Everything about Neustrelitz totally explained
Neustrelitz is a town in
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,
Germany and is the capital of the district of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Strelitz is supossed to be an old Slavic word for "shooter" (compare
russ.
Strelets or
polish "strzelic" -
to shoot).
History
The village of Strelitz was first mentioned in
1278. It grew to a small town in the following centuries. In the
17th century Strelitz was a part of the duchy of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, which ceased to exist after the death of the last duke in
1695. Afterwards the new duchy of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz was established (
1701). This small duchy contained the present-day district and an exclave around
Ratzeburg, which is today situated in
Schleswig-Holstein.
In
1712 the castle and the town of Strelitz burnt down. After this disaster the duke and his family lived on their hunting lodge at the lake called Zierker See (Zierk lake) to the northwest of Strelitz. Around this place the new town of Neustrelitz (New Strelitz) was constructed. It became the official capital of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in
1736.
Neustrelitz remained the ducal seat until
1918 and was the capital of the
Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1918 to
1933. In
1934 it was merged with Mecklenburg-Schwerin to the
Gau of
Mecklenburg.
The ancient town of Strelitz continued to exist after the fire of 1712; it was a small village, which was suburbanised by Neustrelitz in
1931.
Sights and monuments
The city centre is characterised by
Baroque architecture. Its heart is the
Marktplatz (Market Square), with the
Stadtkirche (city church), built in 1768-1778 and the opposite
Rathaus (Town Hall), built in 1841 by Friedrich W. Buttel, a disciple of
Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
The Baroque
Schloß (palace) was destroyed in
1945, but the palace gardens (
Schloßgarten) still exist. Worth seeing are the 18th-century
Orangerie (from orange), initially used as a summerhouse, the
Schloßkirche (Palace Church) built in 1855-1859 in English
Neo-Gothic style, the
Neoclassic Hebe temple (with a replica of a statue of the goddess
Hebe), and the Louise Temple, built in 1891 in the shape of a Greek temple to house the tomb of Queen Louise of Prussia, born Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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