Wittenförden

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 38 '  N , 11 ° 20'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Ludwigslust-Parchim
Office :	Stralendorf
Height :	62 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12.24 km 2
Residents:	2535 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	207 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	19073
Area code :	0385
License plate :	LUP, HGN, LBZ, LWL, PCH, STB
Community key :	13 0 76 154
Office administration address:	Dorfstrasse 30 19073 Stralendorf
Website :	www.wittenfoerden.de
Mayor :	Matthias Eberhardt ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Wittenförden in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district

Wittenförden is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). It is administered by the Stralendorf Office , based in the Stralendorf municipality.

history

Uninterrupted settlement in the area has existed since the Middle Stone Age , and the exact origin of the community has not yet been established. Around 7000 BCE people lived in the area of ​​the Grambower Moor . The first settlers were hunters and gatherers . The first two settlements also emerged on Grambower Moor, where arable farming and animal husbandry were carried out. During the Bronze Age , there was an increase in the population due to bronze tools.

In the Iron Age , Germanic peoples are believed to be in what is now Wittenförden. During the migration period there was a constant change of tribes, so that both Lombards and Saxons settled in the area. During this period, the population increased rapidly, almost to today's population density. In the years from 600 to 1200 Obotrites settled in Wittenförden. A corresponding rampart can be seen in the southern part of the village at the edge of the forest.

The first written tradition comes from the year 1217 (from the Schwerin cathedral chapter), in which it was about the building of a church and a cemetery. At that time the place was called Wittenvorde . The Low German derivation of the place name White Fjord indicates the Neumühler See and its meandering shape. The property rights remained with the church until the Peace of Westphalia and then passed to the sovereign. German farmers settled in Wittenförden between 1200 and 1400, as can be seen from the tower mounds around the Grambower Moor. In the 13th and 14th centuries , the area was farmed by various noble families. For example, Gerd von Hagen pledged Wittenförden to the von Parchim family from Lübeck for nine hooves. In 1323 , the Count of Schwerin finally redeemed the pledge. The following year he bought the entire village from Benedicta von Bülow . After eight years, in 1331, the count sold the former manor to the Reinfeld monastery in Holstein near Lübeck. The abbot owned the village until 1582 . In the years 1599 to 1606 the monastery and the associated church were demolished. At that time the village belonged to the Danish kings .

After this time Wittenförden belonged to the Domanialamt Schwerin. This came about through a contract between King Christian IV and Duke Karl von Güstrow, the guardian of the then young Dukes Adolph Friedrich and Johann Albret II. The contract stated that the Reinfeld monastery estates, including Wittenförden , changed hands for an amount of 15,000 guilders in Mecklenburg currency and thus passed into the possession of the dukes.

In the 17th to 19th centuries , Wittenförden developed through landlords, Büdner and Häusler . The inhabitants worked mainly in the Wittenförden and Grambower Moor, so that Wittenförden was also known as the "peat maker village". The peat makers later became farmers, which also led to the development of small craft businesses.

In the past people lived mainly from agriculture and forestry and, after the Thirty Years' War, also from peat extraction, today an industrial area developed after 1990 offers around 500 jobs. Since the reunification of Germany, the number of inhabitants has almost tripled at times, which is mainly due to the urban flight from Schwerin.

In the 7th state competition "Our village has a future - our village should be more beautiful" 2011/2013, the community was awarded the special prize for social and cultural life in the district.

In 2017, the municipality of Wittenförden celebrates its 800th anniversary with a week of festivities from July 10th to 16th.

geography

geography

The village lies in a terminal moraine landscape . The place is surrounded by the Grambower Moor, the forest called Rabenhorn and the Neumühler See. The undeveloped areas belonging to the municipality are mainly farmed.

location

Wittenförden is located directly on the western city limits of Schwerin on Lake Neumühler . The other neighboring communities of Wittenförde are Klein Rogahn , Stralendorf and Grambow .

Districts

The place consists of three districts. These are called Wittenförden, Hof Wandrum and Neu Wandrum. Wittenförden is the largest district. Hof Wandrum and Neu Wandrum are smaller settlements of 5 to 10 houses that are about one kilometer from the Wittenförden district.

climate

The warmest month is July while February is the coldest. The same applies to precipitation, because July is also the wettest month and is 31 mm above the driest month of February.

Wittenförden
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     50   2 -3     36   3 -3     42   6th -1     43   11 3     52   16 7th     64   20th 11     67   22nd 13     65   21st 13     53   18th 10     46   13 6th     54   7th 2     55   4th -1 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source:

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Wittenförden Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 2.2 2.7 6.4 11.0 16.3 19.8 21.5 21.3 18.0 12.5 7.2 3.8 O 11.9 Min. Temperature (° C) −2.7 −2.9 -0.6 2.9 7.0 10.8 12.8 12.6 9.8 6.0 2.4 −0.6 O 4.8 Temperature (° C) -0.3 -0.1 2.9 6.9 11.6 15.3 17.1 16.9 13.9 9.2 4.8 1.6 O 8.4 Precipitation ( mm ) 50 36 42 43 52 64 67 65 53 46 54 55 Σ 627 Source:

politics

The municipal council elected in May 2019 is composed as follows:

• SPD : 9 seats
• CDU : 3 seats

coat of arms

Blazon : "In red a torn silver pollarded willow with three leafy branches, a golden bell between the two longer outer branches." The coat of arms and the flag were designed by the Schwerin heraldist Heinz Kippnick . It was approved together with the flag on November 15, 2001 by the Ministry of the Interior and registered under No. 254 of the coat of arms of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Justification for the coat of arms: The main symbol of the coat of arms, the willow, stands for the numerous willows in the communal corridor and the former basket-making trade in the village. The number of branches indicates the number of districts. The bell in the coat of arms reminds of the old, dilapidated church, which was replaced by a new half-timbered building in the middle of the 19th century. This symbol also stands for the bell from 1473 that is still ringing today.

flag

Flag of the municipality of Wittenförden

The flag is striped in red, yellow and red across the longitudinal axis of the flag cloth. The red stripes each take up a quarter, the yellow stripe takes up half the length of the flag cloth. In the middle of the yellow stripe is the municipal coat of arms, which takes up two thirds of the height of the flag. The length of the flag is related to the height as 5: 3.

Official seal

The official seal shows the municipal coat of arms with the inscription "• GEMEINDE WITTENFÖRDEN • LANDKREIS LUDWIGSLUST-PARCHIM".

Infrastructure

traffic

The Schwerin-Neumühle driveway connects to the Schwerin bypass road ( B 106 ) two kilometers away. The next train station is in Schwerin-Görries (5 km). Wittenförden is also integrated into the Schwerin local transport network via two bus routes . Some of the municipalities of the Stralendorf office are connected to Wittenförden by two other bus routes, one to God's gift and one to Dümmerstück Hof , and a call bus.

Facilities

In Wittenförden there is both a day care center and a primary school . In addition, the community has a sports field that is used both by the primary school for physical education and by the residents. In addition to the sports field, there is also a festival area, where the annual shooting festival and one of the largest Easter bonfires in the area usually take place. Next to the primary school there is a local supply center with a supermarket and bakery, as well as other facilities. In addition, a generation park was built in front of the primary school in 2017. There is also a parish hall in Wittenförden in which the mayor has his seat and which is used as a polling station during elections. There is a bowling alley in the basement of the parish hall. The village also has a fire station for the Wittenförden volunteer fire brigade with two emergency vehicles and one team car.

Wittenförden village church

Sights and personalities

Attractions

→ See also the list of architectural monuments in Wittenförden

• Neo-Gothic hall church from 1854 to 1856 by Theodor Krüger together with Gustav Voss and Wilhelm Wachenhusen.
• In the churchyard there is a war memorial for the First and Second World Wars .

Personalities

• 1908, February 9, Dr. Otto Steinfatt; † May 1, 1947 in Wittenförden, ornithologist and namesake for the elementary school and for a street in town

Web links

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

• Office Stralendorf
• Wittenförden.de

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. ↑ ^{a b c d e} story. In: Wittenförden.de. Accessed April 24, 2020 (German). 
3. ↑ 800 year celebration of the festival week - Wittenförden.de. Retrieved July 14, 2017 . 
4. ↑ § 1 of the main statute (PDF; 23 kB) of the municipality
5. ↑ climate-data.org [1]
6. ↑ Final results of the 2019 local elections. Accessed July 9, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Hans-Heinz Schütt: On shield and flag - the coats of arms and flags of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and its municipalities . Ed .: production office TINUS; Schwerin. 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814380-0-0 , pp. 151/152 .
8. ↑ ^{a b} main statute § 2 (PDF).
9. ↑ Lutzke: Wittenförden. In: VLP - Verkehrsgesellschaft Ludwigslust-Parchim mbH. Retrieved April 24, 2020 . 
10. ↑ KMUE: Leisure in Wittenförden: Wittenförden relies on playgrounds | svz.de. Retrieved April 24, 2020 . 

literature

• Program booklet 800 years of Wittenförden