Vollrathsruhe

Vollrathsruhe is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in north-eastern Germany.

Vollrathsruhe
Municipality
Palace
Location of Vollrathsruhe within Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district
Vollrathsruhe Show map of Germany Vollrathsruhe Show map of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	421
• Density	13/km2 (35/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.amt-slw.de

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
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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

References

1. "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
2. Kaszuba, Sylwia. "Marsz 1945". In Grudziecka, Beata (ed.). Stalag XX B: historia nieopowiedziana (in Polish). Malbork: Muzeum Miasta Malborka. p. 102. ISBN 978-83-950992-2-9.