Sows

Sows Community Rietz-Neuendorf Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 42 " N , 14 ° 12 ′ 55" E
Height :	65 m
Incorporation :	December 31, 2001
Postal code :	15848
Location of sows in Brandenburg

Sauen ( Lower Sorbian Sowjo , dialectal also Sowje ) is a street perch village consisting of 35 residential houses in the east of Brandenburg in the municipality of Rietz-Neuendorf with 100 inhabitants (2009). The art colleges in Berlin ( Art College Berlin-Weißensee , University of the Arts Berlin , College of Dramatic Arts "Ernst Busch" Berlin , College of Music "Hanns Eisler" Berlin ) jointly operate a meeting place in the town where seminars have been held since 1981.

History and etymology

Church in Sauen

The first written mention of the place as Suwen comes from the year 1346; However, urn finds prove a settlement as early as the Bronze Age . The name of the place comes from the Wendish Sawen or Suwen , which means owl nest or owl bush . Another interpretation refers to the word "sowa" for owl. The village church was built in the 13th century . In the street perch village , the inhabitants probably lived in simple circumstances for many centuries: From 1418 onwards, numerous changing owners are recorded. In the years 1784 to 1786 a manor house in the late baroque style was built, which was expanded by an ice cellar around 1900 . In 1912 the surgeon August Bier acquired the property. The inventor of lumbar anesthesia lived there until his death in 1949. During his time here, Bier began to transform the pine forest on the sandy soil of the Brandenburg region into a mixed forest with up to 460 different types of wood, which was viewed with incomprehension by the foresters of the time. The numerous listed avenues in the village periphery are due to this. His research was continued by his son Heinrich Bier and the "August Bier Foundation for Ecology and Medicine" has been based in Sauen since 1992. In 1895 the church burned down and was rebuilt by the parish in Gothic style. In 1912 a brick factory was built in the village. She produced the bricks that, together with the field stones found on site, shape the appearance of the houses and stables.

On April 1, 1939, the Drahendorf community was incorporated into Sauen, but after the end of the Second World War the town regained its independence. An LPG was founded in the 1950s . After reunification, this was converted into an agricultural cooperative with nine employees.

On December 31, 2001, the place was incorporated into the new municipality of Rietz-Neuendorf. Sauen is a member of the working group "Historic village centers in the state of Brandenburg", which was founded in 2005 . In 2017 the place was awarded the gold medal at the Green Week in Berlin. The place took part in the national competition “Our village has a future” among 2500 municipalities. A total of 33 finalists received gold, silver or bronze.

Attractions

Forester's sows

A central place in the village is the classicist - late baroque Gutshof Sauen.
The Sauen village church was completely destroyed by a lightning strike in 1895, but was rebuilt immediately afterwards in 1896/1897. She has a Sauer organ . Below the church is the historic Sauens church, with its crypts. However, these are no longer accessible in the 21st century.
There is a community hall where the volunteer fire brigade is also based. This building was used as a school until 1955.
Over 100 different species of deciduous trees can be seen at the Poplar Mother Garden

Culture and regular events

Twice a year there is an opera evening in a barn in the village. The converted barn offers space for 300 guests and is usually well filled. The pieces will be performed by students from Germany, the Czech Republic , Poland , Ukraine and China as part of the Oder-Spree Opera .
The church is open for services every six weeks.
In addition, seminars of the Berlin art academies regularly take place at Gutshof Sauen, to which the residents of the village have been invited for some time.
In addition to numerous art activities, the kick-off event in the winter semester of the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art is the initiator of regular artistic dialogues.

economy

The agricultural cooperative is the largest employer in the village.

Personalities

August Bier (1861-1949), the important German physician (surgeon) and naval chief general, found his final resting place in his Sauen forest estate near Beeskow
Bruno Theek (1891-1990); Pastor, politician and writer was pastor in Sauen from 1918 to 1920

literature

Office Barnim Oderbruch for the Working Group on Historic Village Centers in the State of Brandenburg (Ed.): A decade of commitment to building culture in the country , 2015, p. 52

Web links

Commons : Sows - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Sows in the RBB program Landschleicher on July 30, 2006

Footnotes

↑ Arnost Muka: Serbski zemjepisny słowničk. Budyšin, 1927, p. 82 ( digitized version ).
^ Sophie Wauer: The place names of the Beeskow-Storkow district. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-515-08664-1 , p. 228.
↑ ^a ^b Information board in the Sauen manor
^ Journal. in: Märkische Oderzeitung. MOZ weekend magazine. 5th / 6th August 2006, p. 1.
↑ Märkische Oderzeitung. July 15, 2009, p. 12.
↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2001
↑ Sows get gold at moz.de.

[1] Arnost Muka: Serbski zemjepisny słowničk. Budyšin, 1927, p. 82 ( digitized version ).

[Wauer-2] Sophie Wauer: The place names of the Beeskow-Storkow district. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-515-08664-1 , p. 228.

[Infotafel-3] Information board in the Sauen manor

[4] Journal. in: Märkische Oderzeitung. MOZ weekend magazine. 5th / 6th August 2006, p. 1.

[5] Märkische Oderzeitung. July 15, 2009, p. 12.

[6] StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2001

[7] Sows get gold at moz.de.