Swan

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Swan
Municipality of Oberkrämer
Schwante's coat of arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 44 '4 "  N , 13 ° 5' 27"  E
Height : 41 m above sea level NHN
Area : 25.2 km²
Residents : 2207  (2019)
Population density : 88 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 2001
Postal code : 16727
Area code : 03304
Schwante village church
Schwante village church

Schwante is a district of the municipality of Oberkrämer in the Oberhavel district in Brandenburg . Until December 31, 2001, Schwante was an independent municipality, which was administered by the Oberkrämer office at the time.

location

Schwante is located in the eastern state of Glien , about ten kilometers as the crow flies west of the city of Oranienburg and 30 kilometers northwest of the city center of Berlin . Surrounding villages are Germendorf in the northeast, Leegebruch in the east, Vehlefanz in the south, Klein Ziethen in the southwest, Groß-Ziethen in the west and Amalienfelde in the northwest. The residential areas Kuckswinkel, Lindensiedlung, Neu-Schwante and Sommerswalde belong to Schwante .

The state roads 17 and 170 run through Schwante. The federal motorway 10 , junction Oberkrämer , is about four kilometers away. The Schwanter See as well as parts of the Mühlensee lie within the boundary of the village , and there are also several rivers in the local area. The Schwanter Vorflutgraben partially forms the boundary to Vehlefanz.

history

The place, which was written without the ending -e at that time, was first mentioned in a document in 1355. The place name means "place on the holy lake", a mythological origin of the place name can be assumed.

On January 1, 1937, the former community of Neu Schwante was incorporated into Schwante. At that time Schwante was in the Osthavelland district in the province of Brandenburg . During the GDR era, the community belonged to the Oranienburg district in the Potsdam district . After reunification, it was initially renamed the district of Oranienburg and merged with the district of Gransee in December 1993 to form today's district of Oberhavel . On December 31, 2001, Schwante and three other communities were incorporated into Oberkrämer .

On October 7, 1989, the Social Democratic Party of the GDR was founded in Schwante's parsonage .

Attractions

Schwante Castle
Water tower swant

In Schwante and in Sommerswalde, which belongs to the village, eight monuments are listed in the list of monuments of the state of Brandenburg :

  • The Protestant village church Schwante was built in 1780 under the direction of Chr. Ph. Leitner . It is a baroque hall building with a square west tower. The tower is richly structured and has a hood and pointed helmet . Inside the church there is a flat plastered ceiling and a horseshoe gallery with wooden pillars. The patron's box and the pulpit altar date from the time the church was built.
  • The Schwante Castle was built from 1741 in a two-year construction period under the orders of Erasmus Wilhelm von Reedern and his wife Catharina Elisabeth as a two-storey three-wing complex with a colossal pilaster structure under hipped roofs . Another building probably stood on the site before, as two rooms in the castle's basement date back to the 17th century. The inside of the mansion was rebuilt around 1900, the terrace with an outside staircase at the back was added in 1928. Since 2020 the castle has housed a café and a sculpture garden in the park.
    • The farm buildings of the manor house were built in 1870 after they were moved outside of the village. There are several exposed brick buildings that are grouped in a horseshoe shape around the Schwante water tower , which is also a listed building . Between 1903 and 1905 these buildings were renovated.

The sights also include the Schwante show garden and an enclosure with woolly pigs .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Müller's Large German Local Book 2012: Complete local dictionary. 33. revised and exp. Ed., Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and Boston 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-027420-2 , online at Google Books , p. 1.261
  2. ↑ Reinhard E. Fischer : The place names of the states of Brandenburg and Berlin: age - origin - meaning . be.bra Wissenschaft, 2005, p. 156 .
  3. ^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Brandenburg . 2nd Edition. 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 , pp. 1,038-1,039 .
  4. ↑ https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/ausflugstipps-fuer-das-wochenende-mit-den-woelfen-ion-brandenburg-heulen/12126838.html
  5. ↑ https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/schwante-in-brandenburg-ein-bisschen-florenz-im-norden-berlins/13491876.html