Varzim, Kreis Rummelsburg, Pommern
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I
encountered the village of Varzim while traveling to the nearby village of Besswitz which was associated with the Martin
Remus family. Having just read an article on Germany Chancellor Otto von
Bismarck, I took time for a few quick pictures. Unfortunately none of the
pictures were about the house of Otto von Bismarck and his gardens so well
depicted on the above map.
What
pictures I did get show the main approach to his estate and school. Here it is:
Following
the Second World War this village was converted from the great manorial farm that it was into a state
farm. Here is first a picture of a pre-war house for workers followed by a
picture of the housing for state farm workers:
There
is a historic and reconstructed church in the village. This old wooden church was
consecrated as a Lutheran church and dates from 1670; it was originally in the
nearby village of Ciecholubia. Residents of Varzim went to nearby Wussow (Ossowo) to attend church. It is not clear
why the church was relocated in this village rather than put back in Ciecholubia.
Never the less it is very pretty, here is a picture:
Otto
von Bismarck came to this area by virtue of his marriage to the noble Johanna
Puttkamer of nearby Reinfeld. They were
married in the Alt Kolziglow
church. Following his loss of the Chancellorship in 1866, Otto bought Varzim
where he built his retreat. For more on his efforts to consolidate the numerous
German states and to fight the Austrians and French, see Holt and Chilton�s European History: 1862 � 1914 published
by Macmillan in New York in 1918. Or a more recent book on Bismarck. I might
note that the Remus family is not associated with Varzim but is associated with
his church in Wussow (Ossowo), Alt Kolziglow
where Otto was married, Reinfeld where is wife lived, and Besswitz just down the road from Varzim.
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September
1, 2014