Pudagla is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the

Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland (West Pomeranian Voiv ...

district, in

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a Federated state, state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's States of Germany, sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpom ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

Geography and Transport

Pudagla is located between the

Achterwasser The Achterwasser (Low German ''achtern'' = "rear, behind") is a lagoon forming a bay on the Peenestrom river, which flows into the Baltic Sea. This lagoon extends so far into the island of Usedom, that it is only separated from the Baltic Sea by ...

lagoon A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') an ...

about 1500 metres to the west, the Schmollensee lake directly to the southeast and the coast of the

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North European Plain, North and Central European Plain regions. It is the ...

approximately 5 kilometres to the northeast. The village is situated at the foot of Glaubensberg Hill (38,8 m above sea level) and since the new layout of the Bundesstraße 111 in January 2008, directly on the transport route. This runs right through the

Usedom Island Nature Park The Usedom Island Nature Park () comprises the German part of the island of Usedom in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. In addition to the island itself, the park covers the waterbody between th ...

. Approximately 15 kilometres to the southwest is the town of

Usedom Usedom ( , ) is a Baltic Sea island in Pomerania, divided between Germany and Poland. It is the second largest Pomeranian island after Rügen, and the most populous island in the Baltic Sea. It lies north of the Szczecin Lagoon estuary of the ...

and about six kilometres to the east are the ''Kaiserbäder'' resorts Bansin,

Heringsdorf Heringsdorf is a semi-urban municipality and a popular seaside resort on Usedom Island in Western Pomerania, Germany. It is also known by the name Kaiserbad ('). The municipality was formed in January 2005 out of the former municipalities of H ...

and Ahlbeck. The abandoned village of Camik and the settlement of Stoben Sheep Farm are also part of the village.

History

The first documented mention of Pudagla was in the year 1270 as "Pudgla", also written as "Putglow". This is a transliteration of the slavic ''pad glowe'' (at the hill) and is related to present-day Glaubensberg south of the village at Schmollensee. The name of this hill is derived from "glowa“ - (plattdeutsch "Glaube").Manfred Niemeyer: ''Ostvorpommern I''. Quellen- und Literatursammlung zu den Ortsnamen. Bd. 1: Usedom. (= ''Greifswalder Beiträge zur Ortsnamenkunde.'' vol. 1), Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Institut für Slawistik, Greifswald 2001, ISBN 3-86006-149-6. p. 10 ff Duke

Barnim I Barnim I the Good ( 1217/1219 – 13 November 1278), from the Griffin dynasty, was a Duke of Pomerania (''ducis Slauorum et Cassubie'') from 1220 until his death. Life Son of Duke Bogislaw II and Miroslava of Pomerelia, he succeeded to the Duc ...

of Pomerania gifted the village Pudagla with its tithes and all rights including to the river ''Pritolniza'', known today as Groote Beek to

Usedom Abbey Usedom Abbey () was a medieval Premonstratensian monastery on the isle of Usedom (Western Pomerania, Germany) near the Usedom (town), town of Usedom. It was founded in Grobe and later moved to nearby Pudagla, and is thus also known as Grobe Abbey ...

on 14 October 1273.''PUB 979''. In: Rodgero Prümers: ''Pommeranian Documents vol II sect. 1. 1254–1278.'' von der Nahmer, Stettin 1881, S. 282. From 1307/09 until the

Protestant Reformation The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a time of major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and ...

, it was the site of Pudagla or

, which moved there from

Usedom (town) Usedom (also ' or ''Usedom Town'') is a town on Usedom Island, in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in north-eastern Germany, close to the border with Poland. It is the seat of the '' Amt'' Usedom-Süd, to which 14 o ...

(Grobe Abbey). After the abbey's secularization into a ducal domain, it at times served as an administrative center. Historical buildings are the former monastery church, some further ruins of the abbey, and a palace. Schloss Pudagla Manor Rekonstruktion Dach August 2014

Schloss Pudagla Manor Rekonstruktion Dach August 2014

References

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