New Schadow

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Neu Schadow village church

Neu Schadow ( Nowy Škódow in Lower Sorbian ) is a district of the Märkische Heide municipality in the Dahme-Spreewald district of Brandenburg . It has 180 inhabitants, the area is 0.225 km².

history

Boulder on the village green

It was founded in 1747 by Frederick the Great , who settled colonists from the Palatinate and Salzburg regions. Neu Schadow and the neighboring Hohenbrück formed the municipality of Hohenbrück-Neu Schadow, which was incorporated into the municipality of Märkische Heide in 2003.

geography

Neu Schadow extends on the edge of the Spreewald on an area of ​​22.5 hectares, surrounded by agricultural land and coniferous forests. The location belongs to the Spreewald Biosphere Reserve .

Attractions

In addition to the Neu Schadow village church , a brick church from 1856, the Kolonistenhöfe, built around 1750 at Dorfstrasse 16 and 17, are under monument protection. A boulder on the village green commemorates the founding of the village by Friedrich II.

Personalities

The theologian and spiritual writer Otto Riemann (1850–1928) worked as a preacher at the Neu Schadow village church from 1876 to 1879.

Web links

Commons : Neu Schadow  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 6 '  N , 13 ° 56'  E