Reinberg

Reinberg is a village and in the municipality of Sundhagen and lies between Stralsund and Greifswald on the B 105 federal road in northeastern Germany. To the north the former municipality of Reinberg borders on the Strelasund From the village of Stahlbrode that used to belong to it, there is a car ferry to the island of Rügen (Zudar peninsula).

Reinberg
Ortsteil of Sundhagen
Location of Reinberg
Reinberg
Reinberg
Coordinates: 54°13′N 13°15′E
CountryGermany
StateMecklenburg-Vorpommern
DistrictVorpommern-Rügen
TownSundhagen
Government
 • MayorHajo Hahn
Area
 • Total25.14 km2 (9.71 sq mi)
Elevation
0.5 m (1.6 ft)
Population
 (2007-12-31)
 • Total1,153
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
18519
Dialling codes038328
Vehicle registrationNVP
Websitewww.reinberg.amt-miltzow.de

History

In 1220 construction began on the church and in 1325 Reinberg was mentioned for the first time in the records.

On the dissolution of the Principality of Rügen in 1325, the village transferred to the Duchy of Pomerania.

From the end of the Thirty Years' War to the year 1815 the region belonged to Swedish Pomerania and thereafter to the Prussian Province of Pomerania.

Until 1952 Reinberg was part of the district of Grimmen within the Bezirk of Rostock to 1994. Since 1990 it has also bee part of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

On 7 June 2009 the hitherto independent parish of Reinsberg merged with those of Behnkendorf, Brandshagen, Horst, Kirchdorf, Miltzow and Wilmshagen to form the new municipality of Sundhagen.[1] The parish consists of the villages of Oberhinrichshagen, Falkenhagen, Dömitzow and Stahlbrode.

Sights

Amongst the sights of Reinberg are its Gothic village church, the Sühnestein monument on the cemetery wall that dates to the 15th century and the Reinberg Lime, which was the largest tree in Germany in the 19th century. The age of the tree is around 1,000 years. It is possible that the lime had been planted before the foundation and consecration of the church. Near the tree is the grave of the father of surgeons, Theodor Billroth.

The Sühnestein ("Atonement Stone") has a kneeling figure with hands clasped, next to Christ on the cross. Above the cross, between two roses, are the initials "J.N.R.J." and the words: "domini miserere mei". The weathered inscription above the crucified Jesus probably originally ran: "orate pro ravno van barneko".[2] It may also be read as "orate pro heyno van der beken", however there is no record of a van der Beken family. The princely councillor and Landvogt, Raven Barnekow, however, was sentenced to death and executed in Stralsund in 1453 as a result of false allegations.[3] This suggests this expiatory cross (Sühnekreuz) was erected in his memory.

  • Village church
  • The Reinberg Lime
  • Sühnestein

References
  1. StBA: Änderungen bei den Gemeinden Deutschlands, siehe 2009, 2. Liste Archived 2010-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
  2. E. v. Haselberg: Baudenkmäler des Regierungsbezirks Stralsund, Kreis Franzburg, Hrsg. Gesellschaft für Pommersche Geschichte und Alterthumskunde, Paul Saunier Stettin 1881, p.238
  3. Julius von Bohlen-Bohlendorf: Der Bischofs-Roggen und die Güter des Bisthums Roeskild auf Rügen im erblichen Besitz der Barnekow und Umriß der Geschichte dieses adlichen, freigerrlichen und gräflichen Geshlechts. E. Hingst Stralsund 1850, p. 175ff
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