Meuchefitz
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Meuchefitz
municipality coasts
Coordinates: 52 ° 57 ′ 39 ″ N , 11 ° 4 ′ 1 ″ E
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| Height : | 23 m | |
| Residents : | 54 (2003) | |
| Incorporation : | July 1, 1972 | |
| Postal code : | 29482 | |
| Area code : | 05841 | |
Location of Meuchefitz in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district |
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Hall houses on the village square of Meuchefitz
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Meuchefitz is: (sitting of Mych Slavic) Part of the municipality coasts in the Samtgemeinde Lüchow (Wendland) in Lower Saxony Lüchow-Dannenberg .
geography
Meuchefitz is a round building with seven four-column houses , which are grouped around a kidney-shaped village square.
The place to which the district Seerau im Drawehn belongs is five kilometers west of Lüchow .
history
As part of the municipal reform in 1972, the previously independent municipality of Meuchefitz became a part of the coastal area.
The inn in Meuchefitz is known in the region for its relevant involvement in the Gorleben protest and its self-administration. In the past it was the target of house searches by the police and is now a meeting place for the left-wing protest scene. After a fire in 1983 traveling journeymen and the craftsmen collective Axt und Kelle helped with the construction.
religion
The Evangelical-Lutheran stone church is a rectangular building with an equally wide, semicircular choir . Both date from around 1500, while the western part and the tower connection were renewed with brickwork in the 19th century. The one with ornaments ornate paintings and pulpit altar is from the year 1706. In the church one is off coasts derived Marientod -relief issued from the 15th century. In the relief, the dying Mary is surrounded by the twelve disciples. There is also a baptismal angel in the church that is still used today. The parish of Meuchefitz has a common pastoral office with the parishes of Coasts , Krummasel, Zebelin and Wittfeitzen.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 232 .
- ^ Website of the Gasthof Meuchefitz , accessed on November 15, 2012.
- ↑ Wolfgang Jürries: Wendland-lexikon, Volume 2 LZ, Köhring Verlag, Lüchow 2008, p. 112.
- ^ Ernst-Günther Behn: Das Hannoversche Wendland - Churches and chapels, page 112.
- ↑ MEUCHEFITZ Gem. Coasts, Kr. Lüchow-Dannenberg. Ev. Church. In: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Bremen Lower Saxony. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-422-03022-0 , page 946.
- ↑ EYC "Once an altar" , accessed on 15 November 2012 found.
- ↑ Meuchefitz Church on the homepage of the Lüchow-Dannenberg Church District , accessed on November 15, 2012.
- ↑ Website of the parish of coasts , accessed on November 15, 2012.