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small but beautiful castle.

Here in front of the Löcknitz-Penkun office there is a bronze statue of the former night watchman Bartel, who was on duty here with his cat over 100 years ago. In my opinion, the area around the statues could have been designed a little more beautifully. As it is, they are standing more or less directly at the crossroads!

After the end of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), Löcknitz was largely in ruins, with only the castle and the fortifications and the castle mill remaining. The rivers Welse and Randow now formed the new border between Brandenburg and Swedish Pomerania. As a result, Löcknitz with its fortified castle became an important Brandenburg border fortress against Sweden after 1650.

The figure of a night watchman and his cat stands in front of the Löcknitz-Penkun Local Administration Office in Löcknitz. The bronze monument is directly related to the history of the city. It presents, on a 1:1 scale, a night watchman named Bartel and his cat, who lived in Löcknitz about 120 years ago. The sculpture project was created in 2001 in connection with the reconstruction of Ernst Thälmann Street and the need to enrich the space in front of the Office with an element of art. Five artists were invited to the competition. The work chosen was Thomas Jastram, who demonstrated an excellent understanding of the city's history and a sense of humor.

The history of the city dates back to 1127, when the Slavs built a defensive stronghold in the Randow River valley. The first mention of a defensive structure in Löcknitz dates back to 1212, and in 1242 a bridge was built in place of the ford. For years, the border between Pomerania and Brandenburg running through here justifies the fortified character of the town. Once Löcknitz belonged to the Pomeranian princes, once to the Branderburgians. In the book Medieval Castles of Western Pomerania, Zbigniew Radacki wrote that the stronghold belonged to the bishops of Kamień. In 1280, a document on the division of the Kołobrzeg land was signed in the "castrum Lokenitz". In 1390, Bishop Filip von Rehberg renounced the castle to the princes of Szczecin, who gave it to the Wusses, knights from Lębork, "hus civitas i terra Lockenitze" for 3,000 marks towards the debt. Around 1400, the stronghold received a brick form, and in 1479 it came into the possession of the Schulenburg family. Then the place was rebuilt many times, in the mid-16th century it was converted into a Renaissance-style manor house. It lost its strategic importance in 1720 after the annexation of Brandenburg and Pomerania to Prussia.

Here is also the tourist information. The castle is beautifully situated on the lowlands of the Randow

Monument to the night watchman named Bartel and his cat. Bronze monument commemorating the real guardian Bartel from the beginning of the 20th century. Next to it is the office of the local administration.

Road construction monument. Originally it meant a distance of 1 mile from the zero point in Szczecin. After changing to the kilometer system used to mark 10-kilometer sections, this one means a distance of twenty kilometers from Szczecin