Marianowo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
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| Coordinates: 53°22′56″N 15°15′48″E / 53.38222°N 15.26333°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | West Pomeranian |
| County | Stargard |
| Gmina | Marianowo |
| Population | 910 |
Marianowo [marjaˈnɔvɔ] (German: Marienfließ in Pommern) is a village in Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Marianowo.[1] It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) east of Stargard and 46 km (29 mi) east of the regional capital Szczecin.
The village has a population of 910.
Marienfließ Abbey
The origins of the village go back to the foundation of Cistercian monastery in 1228 by the region's Slavic ruler, Duke of Pomerania, Barnin I the Good (c. 1217/1219 – 13 November 1278) from the Griffin dynasty (ducis Slauorum et Cassubie). In 1228, Cistercian nuns arrived and founded an abbey in Marienfließ (also Marienfliess, Marienflies).[2] After the Protestant Reformation, the nunnery was secularized in 1569, but its purpose, to harbour unmarried or widowed noble women from the Duchy of Pomerania, continued as a Lutheran convent (damsels' foundation) for noble women. One of these noble women was Sidonia von Borcke, famous for her trial for witchcraft in 1620.[3]
On 28 June 1643 Gustavus Adolphus' daughter, Christina of Sweden, leased the estates of Marienfließ nunnery to Francis Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg for 10 years, after which it reverted to the new ruler of Pomerania, Frederick William, the Great elector, on 12 December 1653, rewarding Francis Henry's improvements to the estate.[4]
Under Brandenburg rule the damsels' foundation was restituted, but dissolved in 1945, when Marienfließ was handed over to Poland.
Notable people
- Eleonore Charlotte of Saxe-Lauenburg-Franzhagen (Marienfließ, 8 August 1646 – 26 January 1709, Franzhagen Castle), princess of Saxe-Lauenburg and heiress of Franzhagen estates.
- Manfred Swarsensky (1906 – 1981), German-American rabbi
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Werner Buchholz, Pommern, Berlin: Siedler, 1999, pp.98-100, ISBN 3-88680-272-8
- ^ Marion George, Andrea Rudolph, Hexen: historische Faktizität und fiktive Bildlichkeit, J.H.Röll Verlag, 2004, pp.140ff, ISBN 3-89754-225-0
- ^ Christian Friedrich Wutstrack, Nachtrag zu der Kurzen historisch-geographisch-statistischen Beschreibung des königlich-preussischen Herzogthums Vor- und Hinter-Pommern, Stettin: Johann Samuel Leich, 1795, p. 179.
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