Vollrathsruhe

Municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

53°38′35″N 12°29′24″E / 53.64306°N 12.49000°E / 53.64306; 12.49000CountryGermanyStateMecklenburg-VorpommernDistrictMecklenburgische Seenplatte Municipal assoc.Seenlandschaft Waren Government • MayorSiegfried GrohmannArea • Total31.24 km² (12.06 sq mi)Elevation70 m (230 ft)Population • Total421 • Density13/km² (35/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes039933Vehicle registrationMÜRWebsitewww.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

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