Wittstock Circle

The Wittstockische Kreis , often also called the Wittstock district , was a Markbrandenburg district in the Prignitz , which developed in the course of the 16th century and lasted until 1816. In the administrative reform of that time, it was combined with the Pritzwalk and Kyritz districts and parts of the Havelberg district to form the Ostprignitz district .

Geographical location

The Wittstockische Kreis consisted of a main part and two enclaves south of it, each consisting of a municipality. The main part bordered the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in the north, the Ruppin district in the east, the Ruppin district and the Kyritz district in the south and the Pritzwalk district in the west. The Herzsprung exclave was completely in the Kyritzic district, the Teetz exclave bordered on the north and south on Mecklenburg exclaves and otherwise on the Kyritzic district.

history

In the course of the 16th century, circles were formed in the Margraviate of Brandenburg, mainly organized according to the landscape, in the 17th century mostly called horse riders, headed by a land rider. Over time they developed their own administrative bodies and also had their own finances.

The Prignitz belonged within the Mark Brandenburg to the Kurmark and formed (around 1800) its own province (next to Altmark , Mittelmark and Uckermark ). Seven districts formed in the Prignitz, but they had no administration of their own. In this respect, the Prignitz was understood as a whole, with a district directorate, knighthood corpus (the political representation) and its own district treasury. However, the subordinate circles continued to exist.

Associated places

Wittstock / Dosse ( Wittstock )

Babitz ( village ) (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)

Berlinchen ( village ) (now part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)

Biesen ( village and aristocratic estate ) (today part of the town of Wittstock / Dosse)

Blandikow (Blantikow, Dorf ) (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe)

Bohnenkamp ( Amtsvorwerk and Establishment ) (now in Wittstock / Dosse, around Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse 38 to 42)

Alt Daber ( forester's house, between two lakes, not far from Berlinchen ) (today a residential area of the city of Wittstock / Dosse).

Neu Daber ( Vorwerk and Schäferei, near Wittstockische Heide, on a lake, between Alt Daber and Randow ) (no longer exists, demolished in 1872, was on the north bank of the large Berlinchensee, about 1 km west of Berlinchen)

Dossow (also Dosse, Dorf ) (today a district of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)

Dranse (Dransee, Dorf ) (today a district of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)

Dranseer fulling mill on the field mark of the village of Dranse, on the Dranseer See (today a residential area in the district of Dranse, town of Wittstock / Dosse)

Eichenfelde ( leasehold farm and colony ) (today part of the municipality of Wittstock / Dosse). In 1753 there were 7 landowners with 2 hooves and 4 Büdner.

Spots Zechlin

Friesenhof ( colony near Jabel, part of the estate there. Also simply called the colony. ) (Today a place to live in the community of Heiligengrabe)

At Giesenschlag, Theerofen, in the Zechlin forest district, at Giesenschlagsee (no longer exists, last mentioned in 1846, was at the southeast end of Giesenschlagsee , directly on the border with Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)

Glienicke (Glienecke, Dorf ) (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe)

Goldbeck ( Amtsvorwerk ) (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)

Gramzow sheep farm, on the desert field mark Gramzow, belonging to Zaatzke (today Volkwig residential area , Zaatzke district, Heiligengrabe municipality)

Mutton stable, not far from Zechlin in the Hoheheide (according to HOL, today Neuendorf )

Groß Haßlow (Groß Hasslow, Dorf ) (today a district of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)

Klein Haßlow (Klein Hasslow, Dorf ) (today part of the municipality of Wittstock / Dosse)

Heidethurm, forestry department, apartment of the Wittstock town forester on the town forest (today Alt Daber, a residential area of the town of Wittstock / Dosse)

Heinrichsdorf ( colony ) (today part of the municipality of Wittstock / Dosse). In 1776 a colony was established here.

Herzdorf (Hertzdorf, colony ) (today risen in Schweinrich)). 1753ff. a colony of initially 10 Büdners was established here.

Herzsprung (Hertzsprung, Dorf und Gut ) (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe)

Grüne Hütte, Glashütte, has entered, but some Büdner still live there (today Glashütte , living space in the district of Gadow, City of Wittstock / Dosse)

White hut, glassworks and district Vorwerk, in the Zechliner Forst, laid out in 1748 (today glassworks , living space in the district of Gadow, city of Wittstock / Dosse)

Jabel (Jaabel, Dorf und Gut ) (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe)

Kehrbergs Ofen, Theerofen between Luhme and the Neue Mühle (no longer exists, last mentioned in 1846, was at the southeastern end of the Giesenschlagsee, directly on the border with Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, identical to the tar oven at the Giesenschlagsee)

Kuhlmühle ( Kuhlmühle, watermill not far from Seveckow ) (today living space in the district of Dranse, town of Wittstock / Dosse)

Liebenthal (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe)

Liebenthalscher Krug, on Heerstraße from Pritzwalk to Wittstock, belonging to Liebenthal (no longer exists, was located a little northeast of the center of Liebenthal on today's B 189, in the area of the Pritzwalk A 24 motorway exit)

Luhme ( leasehold farm and colony ) (today part of the city of Rheinsberg). Created in 1752.

Alt Lutterow ( Vorwerk ) (today a residential area in the Flecken Zechlin district, town of Rheinsberg)

Neu Lutterow ( sheep farm ) (now a place to live in the Flecken Zechlin district, town of Rheinsberg). In 1713 a barn was first built here, which belonged to the Alt Lutterow sheep farm. In 1782 a new sheep farm and a Büdner colony were established here.

Mulberry forest ( colony and leasehold farm ) (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe). Was created in 1751.

Möllendorfshof, Vorwerk, belonging to and with Hertzsprung, built in 1803 (no longer exists today)

New mill, water mill and windmill, between Luhme and the Zootzensee (now Neumühl residential area in the Zechlinerhütte district, town of Rheinsberg)

New mill, watermill, not far from Dossow (today the Brausebachmühle residential area in the Dossow district, town of Wittstock, referred to as the new mill in the Schmettauschen map from 1767/87)

Neuhof, Meierei, near Zaatzke, was formerly a forester's house, which was called Volkwig (today Volkwig residential area in the Zaatzke district, Heiligengrabe municipality)

Papenbruch (Papenbrock, Dorf ) (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe),

Prebelow ( Prevelow, Hägemeisterwohnung, Royal Hägemeister, built in 1802, in the Zechlinschen Revier, on the Prevelow-See ) (today part of the municipality of Rheinsberg)

Raderang, Büdneretablissement, near Zempow, established between 1747 and 1750 (today dissolved in Zempow, the Büdner colony, somewhat separated from the village center, was located on the southeastern exit of Zempow, around Dorfstrasse 21/22)

Randow ( Kolonie und Verwerk ) (today part of the municipality of Wittstock / Dosse). In 1752 a farm and a colony were built here.

Repente ( colony and Vorwerk ) (today part of the municipality of Rheinsberg). Created in 1752.

Rothe Mühle, watermill, near the town of Wittstock, on the Dosse (now the Rote Mühle residential area in the town of Wittstock / Dosse)

Scharfenberger Mühle ( Scharfenbergsche Mühle, Wassermühle ) (today a residential area of the town of Wittstock / Dosse)

Scharfenberg ( Scharfenbergscher Krug, on the Scharfenberge ) (today residential area of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)

Schweinrich ( Dorf ) (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)

Sewekow (Seweckow / Seveckow, Dorf ) (today a district of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)

Siebmannshorst ( colony ) (today a residential area of the city of Wittstock / Dosse). The colony consisting of individual farmsteads was created in 1777 on the Buchhorst in the Goldbeck Forest.

Am Siedlitz, Ziedlitz, Theerofen in Zechlinschen Revier (no longer exists, was on the north bank of the Großer Zechlinsee)

Teetz ( village ) (today part of the city of Kyritz)

Tetschendorf (today part of the municipality of Wittstock / Dosse)

Fulling mill and cutting mill, at Wittstockschen Stadtheide on the Dosse (no longer exists, was at the height of Alt Daber on the Dosse)

Wernikow (Wernickow, Dorf ) (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe)

Office Wittstock, near Wittstock, together with 2 water mills, on which a dyer and a carpenter live. It is separated from the city by a wall. (risen in Wittstock / Dosse, at the Kyritzer Tor?)

Wittstock Castle (located in the area of the former castle, at the southern end of the city, in Wittstock / Dosse)

Wulfersdorf (Wulffersdorf, Dorf ) (today a district of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)

Am Wummsee, Theerofen, in the Zechlin forest district on the Wummsee (no longer exists, was identical to Lefeld's tar furnace in the Schmettauschen map from 1767/87)

Zaatzke (Saatzke, village and estate ) (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe)

Dorf Zechlin ( Dorf ) (today part of the city of Rheinsberg)

Zechlin, Amtssitzvorwerk (located in the Zechlin area)

Zechlinsche Schneidemühle, 1/4 mile from Flecken Zechlin (today Beckersmühle residential area in the Flecken Zechlin district, town of Rheinsberg)

Zootzen , desert Feldmark on which the White Glassworks was built from 1736 , later the Zechlinerhütte

During the district reform of 1816, the Wittstockische Kreis was completely absorbed into the new Ostprignitz district .

literature

Friedrich Wilhelm August Bratring : Statistical-topographical description of the entire Mark Brandenburg. For statisticians, businessmen, especially for camera operators . First volume. The general introduction to the Kurmark, containing the Altmark and Prignitz. Friedrich Maurer, Berlin 1804, ISBN 978-3-88372-140-8 , fourth part. Special country description. Second part. The Prignitz. Chapter Four. The Wittstockische Kreis., P. 457 ff (494 pp.).
Lieselott Enders : Historical local dictionary for Brandenburg, Part I, Prignitz . 463 pp., Weimar 1962.
Gerd Heinrich: Administrative structure 1608–1806. Mounted and circles of the Altmark, Kurmark and Neumark. Historical Atlas of Brandenburg. Publications of the Berlin Historical Commission at the Friedrich Meinecke Institute of the Free University of Berlin in 1967.