Vehlefanz
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Vehlefanz
Municipality of Oberkrämer
Coordinates: 52 ° 43 ′ 4 " N , 13 ° 5 ′ 55" E
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| Residents : | 1852 (2019) |
| Incorporation : | May 18, 1998 |
| Postal code : | 16727 |
| Area code : | 03304 |
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Vehlefanz is a town in the Oberhavel district in Brandenburg with 1,822 inhabitants. Settlements at this point there since the 6th century, the first written record dates from 1241. townscape formative are the village church Vehlefanz and the windmill Vehlefanz. Since 1998 Vehlefanz belongs to the municipality of Oberkrämer .
location
Vehlefanz is located in the Ländchen Glien on the edge of the Krämer Forest and the Rhiner Luchs. Since the late 1970s, Vehlefanz has been bounded in the west by an artificial lake, the Mühlensee . Vehlefanz is on the German clay road .
Surname
The name Vehelefanz is of Wendish origin, but its meaning has been lost in history. Possible are Am Walde or Großes Dorf . Traditional spellings are Felefanz - Fehlefanz - Filfantz - Filfanz - Filefantz - Valefanz - Vehlefanz.
history
Vehlefanz is a foundation of the Wends . The first traces of Liutizen settlement date from the 6th century near the Botscheberg . The first documentary mention comes from the year 1241, in which B. de velewan is named in an inheritance dispute . The first church in the village was built at the end of the 12th century as part of the Christianization of Brandenburg. Today's church goes back to a field stone building from the Middle Ages.
A brick barn is mentioned in 1451, other mentions date from the 18th century.
The first mention of a miller in the church book comes from 1649 after the end of the Thirty Years War . The first windmill was built on site in 1711; the farmers from Vehlefanz and Eichstätt were required to eat . The meal was compulsory until 1810, after which several new mills were built around Vehlefanz, including the post mill that can still be seen today .
In 1832 the Bärenklau Remontedepot was established , which supplied the Prussian army with replacement horses.
In the times of the GDR , the village was mainly characterized by agriculture by various agricultural production cooperatives (LPG) such as Frischer Wind and Freier Bauer, from which Schwanteland GmbH developed after the fall of the Wall and is now one of the largest chicory producers in Germany.
In 1993, the first new school in Brandenburg after the fall of the Wall was built with the Rhinoceros Primary School.
Historic post mill
Historic chestnut on the village green
View from the village street
View of the post mill
View over part of the Mühlensee towards the church
Community center of the Evangelical Free Church Community
Castle wall in Vehlefanz
Townscape
The Angerdorf Vehlefanz extends mainly along a main road, today's L117. To the south is the village church at the entrance to the village, the road runs along the historic village green and to the north the post mill stands just before the village exit. The remains of Vehlefanz Castle lie on a small rise on the edge of the village .
The post mill from 1815 has been protected as a technical monument since 1977 and equipped as a museum. It is the only completely preserved windmill in the district. The community has owned the windmill since 2011.
Religions
In addition to the Protestant village church and its parish, the Evangelical Free Church Parish of Oberkrämer, based in Vehlefanz, is also active in village life.
The free church was founded in 1964 during the GDR era in neighboring Schwante, where it also built its first chapel. The authorities tolerated the community, which at that time had about 20 active members. After the chapel became too small for the congregation, which at that time had around 100 active members, around the year 2000, it set up a congregation center in Vehlefanz in 2005. Around 200 people attend the service on Sundays. The community also organizes a summer camp for young people from all over Germany at the Mühlensee.
education
In 1993, the first new school in Brandenburg after the fall of the Wall was a primary school for grades 1 to 6 in Vehlefanz, which has been called the Rhinoceros Primary School since 2003. 319 students from Vehlefanz and the districts of Eichstädt, Schwante, Bärenklau and Neu-Vehlefanz attend school. The school has had its own gymnasium since 1997 and a sports field since 2010.
traffic
The Vehlefanz stop is on the Berlin-Schönholz-Kremmen line .
Remarks
- ^ Municipality of Oberkrämer: Population statistics. Retrieved August 27, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Vehlefanz , Kirche-Oberkrämer, accessed January 8, 2015
- ↑ a b Vehlefanz . Oberkrämer community, accessed January 8, 2015.
- ↑ Heimatverein Vehlefanz: Short chronicle Vehlefanz
- ↑ a b Vehlefanz ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Deutsche Tonstrasse, accessed January 8, 2015.
- ↑ Heimatverein Vehlefanz: From the chronicle: the post mill
- ↑ a b Municipality of Oberkrämer: short chronicle , accessed January 8, 2015
- ^ Renovation of the historic post mill in Vehlefanz ( Memento from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), ILE Oberhavel, accessed January 9, 2015
- ↑ Evangelical Free Church Community Oberkrämer
- ↑ Robert Tiesler: Half a century of charity preached , Märkische Allgemeine October 1, 2014
- ^ Rhino Elementary School: About Us , Retrieved August 27, 2017
