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Bollewick is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is administered by the Röbel-Müritz office in the city of
The name Bollewick with its components (round, bellied) and wick (German suffix wig, wik = place or village, borrowed from Latin vicus = village) means Runddorf.
From the early settlement of the area remained two megalithic tombs near the village. Bollewick was built as part of Nedebuh ( now Nätebow ) in the 13th century by the knight of Werle Konrad Büne. The first mention dates from January 21, 1261.750 year anniversary
/ref> The village was then about 1200 meters further west on the almost circular Wackstower lake. The original site was abandoned probably due to the high groundwater level at the lake shore. Already at the beginning of the Thirty Years' War, the village stood desolate. Bollewick was built as a long-stretched linear settlement from the 18th century on the present site. After frequent change of ownership and gradual reconstruction, the community was increasingly resettled in the early 1930s.
Homepage des Irrgartens mit Daten zur Geschichte; retrieved 1 July 2014
File:Bollewick Scheune 2010-04-20 080.jpg, Barn in Bollewick.
File:Nätebow Kirche 2010-04-20 082.jpg, Village church in Nätebow.
File:Kambs MÜR Kirche 2009-07-16 193.jpg, Gothic fortified church in Kambs.
File:Irrgarten Bollewick.jpg, Maze in Bollewick.
Röbel
Röbel () is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the western shore of Lake Müritz, 25 km north of Wittstock, and 27 km southwest of Waren. It is pa ...
/ Müritz
The Müritz (; from Slavic "little sea") is a lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. Its area is , which makes it the second largest lake in Germany (after Lake Constance) and the largest lake located entirely within German territory ...
. The municipality Bollewick includes the villages Nätebow, Spitzkuhn and since 7 June 2009, Kambs and Wildkuhl.
History
The name Bollewick with its components (round, bellied) and wick (German suffix wig, wik = place or village, borrowed from Latin vicus = village) means Runddorf.
From the early settlement of the area remained two megalithic tombs near the village. Bollewick was built as part of Nedebuh ( now Nätebow ) in the 13th century by the knight of Werle Konrad Büne. The first mention dates from January 21, 1261.750 year anniversary/ref> The village was then about 1200 meters further west on the almost circular Wackstower lake. The original site was abandoned probably due to the high groundwater level at the lake shore. Already at the beginning of the Thirty Years' War, the village stood desolate. Bollewick was built as a long-stretched linear settlement from the 18th century on the present site. After frequent change of ownership and gradual reconstruction, the community was increasingly resettled in the early 1930s.
Attractions
* The Bollewick barn was built in 1881 and is a landmark of the municipality. It is the largest fieldstone barn in Germany, with a 125 m × 34 m area under the roof. Until 1991 barn was used for agriculture and since was renovated and converted into an event center with hotel and rows of shops. * The early Gothic, cross-ribbed vaulted brick church in Nätebow. It was fortified village church in the 14th century but since was rebuilt several times. Interior is decorated with carved altar from 1522, and a statue of historical patron saint of the 17th century. The church is open to the public and to worship from time to time. * The Gothic village church in Kambs dates back to the 13th century. It has fieldstone vault ceiling. The nave in western tower and the porch are from the 14th century. * Since 2006 there is amaze
A maze is a path or collection of paths, typically from an entrance to a goal. The word is used to refer both to branching tour puzzles through which the solver must find a route, and to simpler non-branching ("unicursal") patterns that lea ...
in Bollewick.Transport
Bollewick is located on Bundesstrasse 198 – road from Röbel / Müritz. The motorway junction Röbel of Bundesautobahn 19 (Berlin–Rostock) is about eight kilometers away from Bollewick. The nearest railway stations are in Malchow and Waren (Müritz).See also
* Megaliths in Mecklenburg-VorpommernReferences
External links
{{Authority control Municipalities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 1261 establishments in Europe 1260s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin