Reinberg is a village and in the municipality of
Sundhagen
Sundhagen is a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, located in Amt Miltzow in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen. Sundhagen was constituted on 7 June 2009 by fusion of the following municipalities:Stralsund
Stralsund (; Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin, Neub ...
and
Greifswald on the
B 105 federal road in northeastern Germany. To the north the former municipality of Reinberg borders on the
Strelasund From the village of Stahlbrode that used to belong to it, there is a car ferry to the island of
Rügen (
Zudar
The Zudar is a peninsula on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen. It is about 18 square kilometres in area and sharply divided.
Location
The peninsula lies between the bay of Schoritzer Wiek, the lagoon of Rügischer Bodden (the northe ...
peninsula).
History
In 1220 construction began on the church and in 1325 Reinberg was mentioned for the first time in the records.
On the dissolution of the
Principality of Rügen in 1325, the village transferred to the
Duchy of Pomerania.
From the end of the
Thirty Years' War to the year 1815 the region belonged to
Swedish Pomerania and thereafter to the Prussian
Province of Pomerania.
Until 1952 Reinberg was part of the district of
Grimmen within the ''Bezirk'' of
Rostock to 1994. Since 1990 it has also bee part of the state of
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
On 7 June 2009 the hitherto independent municipality of Reinsberg merged with those of
Behnkendorf
Behnkendorf is a village and a former municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Since 7 June 2009, it is part of the Sundhagen
Sundhagen is a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, located in ...
,
Brandshagen
Brandshagen is a village and a former municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located on the Pomeranian mainland opposite the island of Rügen.
It was named after ''Borante'', an early member of ...
,
Horst,
Kirchdorf,
Miltzow
Miltzow is a village and a former municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Since 7 June 2009, it is part of the Sundhagen municipality.
Transport
Miltzow railway station connects Miltzow with Stralsund ...
and
Wilmshagen to form the new municipality of Sundhagen. The former municipality consists of the villages of Oberhinrichshagen, Falkenhagen, Dömitzow and Stahlbrode.
Sights
Amongst the sights of Reinberg are its Gothic
village church, the ''
Sühnestein'' monument on the cemetery wall that dates to the 15th century and the
Reinberg Lime
The Reinberg Lime (german: Reinberger Linde) is a roughly 1,000-year-old lime tree by the village church in Reinberg in the German district of Vorpommern-Rügen.
The age of the lime tree, which has been designated as a natural monument is ...
, which was the largest tree in Germany in the 19th century. The age of the tree is around 1,000 years. It is possible that the lime had been planted before the foundation and consecration of the church. Near the tree is the grave of the father of surgeons,
Theodor Billroth.
The ''Sühnestein'' ("Atonement Stone") has a kneeling figure with hands clasped, next to
Christ on the cross. Above the cross, between two roses, are the initials "''J.N.R.J.''" and the words: "''domini miserere mei''". The weathered inscription above the crucified Jesus probably originally ran: "''orate pro ravno van barneko''". It may also be read as "''orate pro heyno van der beken''", however there is no record of a van der Beken family. The princely councillor and ''
Landvogt'', Raven Barnekow, however, was sentenced to death and executed in Stralsund in 1453 as a result of false allegations.
[Julius von Bohlen-Bohlendorf: ''Der Bischofs-Roggen und die Güter des Bisthums Roeskild auf Rügen im erblichen Besitz der Barnekow und Umriß der Geschichte dieses adlichen, freigerrlichen und gräflichen Geshlechts.'' E. Hingst Stralsund 1850, p. 175ff] This suggests this expiatory cross (''Sühnekreuz'') was erected in his memory.
File:Reinberg bei Greifswald, Dorfkirche Ansicht (2008-07-29).JPG, Village church
File:Reinberg-linde.jpg, The Reinberg Lime
File:Reinberg-mordstein.jpg, Sühnestein
References
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Former municipalities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Vorpommern-Rügen