Mollenstorf

Location of Mollenstorf in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Church with belfry

Mansion

Mollenstorf is a district of the city of Penzlin in the Mecklenburg Lake District in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany).

In the municipality of Mollenstorf, which was independent until June 7, 2009, there were 248 inhabitants (December 31, 2007) on 11.1 km². The last honorary mayor of Mollenstorf was August Muth.

geography

Mollenstorf is four kilometers west of the town center of Penzlin. The district of Ave belonged to the community of Mollenstorf .

history

The area around Mollenstorf, like all of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, must have been settled very early by Neolithic cultures . Numerous archaeological finds testify to this. Not far from the way from Mollenstorf to Großviel, there is a group of three barrows from the Bronze Age , which are protected as archaeological monuments and are also reflected in legends.

The place was probably called Mollenstorp and Mollenstorf earlier , and from 1558 Mollenstorf .

The church was first mentioned in 1335 and is an early Gothic building in the shape of a square around which the cemetery is laid out. A free-standing belfry stands on the west side of the church with two bells from the 14th and 15th centuries.

The Bardenfleth family owned the Mollenstorf estate until 1548; until 1764 the families Johann von Lucka (Mecklenburg Chancellor), von Below , von Holstein , von Kahlden , von Bibow followed .

In 1764 Justus von Gundlach acquired the Mollenstorf estate; it then remained in the family's hands until 1945. The two-story massive mansion was built around 1880. Around 1897 the farm workers' houses, a large horse stable and the barn were built. This created the good character of the village. In 1923 the village received electricity.