Schweinrich

Schweinrich City of Wittstock / Dosse Coordinates: 53 ° 10 ′ 43 "  N , 12 ° 37 ′ 53"  E
Area :	19.43 km²
Residents :	159  (December 31, 2013)
Population density :	8 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	October 26, 2003
Postal code :	16909
Area code :	03394
Location of Schweinrich in Brandenburg

Village green

Schweinrich is a district of the town of Wittstock / Dosse in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district in the north-west of Brandenburg .

location

The place, in which 159 inhabitants live on 19.43 km² (as of December 31, 2013), is east of the center of Wittstock / Dosse. The Dranser See extends north of the village . To the east is the district of the city of Rheinsberg . The other districts of Wittstock / Dosse Zootzen , Groß Haßlow and Berlinchen follow in a clockwise direction .

history

In the second half of the 15th century, a stone church was built in the place .

After the end of the Second World War , the Wittstock military training area was built north of the town and was used by the GSSD . The local peasants were forced to lease their fields to the Red Army ; later they were expropriated . After the reunification , a citizens' initiative against the continued use of the land by the Bundeswehr was founded in the village . The first demonstration took place on August 15, 1992, and in the following years it started from Schweinrich on January 1 of the year. As a result of the protests, the planned use was finally abandoned in 2009.

Schweinrich was incorporated into Wittstock / Dosse in 2003.

Attractions

The village church in Schweinrich

The Evangelical village church Schweinrich , a stone building with a west tower, dates from the second half of the 15th century. Inside there is an altarpiece from the first quarter of the 17th century.

Transport and infrastructure, tourism

• The A 19 runs west. At the Wittstock / Dosse motorway triangle, it joins the A 24 to the north-west and south .
• There is a nature campsite on the southwestern shore of Lake Drans.
• A school camp exists in the village.

literature

• Historical Gazetteer Brandenburg - Part 1 - Prignitz - N-Z . Modifications made by Lieselott Enders . In: Klaus Neitmann (Ed.): Publications of the Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (State Archive Potsdam) - Volume 3 . Founded by Friedrich Beck . Publishing house Klaus-D. Becker, Potsdam 2012, ISBN 978-3-88372-033-3 , pp. 812 ff .

Web links

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

• Schweinrich on wittstock.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information board : It all started here in Schweinrich. The Red Army erected the Bombodrome on the village green, December 2018.