Belgard, Kreis Belgard, Pommern
Belgard
is one of the lovely old towns in Pommern. My interests are two: first the
Remus Hotel owned by Ernst Remus was located here and second David Rotzoll may
have lived there.
The
town is in the midst of an area of only farms and estates. Even in the last
century it had little industry except that related to farming. The beautiful
old town suffered a lot of destruction from the Russian army in the Second
World War. But there are medieval elements that still remain. Now for some
pictures of this town.
This
town is medieval and had walls and a moat around it to protect it during
medieval warfare. Here is a picture of the 14th century gate and
wall:
Once
inside the walls, one finds the old church dating from the 14th
century. It is made of Wendish bricks on stone foundations. It was originally
Catholic, then changed to Lutheran in the 1500�s, and changed to Catholic after
the Second World War.� We were unable to
get into the church in our limited time in Belgard but here are two exterior
photos:
There is a central market plaza with a town hall and
museum:
Around 1900 there was a Remus Hotel in Belgard as
shown in this picture;
The hotel still remains although now used for governmental
offices �
And an underground tavern:
I
can find out little about Ernst Remus the proprietor of the hotel in the old
days. The only Ernst Remus that I have in the area is Wilhelm Ernst Hermann
Remus son of Carl Hermann Gottlieb Remus and Ernestine Ziesemer of nearby Gross
Krossin. But other than the fact that he is the only Ernst in the area, I have
no proof that he is the right Ernst.
The
Rotzoll story in much older and tells of David Rotzoll being a burger in this
town and in Kustrin and having married Elisabeth Rusch who was the daughter of
a goldschneider. If you look at the Wusterbarth
web page, you will find that I prefer the story that David Rotzoll was the
manager of the manorial farm at Wusterbarth owned by the von Wolde family. Do
go there to examine these stories in more detail.
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September
1, 2014