits and the lake and the Havel could be used as a transport route to Berlin, about 60 kilometers away. The Domstiftsgut Mötzow was leased until 1945, but remained uncultivated for a longer period after the Second World War and was finally managed again by the church during the GDR period to avoid expropriation. After the political change, the property was leased again.
From July 1, 1950 to July 24, 1952 Mötzow belonged to Brandenburg an der Havel.
Attractions
Architectural monuments
The Mötzow manor house belonging to the cathedral monastery is assigned to late historicism . It looks like a castle and is an example of mansions from the late 19th century in the area around the city of Brandenburg. It was built with red bricks, most of which remained unplastered. The many niches created by risalites with half-hipped roofs and tower-like extensions of various sizes and shapes are striking . There are also several tower-like roof turrets and different types of windows. The year of construction of the manor is said to have been 1894. In addition to the manor house, there are some residential and farm buildings, some of which are significantly older, in the estate. In a survey by ARD in 2012, the Domstiftsgut was voted the second most beautiful farm in Germany.
Museums
Mötzow's only museum is the N'Ostalgiemuseum in the so-called art mill on the estate. It is a private museum opened by Horst Häger and continued to be run by his granddaughter Nancy Häger, which exhibits exhibits from everyday life in the GDR between 1949 and 1990. The collection includes more than 12,000 pieces. The museum was originally located on Steinstrasse in the city of Brandenburg, but moved to Beetzseeheide in 2009. The museum has an average of 4,000 visitors during the six-month summer season. In the winter half-year the exhibition can only be visited with prior registration. Regional artists are regularly exhibited in other rooms of the art mill. In 2013, photographs by Lars Friebel and Ronald Geisler and pictures by the painter Gisela Neuenhahn were exhibited.
Protected areas
There are a number of protected areas in the Mötzow district. It is completely within the Westhavelland Nature Park . Furthermore, large areas are part of the Westhavelland landscape protection area and the Mittlere Havel Niederung spa area . The hole in the earth near Mötzow immediately west of the village is a natural monument and the Katharinenbruch is protected as a protected landscape component. In Mötzow there are also parts of the Mötzow-Lünow field mark, which is designated as a protected landscape component, and the Middle Havel FFH area . There are also some protected biotopes and a protected avenue.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sebastian children and Haik Thomas Porada (ed.): Brandenburg an der Havel and surroundings. 2006, p. 146 f.
- ^ City of Brandenburg an der Havel: districts of Brandenburg / Havel. (No longer available online.) City of Brandenburg an der Havel, June 3, 2016, archived from the original on June 3, 2016 ; accessed on June 3, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ S. Children, HT Porada (ed.): Brandenburg an der Havel and surroundings. 2006, p. 150.
- ↑ Brandenburg has the two most beautiful farms . Accessed June 28, 2014.
- ↑ Thomas Messerschmidt NOstalgie Museum in good hands . Märkische online newspaper. Accessed June 28, 2014.
- ↑ web museums N-Ostalgie-Museum . Accessed June 28, 2014.
- ^ City of Brandenburg N-Ostalgie Museum . Accessed June 29, 2014.
- ↑ Kunstmühle ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Accessed June 28, 2014.
- ↑ Part sheet Northwest Protected Areas. In: Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark landscape framework plan. Office for Environmental and Landscape Planning, archived from the original on August 7, 2011 ; Retrieved October 16, 2013 .
