Sanitz is a

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in the

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district, in

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Geography

Sanitz is located approximately 15 km (9 miles) east of

. It is subdivided into the following districts:

History

Sanitz is mentioned in the sources in 1256 when it was called Kirchdorf. The mention involved the

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at Dänschenburg which was described as a daughter church of Sanitz. A subsequent mention occurs in an agreement of 2 June 1291 involving Henry I of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, at the time the

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Bishop, who granted the lordship of the

region to his ward

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whose own heirs would retain these privileges. In the fourteenth century Sanitz is recorded as having been held by asuccession of vassals such as Bernard Kopmann from Rostock, the knight Siegfried of Plön, Reimar von Wedel, the Rostock council member Dietrich Horn, along with his son, the major Dippold Horn. After this the village was inherited by the

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monastery at Doberan who held it until the

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. In 1552 the monastery fell victim to a programme of

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in the area and the village was transferred as a ducal domain to Robnitz and thereafter leased out to various land owning families. In 1879 the village passed into the control of nearby Toitenwinkel.

Friedrich Schlie Friedrich Schlie (12 December 1839, Brüel, Mecklenburg-Schwerin - 21 July 1902, Bad Kissingen) was a German art historian and archaeologist. Life As the son of a Kantor and teacher, Schlie was taught by private tuition until his graduation exam ...

: ''Kunst- und Geschichtsdenkmäler Mecklenburgs'', 1899, S. 425-431

Famous sons and daughters

Friedrich von Flotow Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand, Freiherr von Flotow /flo:to/ (27 April 1812 – 24 January 1883) was a German composer. He is chiefly remembered for his opera ''Martha'', which was popular in the 19th century and the early part of the 20th. Life ...

(1812 - 1883), the composer, was born in Teutendorf, which subsequently became a district of Sanitz. * Helga Radtke (b 1962), the athlete, was born at Sanitz

References

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