The
historical landmark Falkenhagen(1)
In a
document from the year 1336 the place Falkenhagen was mentioned for the first
time.
The
distinctive Falkenhagener church and the adjoining former school building
characterize the eastern townscape. Until
1923 the village Falkenhagen existed. In the same year, the community Falkensee
was born. Falkenhagen was beside Seegefeld one of the two villages, which were
put together to the new large municipality Falkensee. Even today clearly
recognizable in the stem: from FALKENhagen and SEEgefeld was on 1 April 1923,
the large community FALKENSEE.
Location
of the villages Falkenhagen and Seegefeld Rep.
Messtischblatt "Section Rohrbeck" (detail), 1868 Archiv
Museum Falkensee
Church
Falkenhagen
The first
mention of a church can be traced back to the 14th century. After a great fire
in 1675, the parish built a new church on the remaining foundations in a
five-year construction period. The weathervane on the top of the church tower
dates back to 1680. The Protestant church, once with a pulpit altar, was later
remodeled inside. The painter and graphic artist Franz Haferland from Falkensee
was commissioned in 1960 to create a contemporary altarpiece
former
schoolhouse
The
schoolhouse built in 1897 in the immediate vicinity of the church now houses
the "Creative Center - Haus am Anger". In the GDR until 1985, the
former Polytechnic High School "Maxim Gorki" was taught.
Monument
to the fallen of the First World War
The
Monument to the Fallen of the First World War (1914-1918) was inaugurated in
1925. The stonemason H. Kubetschek from Falkensee had built according to their
own designs, the monument of Silesian granite and Franconian shell
limestone.
Church,
around 1910 Postcard,
Archive Museum Falkensee School
with church, 1915 Postcard,
Archive Museum Falkensee