Vollrathsruhe is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in north-eastern Germany.
Vollrathsruhe | |
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Coordinates: 53°38′35″N 12°29′24″E / 53.64306°N 12.49000°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
District | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte |
Municipal assoc. | Seenlandschaft Waren |
Government | |
• Mayor | Siegfried Grohmann |
Area | |
• Total | 31.24 km2 (12.06 sq mi) |
Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 409 |
• Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 17194 |
Dialling codes | 039933 |
Vehicle registration | MÜR |
Website | www |
History
editDuring World War II, in February 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of Allied prisoners-of-war from the Stalag XX-B POW camp passed through the village.[2]
Sights
edit- Village Church, Kirch Grubenhagen.
- Vollrathsruhe Estate with two-storey, 13-wing country house, park and mausoleum
- Dat lange Hus in Hallalit is of architectural interest: at 104 metres long, it is the longest fieldstone house in the region. This cottage was built in the mid-19th century for 16 families.
- Ruins of the 13th-century Grubenhagen Castle in Vollrathsruhe
- Protected central avant-corps of a building in Kirch Grubenhagen, Teterower Str. 3
- Schloss Grubenhagen country house and park
- Hellgrund Nature Reserve, Klein Rehberg and
- Wüste und Glase Nature Reserve in Klein Luckow with a Bronze Age/Slavic burgwall.
Gallery
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Church in Kirch Grubenhagen
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Chapel in the schloss park of Vollrathsruhe
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Fieldstone building in Vollrathsruhe
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Building in Kirch Grubenhagen, Teterower Str. 3
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Viewing tower
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2014 aerial photograph of the castle
References
edit- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2023" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
- ^ Kaszuba, Sylwia. "Marsz 1945". In Grudziecka, Beata (ed.). Stalag XX B: historia nieopowiedziana (in Polish). Malbork: Muzeum Miasta Malborka. p. 102. ISBN 978-83-950992-2-9.