Stare
Debna (Damen), Kreis Belgard, Pommern
Stare Debna
(Damen), Kreis Belgard is a manorial village near Koslin in the Pommern. This village is important to me as
Friedrich Remus, the shoemaker, and family lived here prior to the war. He is
remembered. He was hidden from the Russians by the local Polish villagers. When
the Russains departed Freidrich left for safer haven elsewhere. Friedrich was
likely a descendent of either the Christian
Jacob Remus and David
Friedrich Remus family in nearby Sadkowo. These Remus families and other Lutherans in this
village attended church in Muttrin.
Here are pictures
of the old village church with the Prussian wall style:
And
here is Friedrich's house prior to the war.
The manorial
farm was owned by the Von Kleist family. The gut is gone but was located as
shown in the first picture. The second and third are the outbuildings of the
manorial farm:
This
map shows a lot of detail of the pre-war village:
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Please
send any queries to Bill Remus at
September
17, 2007