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Lemmi alias Schlumpf

August 23, 2021

The only monument in Germany dedicated to the Stein-Hardenberg reforms.

Reforms introduced between 1807 and 1815 as the basis for the change in Prussia from an absolutist state and agrarian state to an enlightened national and industrial state

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Sabine

January 12, 2020

The King's Column is said to be the only monument in Germany dedicated to the Stein-Hardenberg reforms.

The royal column was built in 1834 by Hermann Graf v. Schwerin for King Friedrich Wilhelm III. v. Prussia. The reason for the generous gesture of the count towards his monarch was his support in a legal dispute about the Spantekow rule (near Anklam) since 1738 between the Hohenzollerns and the Schweriners. Friedrich Wilhelm achieved that in 1833 the Spantekow possessions to the Counts von. Schwerin was retransmitted.

In addition to thanks to the king, the count also commemorated the Prussian reformers of the liberation wars against Napoleon, baron of the empire from and to stone and prince v. Hardenberg. The inscriptions on the column are reminiscent of their works, such as the criminal order of 1805, the abolition of subservience in 1807, the city order of 1808, the abolition of coercive rights in 1810, the cultural edict of 1811, the military constitution of 1814, the peace treaty with France from 1814 and 1815 and the municipal code of 1821.

The column is designed as a 17 m high obelisk with brick edges and lightly plastered surfaces. On the west side is a 4 m high lead relief by the Greek goddess of justice, Themis. The inscription below commemorates the king's help in settling the Spantekow litigation.

On the east side there is also a 4 m high lead relief by the Greek god of war Ares. The inscription here is a homage to the king as a warlord in the Napoleonic Wars.

Source: golocal.de/uckerland/kultur/koenigssaeule-wolfshagen-YUQzH

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May 24, 2019

Wolfshagen's development began in the 13th century, when German colonists settled in the area around today's Haussee. The first written mention of the village dates from 1292. On the island in the lake was already around 1250 with the construction of a castle started on the family of Blankenburg had its headquarters. This castle acquired strategic importance at the end of the 13th century, as it lay on the border between Mecklenburg and the Mark Brandenburg. In the late Middle Ages, therefore, the affiliation of Wolf Hagen frequently changed between these two dominions. Around 1635, during the Thirty Years' War, the Blankenburg was destroyed and not rebuilt.

When the family of Blankenburg had to sell the possessions in Wolfshagen due to their difficult financial situation, acquired baron Otto von Schwerin (1616-1679) 1652 the goods and raised Wolfshagen to the headquarters. Between 1727 and 1738, his grandson Count Otto Schwerin (1684-1755) built a baroque palace on the site of the old Renaissance castle. In the late 18th century lived in the estate village Wolfshagen 252 inhabitants. In the 19th century Wolfshagen under Count Hermann von Schwerin (1776-1858) received its still dominant townscape with the landscape park designed by Peter Joseph Lenné. Until the end of the 19th century, not only representative buildings were built, but also numerous farm work kits. This contrasting building ensemble was preserved until the end of the Second World War. In the last weeks of the war Wolfshagener Castle, which used the Wehrmacht as a camp, was destroyed. The park has been preserved and is today a dendrological and garden art treasure. From 1997 to 2002, the listed village ensemble was extensively renovated as part of the village renewal program. Source: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfshagen_(Uckerland)

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Location: Uckerland, Uckermark, Brandenburg, Germany

King’s Column Wolfshagen

1. Wolfshagen Church – Old Fisherman's House loop from Wolfshagen

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3. Blankenburg Castle Ruins – King’s Column Wolfshagen loop from Wolfshagen

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