Molchow

Molchow City of Neuruppin Coordinates: 52 ° 58 ′ 38 ″  N , 12 ° 49 ′ 39 ″  E
Height :	41 m
Area :	7.6 km²
Residents :	237  (December 31, 2017)
Population density :	31 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 6, 1993
Postal code :	16827
Area code :	03391

Molchow is a district of Neuruppin in the Brandenburg district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin . The hamlet of Stendenitz also belongs to this district . Molchow has 237 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2017).

location

The round village is located about three kilometers north of Alt Ruppin on the Ruppin chain of lakes between Tetzensee and Molchowsee in Ruppin Switzerland .

history

The village is mentioned in 1462. Around 1490 Molchow was part of the Ruppin rule, which was essentially imperial, under the rule of the Counts of Lindow-Ruppin . It belonged to Alt Ruppin until 1872.

On December 6, 1993 Molchow was incorporated into Neuruppin.

Attractions

Bell tower on the village square in Molchow (2005)

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Neuruppin

• According to the inscription on the tower, the bell tower was built in 1692 for a bell from 1522, the origin of which is unknown.

“A tower grows up out of the middle of the square, eerie and grotesque, as if a sentry box with an old windmill had created it. Something of both. "

- Theodor Fontane : Walks through the Mark Brandenburg

politics

Mayor : David Kissner

Local advisory board members: Reinhard Nebel, Peter Schade

Web links

Commons : Molchow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Page about the districts of Neuruppin on the website of the city of Neuruppin
• Molchow in the series "Landschleicher" of the Berlin-Brandenburg radio on May 26, 2013

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Molchow district. City of Neuruppin, accessed on February 8, 2020.
2. ↑ Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 .