Wolfshagen (Groß Pankow)

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Wolf Hagen
Coordinates: 53 ° 8 ′ 56 ″  N , 12 ° 0 ′ 31 ″  E
Height : 36-63 m
Residents : 349  (Jan 1, 2013)
Incorporation : December 31, 2002
Postal code : 16928
Area code : 038789
Wolfshagen (Brandenburg)
Wolf Hagen

Location of Wolfshagen in Brandenburg
Wolfshagen Castle Manor
Wolfshagen Castle Manor

Wolfshagen is a district of the community of Groß Pankow (Prignitz) in the Prignitz district , Brandenburg . The villages of Dannhof , Horst and Hellburg belong to Wolfshagen . A total of 349 inhabitants live in the district.

geography

Geographical location

Wolfshagen is located in the historic Prignitz on the Stepenitz 13 kilometers northeast of the town of Perleberg . The district of the community Groß Pankow (Prignitz) does not border on any other community, but is enclosed by other districts: Seddin in the west, Tacken and Helle in the north, Kuhbier in the east, Groß Pankow and Retzin in the south. Wolfshagen is naturally located in the North Brandenburg plateau and hill country .

The border to the district of Helle follows the Stepenitz and Dömnitz rivers , with the Dömnitz flowing into the Stepenitz northwest of Wolfshagen. After the confluence, the Stepenitz flows right through Wolfshagen to then form the border with Seddin. In the south of the district, the village of Dannhof is on the other side of the Stepenitz tributary Panke; in the east, Horst is on the other side of the Dömnitz tributary Eisbach. East of the Eisbach, the Steinerbach also flows into the Dömnitz. The village of Hellburg is located in the north of the district.

The lowest point of the district is in the south on the Stepenitz at about 36 meters above sea level, the highest point at about 63 meters in the northwest. In the east too, 60 meters away from the rivers are reached.

Protected areas

Wolfshagen has a share in the Stepenitz nature reserve along the Stepenitz and Panke rivers. In addition, a large part of Wolfhagen, especially east of the Stepenitz, is embedded in the extensive landscape protection area “Agricultural Landscape Prignitz-Stepenitz”. In the east of the district on the Dömnitz is the fauna-flora habitat Großer Horst.

Due to its archaeological importance, Wolfshagen is located in the first excavation protection area of ​​the state of Brandenburg, "Settlement and ritual area King's Grave Seddin", identified in 2016.

history

The area at the confluence of the Dömnitz in the Stepenitz is an old settlement, as important Bronze Age finds show. Worth mentioning are the place of worship and burial site on the Teufelsberg north-east of the main town and the " Schwedenschanze " in the Großer Horst forest area, where settlement around the year 1000 BC can be proven. Slavic settlers from the early Middle Ages also left their mark here.

Stepenitz and Gutshaus, lithograph from the Duncker collection

The Gans knight family founded a castle in Wolfshagen, who expanded their possessions in the second half of the 12th century and in the 13th century from their West Elbe , Altmark seat to the East Elbe Prignitz along the Stepenitz.

The earliest documented mention of Wolfshagen comes from 1392. In a document Laurenzius, Herr zu Werle , the captain of the Altmark Huner von Königsmarck, vowed a four-year peace for areas in Altmark and Prignitz, including Wolfshagen ("Wulfeshaghen").

The Wolfshagen castle tower was demolished around 1600. Renaissance buildings were erected, but they fell into disrepair after the Thirty Years' War . In 1787, today's manor "Schloss" Wolfshagen was built on the same site.

On January 1, 1974 Seddin was incorporated into Wolfshagen. One month later, on February 1st, Tacken was also incorporated into Wolfshagen. On December 31, 2002, the community of Groß Pankow (Prignitz) came into being through the merger of several previously independent communities, including Wolfshagen. Tacken and Seddin form independent districts in the new municipality.

Culture and sights

View from the manor house to the watermill

manor

In 1786/87 Gottlob Gans Edler Herr zu Putlitz had the two-wing Wolfshagen manor house, today often called "Wolfshagen Castle", built in the late Baroque style. Several previous buildings followed in the same place. Today Schloss Wolfshagen houses a museum with a focus on landed gentry and porcelain .

Watermill

Wolfshagen watermill

The historic Wolfshagen watermill stands on an island between Stepenitz and its mill arm in the immediate vicinity of the manor house. Already in 1537 a mill is mentioned in a document with which the miller Heyne Betke was enfeoffed. The mill is designed as an oak framework. A part was raised to four floors in 1899/1900. A turbine house was installed and the purely mechanical mill was converted to electricity. In 1923 a brick, four-storey mill building was built in place of the old miller's stable on the other side of the mill arm. In 1967/68 a four-story extension made of concrete and high silos on the yard followed.

Teufelsberg

An important place of worship and burial from the Bronze Age is located on the Teufelsberg north-west of the village of Wolfshagen. A double stone circle about seven meters in diameter was discovered during excavations in the 1930s in the same place as an older Ustrine . In the immediate vicinity there are shallow cremation graves of various shapes, often framed with stones . In their kind, they are considered to be unique for the Prignitz and are regarded as an intermediate form of burial mounds richly furnished with grave goods such as the royal grave in neighboring Seddin and flat grave fields of simple farmers.

Schwedenschanze

The approximately 3.6  hectare fortification was built in the younger Bronze Age in a bend in the river south of the Dömnitz. Later the Slavs who immigrated from the east in the early Middle Ages used the facility. At the apex of the water there is a Slavic ring wall with a diameter of about 40 meters. To the south of it was probably a Slavic settlement, which is surrounded by further ramparts, with those to the east and west to the river being less powerful than the southern rampart. The oldest, Bronze Age wall lies further south and measures 240 meters in length. There was also a ditch in front of him. It is believed that it was even longer in the past, but that part of it was removed from the Dömnitz in the course of time. In the immediate vicinity of the complex there is evidence of an outlying settlement and a barrow.

The name Schwedenschanze comes from the time of the Thirty Years' War, when the population hid or entrenched themselves or their animals in such old fortifications. However, the origin of the plant has no connection to Sweden .

tourism

Wolfshagen cross two well-known long-distance cycle routes. The Tour Brandenburg is considered the longest cycle path in Germany, while the geese tour along the Stepenitz in the footsteps of the noble gentlemen Goose runs through the Prignitz.

literature

  • Historical Gazetteer Brandenburg - Part 1 - Prignitz - N-Z . Modifications made by Lieselott Enders . In: Klaus Neitmann (Ed.): Publications of the Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (State Archive Potsdam) - Volume 3 . Founded by Friedrich Beck . Publishing house Klaus-D. Becker, Potsdam 2012, ISBN 978-3-88372-033-3 , pp. 995 ff .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population figures . Groß Pankow municipality (Prignitz), accessed on December 20, 2013 (Wolfshagen, Dannhof, Hellburg and Horst).
  2. ↑ Ordinance on the “Stepenitz” nature reserve. State government of Brandenburg, July 23, 2004, accessed December 20, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Ordinance on the landscape protection area "Agrarlandschaft Prignitz-Stepenitz". State government of Brandenburg, December 15, 2008, accessed December 20, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Decree of the Ministry for Rural Development, Environment and Consumer Protection to announce the conservation goals according to § 26 b Para. 3 of the Brandenburg Nature Conservation Act and to manage the fauna-flora-habitat area "Großer Horst". State government of Brandenburg, April 26, 2005, accessed on December 22, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Ordinance on the excavation protection area "Settlement and ritual area King's Grave Seddin". State government of Brandenburg, July 12, 2016, accessed on October 20, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b c Schwedenschanze - fortified facility on the lower course of the Dömnitz. Settled for over 3,000 years. Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum; Prignitz district, accessed on December 22, 2013 .
  7. ↑ a b story. Förderverein Schloss-Museum Wolfshagen eV, accessed on December 21, 2013 .
  8. ↑ Wolfshagen. Information about the place. Groß Pankow (Prignitz) community, accessed on December 21, 2013 .
  9. ↑ Adolph Friedrich Riedel (ed.): Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis . First main part. 2nd volume. FH Morin, Berlin 1842, p. 336 .
  10. ↑ Historical municipality directory of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005: Prignitz district . In: Landesbetrieb für Datenverarbeitung und Statistik (Ed.): Contribution to statistics . Potsdam 2006, p. 34 .
  11. ↑ Wolfshagen. Tourism Association Prignitz e. V., archived from the original on December 24, 2013 ; Retrieved January 5, 2016 .
  12. ↑ The location. Förderverein Wassermühle Wolfshagen / Prignitz e. V., archived from the original on December 24, 2013 ; Retrieved December 22, 2013 .
  13. ↑ The story. Förderverein Wassermühle Wolfshagen / Prignitz e. V., archived from the original on December 24, 2013 ; Retrieved December 22, 2013 .
  14. ↑ Thomas Hauptmann: The stones from the Teufelsberg. Place of worship and burial place. Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum; Prignitz district, accessed on December 22, 2013 .