Schenkenländchen
The Schenkenländchen is a historic area in Brandenburg in the Dahme-Spreewald district, southeast of Berlin .
The name goes back to the 14th century, when the knight family of the " Schenken von Landsberg und Seyda " bought villages near Königs Wusterhausen . Since then, the area south of the city has been called "Schenkenländchen". It was about four miles long and about 1.5 miles wide. The knight family had their seat in Teupitz Castle in the town of the same name, Teupitz . The following localities belonged to their sphere of influence: Gräbendorf , Gussow , Pätz , Bestensee , Zernsdorf , Groß Köris and Klein Köris , Schwerin , Egsdorf , Sputendorf , Löpten , Tornow , Halbe , Körbiskrug and Neuendorf am See . There were 15 farmer's hooves in the 15 villages, each cultivating 45 Magdeburg acres . 157 farmers and 81 kötter worked and lived there . There are also a total of seven mills. Sheep was raised in Löpten and Halbe. The name has also been preserved in the district of Schenkendorf and in Schenkendorf Castle in neighboring Mittenwalde .
The widely ramified nobility had rule over these possessions over the following places: Königs Wusterhausen (about 1475-1670), Leuthen (about 1517-1721), Buchholz (about 1531-1167), Seyda (about 1363-1501), Sękowice (about 1311-1382). There was also a temporary free float, for example in Calau , Werneuchen , Peitz and in Diedersdorf .
Among the most striking buildings in what was then Schenkenländchen are the Königs Wusterhausen Palace , the basic shape of which goes back to the Landsberg taverns, and the Groß Leuthen Palace .
The office Schenkenländchen, founded in 1992 and based in Teupitz, includes various villages in the country. The landscape is shaped by the lake landscape of the Dahme and partly belongs to the Dahme-Heideseen Nature Park .
literature
- Stadt Teupitz (Ed.): History of Castle and Town Teupitz by Franz Hoffmann , reprint of the Teupitz town chronicle from 1902, Teupitz, 2014
- BiKuT (Ed.): Teupitzer Miniatures - Thirty Stories from the 700-year-old Schenkenstadt , Weißensee-Verlag, 1st edition 2009, ISBN 978-3-89998-160-5