Matzlow-Garwitz

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Matzlow-Garwitz was a municipality in the southwest of the Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). It consisted of the two districts Garwitz and Matzlow , which have belonged to the newly formed community Lewitzrand since June 7, 2009 .

On December 31, 2007, 681 inhabitants lived on the municipal area of ​​18.46 km².

Lock in Garwitz
Garwitz village church
Matzlow village church

Geography and traffic

The former community is located in the flat Elden lowlands around eleven kilometers west of Parchim on both sides of the Müritz-Elde waterway and has a water hikers resting place on this . The east of the former municipality is forested, while the rest is mostly used for agriculture.

The community was north of federal highway 191 . The federal motorway 24 can be reached via the Neustadt-Glewe junction.

history

Garwitz probably had its own parish as early as 1230. In 1275 it was first mentioned as a church village (at that time as Gargeviz ). The place was named after its Slavic locator Garž .

After 1300, the Gothic church was built on site. In 1351 the place Matzlow was mentioned for the first time (at that time still Maslowe ). Like Garwitz, the place was named after its Slavic locator , in this case Mačal .

In 1920 Matzlow became an independent municipality in the Neustadt district. On May 4, 1945, the Eldebrücke was blown up by German troops. In 1965 the places Matzlow and Garwitz were united and the municipality Matzlow-Garwitz was founded. At the same time as the local elections on June 7, 2009, the communities of Matzlow-Garwitz, Raduhn and Klinken merged to form the new community of Lewitzrand .

Attractions

  • Gothic church from the 14th century in Garwitz
  • Half-timbered church from 1789 in Matzlow with interesting carvings
  • Home parlor
  • Lock system

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Slavic place names in Meklenburg in the year books of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology . - Vol. 46 (1881), p. 48
  2. ^ The Slavic place names in Meklenburg in the year books of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology . - Vol. 46 (1881), p. 92
  3. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 2nd to December 31st, 2009

Coordinates: 53 ° 27 '  N , 11 ° 42'  E