Ząbrowo (Świdwin)

Ząbrowo (German Semerow ) is a village in the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship . It belongs to the rural community Świdwin ( Schivelbein ) in the powiat Świdwiński (Świdwin District).

Geographical location

The former manor village Ząbrowo is 14 kilometers northwest of Świdwin . It borders in the north on the district Międzyrzecze ( Meseritz ) of the Gmina Sławoborze ( Stolzenberg ) and in the west on the Mołstowa ( Molstow ), which marks the beginning of the district Łobez ( Labes ). Ząbrowo can be reached via a secondary road from Świdwin via Lekowo ( Leckow ) and Kartlewo ( Kartlow ).

Local history

In 1499 the Rüchel brothers swore the feudal oath to Elector Joachim in Semerow . In 1820 six farmers lived here. In 1825 Emanuel von Schmidt was landlord in Semerow. In 1843 130 people lived here. In 1887 the construction of the road to Schivelbein began.

Until 1832, Semerow belonged to the Schivelbein district, when it was incorporated into the Belgard district (Persante) . Semerow was assigned to the administrative and civil registry district Schlenzig (Słowieńsko) and was in the district court area Schivelbein .

In 1920, squire Neumann set up private passenger transport from Semerow to Schivelbein, which could also be used by the residents of Berkenow (now in Polish: Berkanowo), Kartlow (Kartlewo) and Leckow (Lekowo). The truck that was initially used and fitted with a tarpaulin was later replaced by an omnibus.

In 1939 there were 309 inhabitants in 73 households in Semerow. The community area was 820 hectares, of which 581 hectares were accounted for by the manor. Since 1919 Major a. D. Kurt Neumann is its owner, who managed it successfully until 1945. The estate included a starch factory and a light and power system.

Most of the residents of Semerow worked in agriculture. Trade and handicrafts were represented by two blacksmiths, a carpentry, a wheelwright and a shoemaker's, two grocery stores and an inn. The last German mayor before 1945 was Otto Pflug.

In the first days of March 1945 the village was occupied by the Soviet army and the German population was expelled . Semerow came into Polish hands and is now part of the rural community and Powiat Świdwin as Ząbrowo .

Semerow parish

Parish

The parish Semerow comprised the three parishes Semerow, Berkenow (Berkanowo) and Kartlow (Kartlewo). Meseritz (Międzyrzecze) was also a parish .

The parish belonged to the Schivelbein parish of the church province of Pomerania of the Protestant Church of the Old Prussian Union . In 1940 there were a total of 830 parishioners, 458 of whom belonged to the Semerow parish.

The church records did not begin until 1762, as all official documents fell victim to the Seven Years' War .

Today Ząbrowo is part of the parish Koszalin ( Köslin ) in the diocese of Pomerania-Greater Poland of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland .

Parish church

The Semerower Church is a rectangular half-timbered building made of oak and was built in 1744. On the west side there is a boarded tower that changes from a square floor plan into an octagon. It has a shingle-roofed pitched roof.

literature

• Belgard County. From the history of a Pomeranian home district , ed. v. Belgard-Schivelbein home district committee, Celle, 1989

Coordinates: 53 ° 51 '  N , 15 ° 36'  E