Vollrathsruhe
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.
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.
Gallery
-
Church in Kirch Grubenhagen
-
Chapel in the schloss park of Vollrathsruhe
-
Fieldstone building in Vollrathsruhe
-
Building in Kirch Grubenhagen, Teterower Str. 3
-
Viewing tower
-
2014 aerial photograph of the castle
References
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2023" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
- ^ 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.