Wagenitz (Mühlenberge)
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Wagenitz
Community Mühlenberge
Coordinates: 52 ° 40 ′ 21 ″ N , 12 ° 38 ′ 25 ″ E
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| Height : | 29 m above sea level NN |
| Incorporation : | December 31, 2002 |
| Postal code : | 14662 |
| Area code : | 033237 |
 Location of Wagenitz in Mühlenberge
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Since December 31, 2002, Wagenitz has been part of the Mühlenberge community that was created in the course of the regional reform of the state of Brandenburg .
There are various Slavic interpretations of the name of the place, one of which is “fire place” (cf. Lower Sorbian wogeń = “fire”, wognišćo = “fire place”). Another interpretation is "place where people of a man named Wogon live".
geography
Wagenitz is northeast of the B 5 between Friesack and Pessin .
Local history
The most beautiful residence of the von Bredow family once stood in Wagenitz . In 1335 the Bredows were enfeoffed with the castle and the little country Friesack and thus with the associated Wagenitz. The Bredows remained the Lords of Wagenitz until 1945.
The so-called “ Sweden Tower ”, built in 1571 by order of Hartwig von Bredow, is a tower-like kitchen that looks strange today. This building of the Schwedenturm (kitchen house) as a dairy formed the foundation stone for the Wagenitzer Castle and was part of the castle complex with the massive manor house, which was completed in 1587 . Georg von Bredow had this manor house built after he had given up his stake in Friesack. Georg von Bredow lived at Wagenitz Castle until the Thirty Years' War . The previous building of the castle and the kitchen building were used by Swedish troops during the Thirty Years' War. The village and its inhabitants suffered from pillage and attacks by the Swedes at that time. On February 26, 1636, the landlord Georg von Bredow was killed like many other residents. The Swedes killed him because he had previously given the order to hang plundering Swedish mercenaries . The Swedes took revenge on Georg von Bredow's family and the village, they killed the entire von Bredow family. One of the youngest von Bredow family was spared the tragic fate of his family. The eleven year old son Hans (Johann) Christoph survived; According to tradition, he is said to have hidden in the chimney of the Sweden Tower. It is more likely, however, that he was just attending Wittenberg University . The face of Hans (Johann) Christoph von Bredow (born November 5, 1623 in Wagenitz; † June 1, 1691 in Spandau ) can still be admired in the Wagenitz church to the right of the altar, he and his family sat on one in 1667 represent approx. 6 m² painting.
The castle, built in the style of a Roman villa, was a temple of art, it was equipped with a theater and several art cabinets. The two-storey building, with eleven axes and a tower, was rebuilt in 1731 and 1853. The castle, one of the most magnificent castles in the Havelland, burned to the ground at the end of the war in 1945. However, the cause of the fire has not yet been clarified.
In 1980 a smaller part of the Sweden Tower collapsed, until then it was completely preserved. In January 1984 the building continued to deteriorate with the collapse of the entire eastern half. The palace park, inside of which there is a tomb of a Herr von Bredow, is very overgrown today.
From April 2, 1900 to January 1, 1924, Wagenitz was a stop on the Rathenow-Senzke-Nauen district railway .
The Wagenitz Church
The current village church of Wagenitz, built in 1753, is a rectangular plastered building of a hall church with a square west tower and tail hood . It was built for the church built in 1664. The original church of Wagenitz fell victim to the Thirty Years' War and its Swedish looting in 1635/36, like large parts of the village . From the previous church, in addition to the wooden gallery with its Tuscan columns, the large crucifix from the 15th century and the silver baptismal bowl with the coats of arms of those of Bredow and von Görne remained. The simple pulpit altar, the stalls, floor plates and the font originate from the 19th century, the Lütkemüller organ from 1885, the tower clock from 1865. A medieval bronze bell is also still in use. The crypt below the altar area has not been used since 1840; it is visible through a cellar window. The large votive painting from 1667, which was restored in the 1980s and depicts Hans (Johann) Christoph von Bredow with his wife Barbara von Görne, four sons and six daughters, is an important historical historical testimony .
Attractions
- A farmer's museum has existed in the Swedish Tower since 1995 and can be visited by appointment.
- The church
Footnotes and individual references
- ^ New Preussisches Adels-Lexicon , first volume, page 304, by Freiherr Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch , 1836 at the Reichenbach brothers in Leipzig
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated June 11, 2007 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.
