Röckwitz

Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Mecklenburg Lake District
Office :	Treptower Tollensewinkel
Height :	71 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.75 km 2
Residents:	284 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	19 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	17091
Area code :	039600
License plate :	MSE, AT, DM, MC, MST, MÜR, NZ, RM, WRN
Community key :	13 0 71 125
Community structure:	3 districts
Office administration address:	Rathausstrasse 1 ; 17087 Altentreptow
Website :	www.altentreptow.de
Mayor :	Manfred Komesker
Location of the community Röckwitz in the Mecklenburg Lake District

Röckwitz is a municipality in the Mecklenburg Lake District . The community is located north of Neubrandenburg and is part of the Treptower Tollensewinkel office with its seat in Altentreptow .

Geography and traffic

Röckwitz is about 15 km east of Stavenhagen and about 13 km west of Altentreptow. The border between Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania runs approx. 1 km east of the municipality, so it is on Mecklenburg territory.

The former federal highway 96 (B 96), now L35, runs east of the community. The community can be reached from the federal autobahn 20 (A 20) via the connection Altentreptow .

Districts

The districts of Röckwitz belong to:

Röckwitz
Gützkow
Adamshof

Until January 1, 2004, the community was part of the Kastorfer See office .

history

Röckwitz and Gützkow belonged to Western Pomerania until the middle of the 20th century .

Röckwitz

Röckwitz was first mentioned in a document in 1286 in a deed of donation to the Reinfeld monastery near Lübeck. The place was called Radekennice , Rekeritz and Radekevitz . The name could be translated as Freudenberg , it would also be possible to name it after the Slavic god Radegast . In the 16th century, the village was owned by Maltzahn . In the Thirty Years War the place was destroyed except for the church and later described as desolate and desolate. In 1654 Lorenz von Blücher acquired the place, in 1808 Alexander von Moltke and in 1862 the village was again owned by Maltzahn. In 1931/1932 the estate was settled (divided) and 48 settler sites were created in Röckwitz and Adamshof.

Gützkow

The estate had been owned by the von Maltzahn family since 1428 . In 1579 it was pledged to the Duke of Mecklenburg. In 1617 the Preen family took over the estate as a pledge. In 1692 it was sold to Lorenz von Blücher . The manor house was built in Baroque style by Adam von Blücher (1696–1781) until 1777. It resembles the Tützpatz manor house , and probably has the same architect. The coat of arms of the von Blücher family can be seen above the portal. In 1808 the estate was sold to Count Moltke auf Wolde . In 1819 Wilhelmine von Blücher acquired the estate and in 1862 it was inherited back to the von Maltzahn family, who sold it to Rittmeister von Sydow in 1937 . After the Second World War, the manor house was used by the LPG and was in progressive decline after the fall of the Wall. In 1998/99, Helmuth Freiherr von Maltzahn, who also rebuilt Ulrichshusen Castle , acquired the ailing facility and began to rebuild it. The castle, the two cavalier houses, the manor wall with the entrance portal and the park were gradually restored. Residential use is planned. In addition, the manor complex serves as a venue for the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Festival . The park was created in the first half of the 18th century, only remnants have been preserved. On January 1, 1951 Gützkow was incorporated.

politics

Coat of arms, flag, official seal

The municipality has no officially approved national emblem, neither a coat of arms nor a flag. The official seal is the small state seal with the coat of arms of the state of Mecklenburg. It shows a looking bull's head with a torn neck fur and crown and the inscription "GEMEINDE RÖCKWITZ • LANDKREIS MECKLENBURGISCHE SEENPLATTE".

Parish partnership

The community maintains a partnership with Melle- Wellingholzhausen in Lower Saxony.

Attractions

Röckwitz village church, plastered brick church with a field stone plinth from 1300 and a plastered lattice tower from the 18th century. The art treasures of the church include the shrine of a carved altar and two figures from the late 15th century.
Röckwitz local history museum in the former school
The Gützkow Palace is a single-storey, stucco building with developed fünfzehnachsiger mansard roof. On the courtyard and garden side, the mansion has three-axis central projections with heraldic cartouches in lunette gables. The castle-like building is surrounded by an estate with a park.
Roman Catholic Church Johannes Evangelist from 1971 - According to the 2011 census , Röckwitz has an absolute Roman Catholic majority of the population.