Zirkow

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 54 ° 23 '  N , 13 ° 33'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Western Pomerania-Ruegen
Office :	Mönchgut-Granitz
Height :	25 m above sea level NHN
Area :	25.61 km 2
Residents:	682 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	27 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	18528
Primaries :	038301, 038393
License plate :	VR, GMN, NVP, RDG, RÜG
Community key :	13 0 73 106
Office administration address:	Göhrener Weg 1 18586 Baabe
Website :	amt-moenchgut.de
Mayor :	Jens Hoyer (Free Voters Zirkow)
Location of the community of Zirkow in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen

Zirkow is a municipality in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen on the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. It is administered by the Mönchgut-Granitz office based in the municipality of Baabe .

geography

Zirkow lies between the small town of Putbus and the Baltic seaside resort of Binz . In the northeast, the community borders the Schmachter See near Binz. Parts of the municipality are located in the Southeast Rügen Biosphere Reserve .

Districts

The districts of Alt Süllitz, Dalkvitz, Nistelitz , Pantow, Schmacht, Serams and Viervitz belong to Zirkow .

history

Zirkow was first mentioned in a document in 1495. The name comes from the Slavic Sirakov and means place of Sirak .

The area was part of the Principality of Rügen until 1326 and then the Duchy of Pomerania .
With the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, Rügen and thus also the town of Zirkow came under Swedish rule after the town had previously belonged to the Duchy of Pomerania . In 1815 the municipality and Western Pomerania became part of the Prussian province of Pomerania .

Since 1818, Zirkow belonged to the district of Rügen . It was part of the Putbus district only from 1952 to 1955 . The community then belonged to the Rügen district in the Rostock district until 1990 and became part of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the same year. The district of Rügen, which has been called this again since 1990, was merged in 2011 in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen.

Nistelitz was first mentioned in a document in 1318. A Slavic settlement from the 10th to 13th centuries was discovered in 1993. The property or parts of the property were u. a. owned by the von Putbus family (until 1326 and 1588–1694 and in the 18th century until 1945), the Bergen monastery and the land as domanial property (from around 1532 and from 1694 to the 18th century). The renovated manor house has been preserved.
See also Nistelitz # story

Serams : The renovated manor house dates from around 1900.

politics

The Zirkow municipal council consists of nine members, including the mayor. Seven representatives belong to the Free Voters Zirkow, two from the CDU.

Coat of arms, flag, official seal

The municipality has no officially approved national emblem, neither a coat of arms nor a flag . The official seal is the small state seal with the coat of arms of the region of Western Pomerania . It shows an upright griffin with a raised tail and the inscription "GEMEINDE ZIRKOW * LANDKREIS VORPOMMERN-RÜGEN".

Sights and culture

Zirkow Church

See also : List of architectural monuments in Zirkow

• Zirkow
  • Gothic St. John's Church of 1417 from brick on Feldstein base with a three-pile nave , the zweijochigen, rib-vaulted choir and the west tower with a slender octagonal spire .
  • Historic town center with listed thatched half-timbered houses
  • Museum courtyard with Rügen house
  • Schmachter See nature reserve and Fangerien
  • Rügen Jungfrau hill , the so-called Busenberg
  • In 2012, a Karl Adventure Village was opened here.
  • The horse theater has been based here since 2017 .
• Schmacht manor: Renovated half-timbered building from around 1800

Transport links

The federal highway 196 leads through the village. The districts of Zirkow, Nistelitz and Serams, have a stop at the Rügen bathing railway - called "Rasender Roland".

Personalities

• Karl Hermann Pahncke (* 1850 in Serams; † 1912), Protestant clergyman and author

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. ↑ Main Statute, Section 1, Paragraph 3 (PDF).

Web links

Commons : Zirkow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature about Zirkow in the state bibliography MV