Semlow

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 54 ° 11 ′  N , 12 ° 39 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Western Pomerania-Ruegen
Office :	Ribnitz-Damgarten
Height :	28 m above sea level NHN
Area :	34.43 km 2
Residents:	667 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	19 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	18334
Area code :	038222
License plate :	VR, GMN, NVP, RDG, RÜG
Community key :	13 0 73 085
Office administration address:	Am Markt 1 18311 Ribnitz-Damgarten
Website :	www.semlow.info
Mayoress :	Andrea Eichler
Location of the municipality of Semlow in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen

Semlow is a municipality in the west of the Vorpommern-Rügen district. It is located southeast of Ribnitz-Damgarten . Until January 1, 2005, the community was part of the Ahrenshagen office and has been part of the Ribnitz-Damgarten office since then .

Geography and traffic

Semlow is about 20 kilometers south-east of Ribnitz-Damgarten . The federal highway 105 Rostock - Stralsund runs north of the municipality. The place can be reached from the federal highway 20 via the connection Tribsees (approx. 20 km). The community lies on the border with Mecklenburg , which runs here on the Recknitz .

Districts

• Camitz
• Palm tin
• Plennine
• Zornow
• Semlow

history

The area was settled in the Stone Age. Megalithic graves and trough mill stone finds testify to this .

Semlow was first mentioned in a document in 1320. The name is Slavic and is supposed to mean New Earth or New Home . In 1398 the place first appeared in the possession of the Behr family . The area belonged to them until the Second World War . Semlow became the ancestral home of the rich race. The community suffered badly during the Thirty Years' War . With the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, Vorpommern and thus Semlow came under Swedish rule until 1815 and then became part of the Prussian province of Pomerania . The community was part of the Franzburg-Barth district until 1952 , Stralsund district from 1946, and then belonged to the Ribnitz-Damgarten district in the Rostock district until 1994 .

Semlow Manor

In the place of the current castle there was an old Slavic border castle from 1565. The predecessor of today's manor house was built in 1565 as a border castle to Mecklenburg. The mansion was built in 1830 based on plans by Friedrich Wilhelm Buttel for Carl August von Behr-Negendank. It is a simple, classicistic , 15-axis plastered building with a four-column central projection . Around 1855, a greenhouse and orangery was added to the eastern side of the building . The western extension near the church was built around 1868 as a living area for the castle owner. Due to the high basement, the castle is three-story on the courtyard and park side. The five-axis central projection on the building front on the park side is particularly emphasized by flat wall columns. Originally the central risalit was once equipped with a triangular gable . On the right, between the castle and the orangery, there is a steep staircase as access to the castle park. The side of the castle facing the village is two-story. The existing on this side triaxial central projection is through the portico (entrance hall) and the resting thereon Altan highlighted. The pond on the park side, directly in front of the castle, was created between 1851 and 1853 in connection with the park design. On the southern edge of the pond there is a bald cypress and a North American conifer.

In 1767 a representative of the von Behr family took the name of the related but extinct Negendank family and now bore the name of Behr-Negendank . The following Pertinenzien (secondary estates) came to the Semlow estate: Carlshof, Palmzin, Wossen, Stormsdorf and Weitenhagen, later added: Behrenwalde, Katzenow and Koitenhagen. Further possessions are mentioned: Dölitz and Kranichshof. The von Behr-Negendank family with their headquarters in Semlow thus became one of the largest and most influential landowners in Pomerania.

Plennin manor

Plennin : The estate was owned by the von Moltke family in the 14th century . More recently, it fell to the von Behr-Negendanck family, who ran the neighboring Semlow estate until 1945. The manor house Plennin is a strict, classical building from the 19th century. It is privately owned. At first it was partially renovated with funds from the Ministry of Culture, then construction was stopped. Since then the house has fallen into disrepair and is not inhabited. Recommended for an emergency backup program.

politics

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved by the Ministry of the Interior on September 7, 2001 and registered under the number 250 of the coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Blazon : “In silver, a blue sloping wave bar, covered according to the figure: above with a golden beech leaf, below with a golden oak leaf; accompanied by the figure: above by a striding, red-tongued and armored black bear with a gold collar, below by a black plow. "

The coat of arms was designed by Michael Zapfe from Weimar .

Attractions

See also : List of architectural monuments in Semlow

• Romanesque village church of Semlow as a single-nave stone church from the 13th century with retracted choir , south sacristy and west tower, 1790 upper floor of the tower with curved dome ; Restored around 1857 and decorated with late Nazarene wall and ceiling paintings by Carl Julius Milde in 1861/63 , furnishings from 1576–1727.
• Classicist mansion Schloss Semlow from around 1825
• Landscape park at the castle, created for Ulrich von Behr-Negendank
• Neo-Gothic Semlow grave chapel of the von Behr-Negendank family from 1880/1881 based on plans by Wilhelm Walter , Berlin; 1999 renovation.
• Building ensemble on the main street
• Three large stone graves , including an ancient dolmen , a large stone grave and a megalithic bed from the Neolithic period
• Plennin Tower Hill
• Semlow Tower Hill

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  Field stone church Semlow

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  Semlow cemetery chapel

Culture

In 2015, the festive service was celebrated in the former MTS hall at the start of the 25th State Harvest Thanksgiving Festival

• The Association for the Preservation of Semlow Cultural Assets has existed since 2001, promoting church and cultural interests in Semlow and, among other things, contributing to the preservation of listed buildings and facilities.
• On October 4, 2015, the 25th State Harvest Festival took place under the motto Semlow: lively - down to earth . The patronage was Prime Minister Erwin Sellering .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Carl von Behr-Negendank (1791–1827), landlord on Semlow and member of the Provincial Parliament
• Ulrich von Behr-Negendank (1826–1902), landlord on Semlow and Prussian politician
• Sven Berkenhagen (* 1966), former German soccer player

Associated with Semlow

• Hans Moderow (1877–1945), pastor and church historian
• Siegfried Bergander , mayor of this community from 1977–1990

literature

• Friedrich Lisch : Documents and research on the history of the Behr family , Volume I, Schwerin 1861. Volume I, 203 pages ( online ).
• Eberhard Kell: Ortschronik von Semlow part 1. 675 years Semlow (1320-1945) , Ribnitz 1995.
• Eberhard Kell: Chronicle of the school , Ribnitz-Damgarten 2009.
• Eberhard Kell: Chronicle of Semlow Part 2 , Ribnitz-Damgarten 2012.

Web links

Commons : Semlow  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Semlow Castle and Park
• Private website about Semlow
• Ev. Parish Semlow-Eixen
• Support association for the preservation of Semlower Kulturgüter eV

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistisches Amt MV - population status of the districts, offices and municipalities 2019 (XLS file) (official population figures in the update of the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ^ Hubertus Neuschäffer: Western Pomerania's castles and mansions . Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft 1993, p. 182, ISBN 3-88042-636-8
3. ↑ Friedrich Lisch : Documents and research on the history of the Behr family , Volume I, Schwerin 1861, p. 107
4. ↑ Plennin Manor
5. ^ Foundation for Cultural Heritage
6. ^ Association for the Conservation of Semlower Kulturgüter eV , accessed on March 26, 2016
7. ↑ focus.de: Farmers celebrate Thanksgiving - service in the old machine hall , accessed on March 26, 2016