Werder

Werder borders to the north on Garzau-Garzin, to the west on the Lichtenower Mühlenfließ and Rehfelde-Siedlung, to the south on the district of Zinndorf, and to the east on the Märkische Schweiz Nature Park. The country road 232 runs past the west of the village.

The Wettins conquered the Barnim at the beginning of the 13th century and gradually pushed the Slavs back. To solidify their rule, they established villages and towns. Around 1230, Margrave Heinrich III. donated the taxable village of Werder to the Zinna monastery in Jüterbog. The Cistercians subsequently built the village church from field stones in the 13th century. The Angerdorf was mentioned for the first time in a document from Strausberg in 1309, where a Johannes dictus Werder is noted. The first record of a mill dates back to 1375. It has not survived into the 21st century. With the Reformation, the village came under the jurisdiction of the Brandenburg Elector and belonged to the royal domain office of Rüdersdorf from around 1553. The village was devastated during the Thirty Years' War. In 1738, the first school in the village was opened. Initially, there were only 29 children, but the number rose to 50 students by 1874. With the connection of Rehfelde to the Eastern Railway Berlin – Küstrin, the population in the neighboring villages also increased. In the second half of the 19th century, a number of four-sided farms with living quarters, stables, and barns were built. At the end of the 19th century, the residents abandoned the cemetery around the church and opened a new burial site in the south of the village. In 1928, the volunteer fire department established a fire station that also served as a prison. After the end of World War II, an increasing number of refugees and resettlers came to Werder. After the founding of the GDR and as part of the land reform, they were allocated land. The Volksgut Sophienfelde was established. In October 1952, nine members founded an LPG, which became the sponsor operation of the Institute for Teacher Education in Waldsieversdorf a year later.

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