Bardowiek
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Bardowiek was a village in Germany
.
er Hufenregister and dates from 1292. The town was virtually destroyed during the Thirty Years War, but was rebuilt after the war’s end in 1648.
During the early years of the German Democratic Republic
there were still approximately forty residents. However, Bardowiek found itself in the five kilometre wide closed zone, a strip of land cleared by the government directly to the east of the Inner German border. In 1960 all the farmsteads were incorporated into the farming collective
of Palingen. Destruction of the former farms began in 1977 and was completed only in 1989. After the reunification surviving former residents sought to rebuild the village. However, their aspirations have been thwarted by a succession of legal disputes.
, no fewer than thirteen separate villages were destroyed during the later decades of the East German state
in order to clear a strip of land beside the Inner German border. This was done in order more completely to cut the eastern state off from West Germany
after the east became concerned about the extent of emigration to the western state. Other nearby destroyed villages included Lenschow, Wahlstorf
(Lüdersdorf
), Lankow (Mustin
) and Neuhof
(Gadebusch
).
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
History
The earliest surviving record of Bardowiek’s is in the RatzeburgRatzeburg
Ratzeburg is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is surrounded by four lakes—the resulting isthmuses between the lakes form the access lanes to the town. Ratzeburg is the capital of the Kreis of Lauenburg.-History:...
er Hufenregister and dates from 1292. The town was virtually destroyed during the Thirty Years War, but was rebuilt after the war’s end in 1648.
During the early years of the German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
there were still approximately forty residents. However, Bardowiek found itself in the five kilometre wide closed zone, a strip of land cleared by the government directly to the east of the Inner German border. In 1960 all the farmsteads were incorporated into the farming collective
Landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaft
The German expression Landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaft , or — more commonly — its acronym LPG was the official designation for large, collectivised farms in the former East Germany, corresponding to Soviet Kolkhoz.The collectivisation of private and state owned agricultural...
of Palingen. Destruction of the former farms began in 1977 and was completed only in 1989. After the reunification surviving former residents sought to rebuild the village. However, their aspirations have been thwarted by a succession of legal disputes.
Context of Bardowiek's destruction
In the single Land of North-west MecklenburgNordwestmecklenburg
Nordwestmecklenburg is a Kreis in the north-western part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea and borders on Schleswig-Holstein to the west...
, no fewer than thirteen separate villages were destroyed during the later decades of the East German state
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
in order to clear a strip of land beside the Inner German border. This was done in order more completely to cut the eastern state off from West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
after the east became concerned about the extent of emigration to the western state. Other nearby destroyed villages included Lenschow, Wahlstorf
Wahlstorf
Wahlstorf is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany....
(Lüdersdorf
Lüdersdorf
Lüdersdorf is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany....
), Lankow (Mustin
Mustin
Mustin is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany....
) and Neuhof
Penkun
Penkun is a town in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 25 km east of Prenzlau, and 23 km southwest of Szczecin.-Towns near Penkun:* Szczecin City * Eggesin...
(Gadebusch
Gadebusch
Gadebusch is a town in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in the district Nordwestmecklenburg, half-way between Lübeck and Schwerin.The town is known for two notable monuments: the Stadtkirche , built in 1220, considered the oldest brick church in Mecklenburg, and the Schloss , built in 1580-1583...
).