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Pudagla is a
The first documented mention of Pudagla was in the year 1270 as "Pudgla", also written as "Putglow". This is a transliteration of the slavic ''pad glowe'' (at the hill) and is related to present-day Glaubensberg south of the village at Schmollensee. The name of this hill is derived from "glowa“ - (plattdeutsch "Glaube").Manfred Niemeyer: ''Ostvorpommern I''. Quellen- und Literatursammlung zu den Ortsnamen. Bd. 1: Usedom. (= ''Greifswalder Beiträge zur Ortsnamenkunde.'' vol. 1), Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Institut für Slawistik, Greifswald 2001, ISBN 3-86006-149-6. p. 10 ff
Duke 
Pudagla is a municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the Vorpommern-Greifswald
Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland (West Pomeranian Voivodes ...
district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...
, Germany
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.
Geography and Transport
Pudagla is located between theAchterwasser
The Achterwasser ( Low German ''achtern'' = "rear, behind") is a lagoon forming a bay on the Peenestrom river, which flows into the Baltic Sea. This lagoon extends so far into the island of Usedom, that it is only separated from the Baltic Sea b ...
lagoon
A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') a ...
about 1500 metres to the west, the Schmollensee
Schmollensee is a lake in Usedom, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most popu ...
lake directly to the southeast and the coast of the Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
approximately 5 kilometres to the northeast. The village is situated at the foot of Glaubensberg Hill (38,8 m above sea level) and since the new layout of the Bundesstraße 111
Bundesstraße 111 (abbreviated B 111) begins at the A 20 motorway (''Autobahn'') near Gützkow and ends at the B 110 near Mellenthin in northeast Germany. Since January 2008 the Bundesstraße 111 has followed the course of the o ...
in January 2008, directly on the transport route. This runs right through the Usedom Island Nature Park
The Usedom Island Nature Park (german: Naturpark Insel Usedom) comprises the German part of the island of Usedom in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. In addition to the island itself, the park c ...
. Approximately 15 kilometres to the southwest is the town of Usedom
Usedom (german: Usedom , pl, Uznam ) is a Baltic Sea island in Pomerania, divided between Germany and Poland. It is the second largest Pomeranian island after Rügen, and the most populous island in the Baltic Sea.
It is north of the Szczecin ...
and about six kilometres to the east are the ''Kaiserbäder'' resorts Bansin, Heringsdorf
Heringsdorf is a semi-urban municipality and a popular seaside resort on Usedom Island in Western Pomerania, Germany. It is also known by the name Kaiserbad ('' en, Imperial Spa'').
The municipality was formed in January 2005 out of the former m ...
and Ahlbeck
Ahlbeck is a village (''Ortsteil'') of the Heringsdorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Heringsdorf municipality on the island of Usedom on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast. It is the easternmost of the so-called ''Kaiserbäder'' ("Imperial Spas") seaside re ...
. The abandoned village of Camik and the settlement of Stoben Sheep Farm are also part of the village.
History
The first documented mention of Pudagla was in the year 1270 as "Pudgla", also written as "Putglow". This is a transliteration of the slavic ''pad glowe'' (at the hill) and is related to present-day Glaubensberg south of the village at Schmollensee. The name of this hill is derived from "glowa“ - (plattdeutsch "Glaube").Manfred Niemeyer: ''Ostvorpommern I''. Quellen- und Literatursammlung zu den Ortsnamen. Bd. 1: Usedom. (= ''Greifswalder Beiträge zur Ortsnamenkunde.'' vol. 1), Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Institut für Slawistik, Greifswald 2001, ISBN 3-86006-149-6. p. 10 ff
Duke Barnim I
Barnim I the Good ( – 13 November 1278) from the Griffin dynasty was a Duke of Pomerania (''ducis Slauorum et Cassubie'') from 1220 until his death.
Life
Son of Duke Bogislaw II and Miroslava of Pomerelia, he succeeded to the Duchy of Pomeran ...
of Pomerania gifted the village Pudagla with its tithes and all rights including to the river ''Pritolniza'', known today as Groote Beek
Groote Beek (also: ''Große Beek'') is a river on the island of Usedom, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany connecting the Schmollensee lake to the Achterwasser lagoon, which is connected to the Baltic Sea. The waterway begins at the Schmollense ...
to Usedom Abbey
Usedom Abbey (german: Kloster Usedom) was a medieval Premonstratensian monastery on the isle of Usedom (Western Pomerania, Germany) near the Usedom (town), town of Usedom. It was founded in Grobe and later moved to nearby Pudagla, and is thus also ...
on 14 October 1273.''PUB 979''. In: Rodgero Prümers: ''Pommeranian Documents vol II sect. 1. 1254–1278.'' von der Nahmer, Stettin 1881, S. 282.
From 1307/09 until the Protestant Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...
, it was the site of Pudagla or Usedom Abbey
Usedom Abbey (german: Kloster Usedom) was a medieval Premonstratensian monastery on the isle of Usedom (Western Pomerania, Germany) near the Usedom (town), town of Usedom. It was founded in Grobe and later moved to nearby Pudagla, and is thus also ...
, which moved there from Usedom (town)
Usedom (also ''german: Stadt Usedom'' or ''Usedom Town'') is a town on Usedom Island, in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is the seat of the ''Amt'' Usedom-Süd, to which 14 other communities also belong. ...
(Grobe Abbey). After the abbey's secularization into a ducal domain, it at times served as an administrative center. Historical buildings are the former monastery church, some further ruins of the abbey, and a palace.
References
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