Werder (Gudelacksee)
| Werder | ||
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| Waters | Gudelacksee | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 58 '30 " N , 12 ° 57' 10" E | |
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| length | 1 km | |
| width | 500 m | |
| surface | 45 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Werder is the name of the only island in the Gudelacksee near Lindow (Mark) ( Brandenburg ). It belongs to the Stechlin-Ruppiner Land nature park . With a size of around 45 hectares , it is one of the largest inland islands in Brandenburg.
The island's name comes from the generic term Werder , which refers to river or lake islands, among other things.
history
There is evidence that the island of Werder was already settled in Slavic times.
During the Thirty Years War it served the Lindow population as a place of refuge from troops passing through.
Clay has been mined on the island since the 18th century . In the late 19th century, the clay supplies began to be used on an industrial scale, which lasted until World War II. The raw material was processed in a large brick factory on the island. The agricultural land was cultivated by a local farmer and his family long after the clay supplies were exhausted. The last residents left Werder in the 1970s.
After plans to build a vacation home had failed because of the complicated logistics, all the buildings were demolished before German reunification . From the formerly extensive development, only remains of the foundation and rubble can be found today. Until 1999, regular grazing was ensured by the local LPG or its successor company. The island was then left to its own devices and served boat tourists on the Gudelacksee as an excursion destination.
In 2007, the largest part of Werder, around 42 hectares, was awarded to a private buyer as part of an auction commissioned by BVVG Bodenverwertungs- und -verwaltungs GmbH . Since 2008 it has been used for ecological agriculture and for projects in the field of environmental education. The remaining area of around three hectares is the property of the city of Lindow and has been designated as a resting place for water hikers.