Marlow

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Marlow (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 54 ° 9 ′  N , 12 ° 34 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Western Pomerania-Ruegen
Height :	24 m above sea level NHN
Area :	140.09 km 2
Residents:	4594 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	33 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	18337
Area code :	038221
License plate :	VR, GMN, NVP, RDG, RÜG
Community key :	13 0 73 055
City structure:	26 districts
City administration address :	Am Markt 1 18337 Marlow
Website :	www.stadtmarlow.de
Mayor :	Norbert Schöler ( CDU )
Location of the town of Marlow in the Vorpommern-Rügen district

Marlow is an office- free city ​​in the west of the Vorpommern-Rügen district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). The city forms a basic center for its surroundings .

geography

Geographical location

Marlow lies west of the Recknitz at the transition from the lower Recknitz valley to the hills of a terminal moraine . The heights in the urban area reach over fifty meters, while the Recknitz valley is just above sea level. This border location and the winding narrow streets of the city have earned Marlow the nickname "Little Thuringia". The Recknitz river valley is designated as a nature reserve Lower Recknitztal . The Großer Moor bei Dänschenburg nature reserve is located in the Dänschenburg district . The city is about 25 kilometers from the Baltic Sea ( Dierhagen beach on the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula ).

City structure

The city of Marlow consists of the following districts:

Allerstorf Alt Guthendorf Alt Steinhorst Bartelshagen I. Bookhorst Brünkendorf Brunstorf

Carlewitz Carlsruhe Danschenburg Ehmkenhagen Driving main Gresenhorst Jahnkendorf

Wulfshagen Monastery Kneese Cooling wheel Marlow New Guthendorf New Poppendorf New Steinhorst

Poppendorf Rostock Wulfshagen Schuleberg Tressentin Völkshagen

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities (clockwise) are: City of Ribnitz-Damgarten , Ahrenshagen-Daskow , Semlow , Eixen , City of Bad Sülze , Dettmannsdorf , Sanitz and Blankenhagen .

Panorama of the lower town

history

Surname

The place is also mentioned in documents as Marlov , Marlowe or Marlouwe . The old Polish name changed only slightly to Marlow and was probably once a personal name.

prehistory

The town of Marlow owes its existence to a Slavic castle, which, according to excavations, must have existed as early as the 9th century. Only in the old literature is a tradition mentioned, according to which “Prince Heinrich Borwin donated and presented half of Marlow Castle to his knight Heinrich von Bützow, along with nine occupied villages and other accessories, while the latter undertook to cultivate the land again and in good standing As a tribal suburb of the northern Wilzen tribes , Marlow gained strategic importance in the 12th and 13th centuries as a border castle against Pomerania and as the capital of the “terra Marlow” (later bailiwick). In 1210 a document confirmed the enfeoffment of the Marlower castle lord, his wife and son Thetlev. While Marlow is still referred to as a "villa" (village), the construction of the current town church began . It was consecrated in 1244 and a clergyman was named for Marlow in 1248. The first development was very brisk, but stagnated at the end of the 13th century when the Bailiwick was moved to neighboring Sülze . Centuries later, the saltworks there was still referred to as "salina de Marlowe".

City Church

City foundation

The history of Marlow as a city under German law begins in the late 13th century. The year in which the town charter was granted has not been passed down, but the place was named "oppidum" (town) as early as 1298. A confirmation of the Luebian city charter took place only in 1459.

As a city, Marlow never gained supraregional importance and was one of the smallest cities in Mecklenburg until the most recent incorporations. Marlow was often used as collateral for the sovereign's debts. From 1301 to 1325, the city with the rulership of Rostock belonged to Denmark . In 1448 and 1450 the brothers Claus and Vicke von der Lühe received Marlow as a pledge and then until 1768 as a hereditary fief . Due to the aristocratic city rulers, Marlow came more often between the fronts of sovereigns and knighthood in the next 320 years. Marlow became a state town in Mecklenburg and as such was one of the towns in the Wendish district that were represented on the Mecklenburg state parliaments of the state estates united in 1523 until 1918 .

16th to 19th century

Like all cities in Mecklenburg and Pomerania, Marlow was hit during the Thirty Years' War . 1630 and 1637/38 were the worst years. Even the copper roofing of the church was requisitioned in 1638 and the church bells damaged. In 1775, with the approval of the duke, a sexton's house was built, which also served as a school. This half-timbered house still stands today. In 1788 the pastor complained that of 123 school-age children only 52 attended school.

Marlow also benefited from the general development spurts of the 19th century. Many craftsmen settled there. Nevertheless, the importance of the city remained so low that it remained without a railway connection. In 1819 the city had 1,191 inhabitants, in 1859 already 2100. The first streets were paved. In 1862 the councilors moved into a new town hall, a two-storey neo - Gothic plastered building with pointed arched windows, a romantic crenellated wreath and small pinnacle turrets at the corners. In 1888 the farmers, tenants and landowners formed a cooperative that operated a dairy until 1991.

Recent history

Until 1925 Marlow belonged to the Rostock office in the Grand Duchy, later to the state of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . Mayor after the First World War was Heinrich Schoppen . In 1933 the Rostock district became the Rostock district. After the union of Mecklenburg-Schwerin with Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1934, Marlow became part of the state of Mecklenburg and belonged to the Rostock district from 1939 to 1952 .

It was not until 1961 that the construction of water pipes began in Marlow. Until then, the citizens got their water from public pumps.

In October 1970 a conflict between the SED and FDJ on the one hand and the Protestant Church on the other escalated when a teacher from the local polytechnic high school invited Pastor Rietzke to a school event and was therefore dismissed from the teaching staff. Teachers who showed her sympathy were disciplined. In February 1971 the headmaster forbade participation in youth services and confirmation. In 1989/1990 the events were still present, the teachers affected were rehabilitated.

After the political change, the historic city center with the town hall was renovated from 1991 as part of urban development funding.

From 1952 to 1994 Marlow belonged to the Ribnitz-Damgarten district (until 1990 in the GDR district of Rostock , 1990–1994 in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ), which stretched on both sides of the historical border between Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania marked by the Recknitz . In 1994 the city was incorporated into the district of North Western Pomerania , although historically it belongs to the Mecklenburg-Schwerin region in Mecklenburg . Since the district reform in 2011 , it has been in the Vorpommern-Rügen district .

History of the districts

Allerstorf

The estate belonged to the Christian Wilhelm Brist families (from 1704) and von der Lühe (from 1784). In 1824 it became Domanialgut , which Wilhelm Burow administered around 1921. The area was now 473 ha.

New Steinhorst

The place was first mentioned in 1794 in the state calendar. The estate had several owners until it was sold to the Ribnitz monastery in 1848.

Schuleberg

Landowners were u. a. the von der Lühe family (1506–1824). It was then leased as a grand ducal chamber property and assigned to the Saline Office (Bad) Sülze . The preserved manor house is now privately owned.

Tressentin

Landowners were u. a. the families von Braun (from 1751), von Raven (from 1782), Eiermann (from 1786), Collmann and Albrecht (1796–1916?).

Incorporations

On January 1, 1999, the previously independent communities of Allerstorf, Bartelshagen I, Brünkendorf, Carlsruhe, Gresenhorst and Kuhlrade were incorporated. In addition, on February 15, 2004, the community of Schulenberg was incorporated.

Population development

year Residents 1990 2089 1995 1983 2000 5115 2005 5153 2010 4770

year Residents 2015 4588 2016 4553 2017 4577 2018 4563 2019 4594

Status: December 31 of the respective year

The strong increase in the number of inhabitants in 2000 is due to the incorporation of six municipalities in 1999.

religion

• Evangelical Lutheran parishes in Marlow ( town church ) and in the districts of Dänschenburg, Kuhlrade, Rostocker Wulfshagen and Kloster Wulfshagen
• St. Paul Catholic Church in Marlow. The Catholic chapel “To the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Sacred Heart of Mary” in Gresenhorst, built in the post-war period, was profaned in 2006 .

politics

Market square and town hall

City council

The Marlow City Council has 17 members. The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following result:

Party / group of voters	Voices 2014	Voices 2019		Seats 2014	Seats 2019
Farmers association	39.0%	41.8%		7th	7th
CDU	38.7%	35.6%		7th	6th
The left	14.9%	16.1%		2	3
SPD	07.4%	06.5%		1	1

Claudia Röwer (farmers' association) is the chairwoman of the city council and thus city president.

mayor

• 1990–1994: Heino Schütt (CDU)
• 1994-1999:
• 1999-2008: Heino Schütt (CDU)
• since 2008: Norbert Schöler (CDU)

In the mayoral election on September 4, 2016, Schöler was elected unopposed candidate with 74.4% of the valid votes for a further term of nine years.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was confirmed on April 10, 1858 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II .

Blazon : "In blue a looking black bull's head with a closed mouth and silver horns, between which a left-facing, red-tongued golden griffin grows."

The coat of arms was redrawn in 2000 by the Schwerin heraldist Heinz Kippnick and registered under the number 213 of the coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Twin cities

• since 1991: Gettorf near Eckernförde in Schleswig-Holstein
• since 2002: Czaplinek ( West Pomeranian Voivodeship ) in Poland

Sights and culture

Buildings

• City Church Marlow , late Romanesque brick church with a 2- yoke and originally basic nave from 1244. The Gothic ribbed vaults are Westphalian characteristics. The square tower in the width of the central nave dates back to the 15th century and is closed off by a typical north German spire called " Bischofsmütze ".
• Town hall from 1862, two-storey neo-Gothic plastered building with pointed arched windows, a romantic crenellated wreath, a tower above the entrance and small towers at the corners
• Küsterhaus, half-timbered house from 1776 for the sexton and his school (until 1834)
• Rectory, half-timbered house from 1822
• Heimatstube Marlow, exhibits from old Marlow trades such as miller, shoemaker, tailor, blacksmith or weaver in two exhibition rooms (since 1995)
• Mold fountain ( sources ), accessible from the Schützenhaus in the direction of Recknitztal in about 3000 meters, stairs lead up to the so-called Schlossberg
• Basement Dutch windmill , in operation until 1989 and today a technical monument
• Rostocker Wulfshagen village church in late Gothic style made of field and bricks with late Gothic carved altar, baroque wooden pulpit (around 1725) and votive ship from 1861
• Wulfshagen Monastery village church from the 18th century, simple half-timbered building with a low boarded tower, a late Gothic carved altar and a late Renaissance pulpit
• Dänschenburg village church , stone building from the 13th century. The tower has a wooden tower and a pyramidal roof (1732). Inside there is an altarpiece from 1722, a panel painting from the beginning of the 16th century and a baroque pulpit from 1725.
• Kuhlrade Church , half-timbered church from the 18th century with simple church furnishings from the construction period
• Wulfshäger museum barn on the Ehlers family's three-sided courtyard, shows everyday rural culture
• Marlow transmitter , 171 meter high mast for radio and television transmission, built in 1970
• Bookhorst tower hill
• Gresenhorst tower hill
• Marlow naval radio station, naval radio station for long-range communications with ships

→ See also the list of architectural monuments in Marlow

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  Television tower

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  Windmill

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  Rostocker Wulfshagen Church

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  Wulfshagen Monastery Church

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  Kuhlrade Church

Green spaces and recreation

• Marlow bird park with about 20 hectares and about 150 different bird species in spacious grounds. The park, which opened in 1994, includes a tropical house and a penguin enclosure. Birds of prey flight shows and feedings take place daily.

Culture

• Choir, flute group, singing group TE-LA-WI-DU, accordion group, church choir, Völkshäger Danz group from 1983
• Gresenhorster School Association, Mien Däne - Mien Heimat
• Art association LandART-Kunst in Recknitztal with literature café, Klönpott and music
• TV-Radio Marlow / Recknitztal (citizens' television)

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

The industrial area at the radio tower in the Marlow district has a size of 22 hectares.

Larger companies are:

• Agricultural cooperative Bartelshagen I
• Agricultural cooperative Jahnkendorf
• Gestüt Nordvorpommern GmbH
• Marlower Möbel GmbH
• ScanHaus Marlow GmbH

traffic

Marlow is located on the state roads L 18 between Semlow and Ticino and L 181 between Ribnitz-Damgarten and Bad Sülze . The closest motorway junction is Bad Sülze on the A 20 between Rostock and the Uckermark triangle , about 15 kilometers away.

The nearest train station is Ribnitz-Damgarten West on the Stralsund – Rostock railway line .

education

• Elementary school Marlow in the district Gresenhorst with a branch in the district Marlow
• ASB day-care centers : Marlower Zwerge, Molehill, De Klaukschieters
• Allersdkörper Kinnerstuv in the district of Allerstorf

Sports

• Sports club 1927 Bartelshagen I
• Falcon shooting club
• De Meckelbörger muzzleloader shooters
• Marlower Stockcar Team Wild Tigers
• Danish biker
• Marlow Tennis Club
• Marlow Ball Games Association
• EWTO martial arts schools
• Scanhaus-CUP (annual cycle race)
• Jahnkendorf, Kuhlrade and An der Recknitz fishing clubs

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Karl Joachim Sibeth (1692–1748), Lutheran theologian
• Adolph Andreas von der Lühe (1695–1750), Danish Chamberlain, born in what is now the Schulenberg district
• Friedrich Eugen von Hobe (1760–1809), court marshal , born in what is now the district of Carlewitz
• Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856–1931), born in today's Völkshagen district
• Ernst Wulf (1921–1979), chairman of the VdgB of the GDR, was born in today's Poppendorf district
• Marianne Enzensberger (* 1947), singer, born in what is now the district of Carlewitz
• Jürgen Leiblein (* 1949), politician (CDU)

Personalities associated with Marlow

• Helmuth Schröder (1842–1909) lived in Völkshagen for over 20 years
• Klara Schleker (1852–1932), women's rights activist, lived in Marlow
• Karl Schneeberg (1894–1946), politician (SPD), teacher and city councilor in Marlow
• Horst Pätzold (1926–2018), crop scientist, grew up in Bookhorst
• Jo Jastram (1928–2011), sculptor, lived in Kneese
• Heino Schütt (* 1944), politician (CDU), long-time mayor of Marlow
• Susanne Rast (* 1952), sculptor and draftsman, lives in Marlow

literature

• BIG-Städtebau (editor): Marlow - 10 years of urban development funding. Stralsund 2002.

Web links

Commons : Marlow  - Collection of Images

Wikisource: Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris: Marlow  - Sources and full texts

• Literature about Marlow in the state bibliography MV
• Site of the City of Marlow
• Ortschronik Völkshagen

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. ↑ Regional Spatial Development Program Vorpommern (RREP) 2010 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 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. - Central local structure with regional, medium and basic centers, accessed on July 12, 2015 
3. ↑ Main statute of the city of Marlow, § 12
4. ^ Georg Herbstritt : Marlow 1968. Mood of optimism and repression in a small town in Mecklenburg. In: Contemporary history regional. 6/2, 2002, pp. 101-103.
5. ^ Niekammerschem goods address book from 1921.
6. ↑ Area changes 1990–1999 , State Statistical Office Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (PDF; 73 kB)
7. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2004
8. ↑ Population development of the districts and municipalities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Statistical Report AI of the Statistical Office Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
9. ↑ Church Official Gazette. Archdiocese of Hamburg, No. 10, October 15, 2006, p. 112
10. ↑ Local elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on May 25, 2014. Local councils for the local authorities. Final result, p. 97.
11. ↑ Announcement of the final results of the election of the Marlow City Council on May 26, 2019
12. ↑ Mayor is elected. In: Ostsee-Zeitung , December 12, 2015.
13. ^ Main statute of the city of Marlow, § 7
14. ↑ Norbert Schöler elected mayor with 74.4 percent. In: Ostsee-Zeitung , September 5, 2016.