Suchanówko

Suchanówko
	Suchanówko
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	West Pomerania
Powiat :	Stargard
Gmina :	Suchań
Geographic location :	53 ° 16 '  N , 15 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 16 '22 "  N , 15 ° 21' 35"  E
Residents :
Postal code :	73-132 Suchań
Telephone code :	(+48) 91
License plate :	ZST
Economy and Transport
Street :	DK 10
Next international airport :	Szczecin

Suchanówko (German Schwanenbeck ) is a place in the urban and rural community Suchań ( Zachan ) in the powiat Stargardzki (Stargard district) in the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship .

Geographical location

The place is located in Hinterpommern in the southwest of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship on the Krebsbach, a tributary of the Ina . Suchań is three kilometers and the next largest city, Stargard, is 21 kilometers from Suchanówko.

history

Archaeological finds, such as bronze tools, from the time of the Lausitz culture , approx. 1000 BC. BC indicated the existence of earlier settlements. An urn cemetery was unearthed near the village and several urns were uncovered in a nearby field, where bronze needles and bronze rings were found.

The derivation of the name Schwanenbeck is traced back to the Wendish god Swantewit (Holy Light) and Beck like Bach. The name of the place has also changed over time. In old documents the place was called Schwanebeck. Schwanenbeck was created through the pronunciation of the name by the residents.

In Schwanenbeck there were 128 residential buildings around 1930, most of which were lined up along the village street ( Gassendorf ) and with their gables typically facing the street. The village also had a school and a mill on the Krebsbach, which survived the Second World War unscathed. The school building had two adjoining classrooms and two teacher's apartments. The occupation of the second teaching position was based on the number of students. In 1900 it had 120, in 1921 88 and in 1944 72 students. Part of the maintenance of the teachers consisted of the allocation of fuel and natural produce, the quantities of which were determined by the government and the community had to provide.

The mill building from 1827 still exists. The mill, with a daily output of around 40 quintals of flour and grist, is no longer in operation, but the water turbine is still there. The Krebsbach, which was then dammed up in front of the mill, served the local children as a welcome swimming area.

Schwanenbeck mill

Schwanenbeck mill on the Krebsbach

There were 23 full farmers and one half farmer in the village . The size of the agricultural land of the full farmers was about 130 acres . It was a ducal village, which meant that the farmers had to work with their horses on the prince's estate at certain times.

The following craftsmen worked in the village: master carpenters, carpenters, carpenters and car makers, shoemakers, tailors as well as blacksmiths and electricians. Trades and trades: master bakers, grocers, innkeepers, mill operators, cattle, slaughter and grain dealers.

The village had 710 inhabitants in 1871 (religion: 696 Protestant, six other Christians, eight Jews), 589 in 1925 and around 570 in 1945. Their colloquial language was Low German.

Before the end of the Second World War , on February 2, 1945, the residents of the village fled together with the aim of Rügen . After the end of the war, Schwanenbeck and the whole of Western Pomerania were placed under Polish administration. Some of the residents returned to Schwanenbeck and were expelled to the west in August 1945 .

The village of Schwanenbeck was renamed Suchanówko .

church

In the 13th century, a granite stone church (in the form of an early Gothic ) was built by the Order of St. John . The church tower (in field stone) was in 15./16. Century added. The bell tower had two bells cast from bronze from 1667 and 1682. With its rising top and golden star, the tower was one of the highest in the Schwanenbeck area.

The church had a wooden pulpit decorated with carved figures and an organ with eight registers and 500 pipes from 1895. In 1945 the church was destroyed except for the stone walls and rebuilt in 1990. Today the church belongs to the Catholic parish of Suchań.

Church in Schwanenbeck

In the churchyard, which is surrounded by a stone wall that still exists today, is the old cemetery, whose tombstones no longer exist. Two iron grave crosses are still in the church tower, where they are kept. There is still a granite memorial on the square today, on which the names of the 40 Schwanenbeckers who died in the First World War are carved. In the Second World War, the Schwanenbecker had 31 fallen soldiers to mourn.

Cenotaph for the fallen soldiers of the First World War

The "New Schwanenbeck Cemetery" was laid out on the northern outskirts, the grave crosses and stones are no longer there today. The parsonage (built around 1730) and a parsonage widow's house (built around 1800) belonged to the church. In 1925 Schwanenbeck had its own Protestant pastoral office.

traffic

The provincial road 10 (droga krajowa nr 10) Stettin - Bydgoszcz (Bromberg) leads past the place.

literature

• Gerda Ritter: Schwanenbeck - a village in the Saatzig district (Western Pomerania): Documentation up to the expulsion of its residents in 1945 . Gerbrunn 2006, ISBN 3-933781-47-7 .
• Paul Schulz (ed.): The Saatzig district and the independent city of Stargard - A Pomeranian homeland book . Rautenberg, Leer 1984, ISBN 3-7921-0307-9 .

Web links

• Schwanenbeck near Saatzig home district

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Heimatkreis Saatzig / Pommern - Schwanenbeck ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Pomeranian Research Association - The community of Schwanenbeck
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Gerda Ritter: Schwanenbeck - a village in the Saatzig / Hinterpommern district. Gerbrunn 2005.
4. ↑ Pomerania census 1871
5. ↑ Martin Holz: Evacuees, refugees and displaced persons on the island of Rügen . Böhlau, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-412-14102-X , p. 470 ff. ( Limited preview ).
6. ^ Pomeranian Research Association - The place of residence Schwanenbeck