Vollrathsruhe
Municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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Vollrathsruhe is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in north-eastern Germany.
Vollrathsruhe | |
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Palace | |
Location of Vollrathsruhe
within Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district
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 Location of Vollrathsruhe | |
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| Coordinates: 53°38′35″N 12°29′24″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| District | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte |
| Municipal assoc. | Seenlandschaft Waren |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Siegfried Grohmann |
| Area | |
• Total | 31.24 km2 (12.06 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 387 |
| • Density | 12.4/km2 (32.1/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 |
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
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
