Vollrathsruhe Explained
| Coordinates: | 53.6431°N 12.49°W |
| Image Plan: | Vollrathsruhe in MBS.svg |
| State: | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| District: | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte |
| Amt: | Seenlandschaft Waren |
| Elevation: | 70 |
| Area: | 31.24 |
| Postal Code: | 17194 |
| Area Code: | 039933 |
| Licence: | MÜR |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 13 0 71 154 |
| Mayor: | Siegfried Grohmann |
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.[1]
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.
Notes and References
- Book: Kaszuba, Sylwia. Grudziecka. Beata. Stalag XX B: historia nieopowiedziana. pl. Malbork. Muzeum Miasta Malborka. 102. Marsz 1945. 978-83-950992-2-9.
