Vollrathsruhe

Vollrathsruhe
Municipality
Palace
Location of Vollrathsruhe within Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district
Location of Vollrathsruhe
Vollrathsruhe Show map of Germany Vollrathsruhe Show map of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Coordinates: 53°38′35″N 12°29′24″E / 53.64306°N 12.49000°E / 53.64306; 12.49000
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
Municipal assoc.	Seenlandschaft Waren
Government
• Mayor	Siegfried Grohmann
Area
• Total	31.24 km^2 (12.06 sq mi)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[1]
• Total	409
• Density	13.1/km^2 (33.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	17194
Dialling codes	039933
Vehicle registration	MÜR
Website	www.amt-slw.de

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.^[2]

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

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  Church in Kirch Grubenhagen
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  Chapel in the schloss park of Vollrathsruhe
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  Fieldstone building in Vollrathsruhe
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  Building in Kirch Grubenhagen, Teterower Str. 3
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  Viewing tower
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  2014 aerial photograph of the castle

References

1. "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
2. 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.