Vollrathsruhe
Palace
Palace
Location of Vollrathsruhe within Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district
Vollrathsruhe   is located in Germany
Vollrathsruhe
Vollrathsruhe
Vollrathsruhe   is located in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Vollrathsruhe
Vollrathsruhe
Coordinates: 53°38′35″N 12°29′24″E / 53.64306°N 12.49000°E / 53.64306; 12.49000
CountryGermany
StateMecklenburg-Vorpommern
DistrictMecklenburgische Seenplatte
Municipal assoc.Seenlandschaft Waren
Government
  MayorSiegfried Grohmann
Area
  Total31.24 km2 (12.06 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[1]
  Total403
  Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
17194
Dialling codes039933
Vehicle registrationMÜR
Websitewww.amt-slw.de

Vollrathsruhe is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in north-eastern Germany.

History

During 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

  • 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.

References

  1. "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2022.
  2. 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.


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