This trip was going north west of Templin with the aim, to be at Schossow. Nothing
much is known about the paternal great grandparents but somewhere in history they possibly lived in the town of their name as in olden times families often took the name of the area where they lived.
At breakfast, Stephie told us about another concentration camp near here. A quick Google search revealed that it was the Women's camp.
On the way we passed chocolate box scenery, especially around Lychee. There is a village every 2 or 3 klms, lots of forests, green fields and waterways. Really very beautiful.
The camp was constructed around a lake, a bit ironic that a place so brutal was set in a place of great beauty, perhaps that was a form of mental torture.
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| Camp huts all that remains |
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| Inside the prison, this was used as a Camp Brothel |
The museum has removed the gas chamber adjoining the lake, but the cremation ovens are still standing, I guess as a permanent reminder of the cruelty that occurred.
Reading the guest book, almost all the visitors were from Norway, with just two Aussies!
On we drove through little villages all about 3 klms apart. Each with its church, and almost nobody around. Through narrow roads, sometimes cobbled with stone, and past so many canola farms, until finally we found Schossow. There were very few houses, but a huge dairy she'd which resulted in an unusual odour. The church was missing all that remained was a huge bell. No old graves at all. So unfortunately no family history to be found here.
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| Along the way |
A Schossow at Schossow
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| The church and cemetery at Schossow |
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| A stork nest she had been standing looking out. |
Onwards onto Altentreptow, where we bought lunch at a bistro/cafe, which served also as a delicatessen/Butcher shop. Had some difficulty trying to get them to understand my Australian for toilette, finally the penny dropped and her German started, I got it right, in the Bergermeister haus! Ya. What an interesting uni/sex toilet, 2 men's urinals and 1 toilet for whoever all in the one room.
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| A stork |
Each town has a central square or market plate, and most Wednesday's must be busy with locals selling produce.
We continued and headed towards Boitzenberger, around a bend and in front of us a magnificent palace, built mid 1500's. It is now a hotel, but some of the outer buildings house a handmade chocolate business, and coffee haus. We decided to have afternoon tea, and eat in for dinner.
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| Wonder which King lived here, it is magnificent |
Back along the road to Templin and we decided to have bangers and mash German style for tea. There are so many options for pre packed meals and cheap, our 5 brackwurst sausages was less than €2.
All in all not a bad trip in a non tourist region from a couple of travellers who only speak Ostralian!
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