Marianowo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Marianowo (disambiguation).

Marianowo
—  Village  —
Marianowo
Coordinates: 53°22′56″N 15°15′48″E / 53.38222°N 15.26333°E / 53.38222; 15.26333
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	West Pomeranian
County	Stargard
Gmina	Marianowo
Population	910

Marianowo [marjaˈnɔvɔ] (German: Marienfließ) 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 Szczeciński and 46 km (29 mi) east of the regional capital Szczecin.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 910.

Marienfließ Abbey

In 1248, Cistercian nuns 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.

References

1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa. 
2. ^ Werner Buchholz, Pommern, Berlin: Siedler, 1999, pp.98-100, ISBN 3886802728
3. ^ Marion George, Andrea Rudolph, Hexen: historische Faktizität und fiktive Bildlichkeit, J.H.Röll Verlag, 2004, pp.140ff, ISBN 3897542250
4. ^ 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.

Coordinates: 53°22′56″N 15°15′48″E / 53.38222°N 15.26333°E / 53.38222; 15.26333