gm. Nowy Dwór Gdański, pow. nowodworski, woj. pomorskie
Until 1945 TK Marienau ( Margenau - Schrötter)
The village was founded by Werner von Orseln in 1321 under the Chełmno charter in place an earlier settlement - Mergenow. At the time, the village had 70 włókas and a parish. The sources from 1776 mention the following names: Allert, Barckmann, Bargen, Dick, Epp, Fresk, Hein, Claassen, Puls, Penner, Regehr, Wargentin, Wiebe, and Wieler. In 1820, the village had 724 residents, including 93 Mennonites. In the 2nd half of the 19th century, Marynowy had 137 włókas of land, 79 houses, 864 Catholics and Lutherans, and 106 Mennonites. The sources mention the welthiest farmers - two Jan Penners, Peter Sens, Wilhelm Kling, and Reinhold Lietz. Village layout - an oval village in a north - south line located by the Nowy Dwór - Nowy Staw road with 4 large farms on the eastern side, 4 on the western side, and a centrally located church surrounded by a cemetery. The cultural landscape is in good condition with the St. Anna parish church from the 14th - 16th centuries (tower from 1873) surrounded by a cemetery, a detectable layout of homesteads and farms. In 1986, 17 out of 20 homesteads had historical buildings. Almost all of these buildings have survived to the present day. There are ca. 15 buildings, including 10 wooden houses and 5 arcade houses (in two houses, an arcade has been taken down). A cobble stone surface of the eastern village road has partially survived. There is a neglected Lutheran cemetery in the eastern section of the village. It used to have a half-timbered church, which was demolished in the post-war period. The windmill that stood by the road to Nidowo has also been taken down. The field layout and a network of draining canals are still detectable.
No. 42 is an arcaded house erected in 1804 for Jacob
Diercksen by Herrmann Hekker. It is located in the southern section of the
village, on the western side of the road, facing it with its ridge. It has
a stone underpinning, a log structure with quoins covered by boards
imitating Tuscan pilaster, vertically boarded gables, and a half-timbered
(yellow brick filling) extension (eastern side) supported by 6 frontal and
2 side posts and a half-timbered wall. The interior layout has been
modified. It has 2.5 bays with a centrally located hallway, 4 rooms
on eastern and western sides, a central black kitchen, and modified
hallway, which originally had a bipartite, C-shaped layout. There were
3 spaces on the northern side; they have been converted into rooms.
The southern elevation has 3 axes and a centrally located entrance with a
wooden, glazed-in porch. The gable has 2 levels with 2 windows in the
lower section and a single window above. The eastern elevation has
7 axes with a two-window extension in the 3 central axes. The arcade is
decorated by fancifully carved boards placed between posts. No.
55 is an arcaded house erected in 1803 by Peter Loewen for Johann Jacob
Ziemer. It is situated in the central section of the village, on the
eastern side of the road, facing it with its ridge. The building has a
stone underpinning, a log structure with quoins covered by boards
imitating pilaster, half-timbered gables, and an extension supported by 6
frontal and 4 side posts. Its half-timbered structure is filled with
yellow brick. The interior has been partially modified and currently has a
wider western bay with the large room in the southwestern corner and a
bipartite, T-shaped hallway, which separates two kitchens and rooms in the
northern section. The southern elevation has 3 axes and a 4-axial gable
with two windows enclosed by narrow, rectangular skylights and a single
window above. The western elevation has 7 axes with a centrally located
entrance and a two-window extension supported by stylized Ionian columns
connected by decoratively carved supports. No. 9 is building
located in the northern section of the village, on the western side of the
road (on a terpa), facing it with its ridge. It was erected in the 1st
quarter of the 19th century on a brick and stone underpinning. It has a
log structure with quoins covered by boards. The northern section has been
bricked (insulated and plastered?). The eastern roof slope has a plastered
half-timbered extension with brick filling. The building has vertically
boarded gables and a high roof partially covered by pantiles and partially
by sheet metal. The frontal (symmetrical) elevation has 7 axes with a
centrally located entrance equipped with two-leafed door. The extension
has 2 axes and a semicircular window. The gable elevations have 3 axes and
two level gables with 4-axial lower part with two windows enclosed by
narrow, rectangular skylights and single window above. No. 24 is
an arcaded house erected in 1773 and heavily modified in 1939. It is
situated in the northern section of the village, on the eastern side of
the road, facing it with its ridge. It has a stone underpinning, a log
structure with quoins covered by boards, a low pointing sill, a
vertically boarded gable, a half-timbered, yellow brick-filled extension
(western side) supported by 6 frontal and 2 side pillars, and a glazed-in
arcade. The gable elevation has 3 axes and a 4-axial gable with two
windows enclosed by triangular skylights. The western elevation has 7 axes
and a 3-axial extension above an arcade with an entrance in the central
axis. No. 43 is a house from a Dutch homestead situated on the
western side of the street, facing it with its ridge. It was erected at
the beginning of the 20th century in place of an older building. It
is a brick (plastered) building with a ceramic roof. The gable elevation
has 2 axes and a single-axial gable. The northern elevation has 5
axes - it has been modified. The farming section has been
demolished. No. 44 is a house from a Dutch homestead situated on
the western side of the road, facing it with its ridge. It was erected at
the beginning of the 20th century on a plastered brick
underpinning. It has a vertically boarded wooden structure with a high,
double-pitched roof covered by pantiles. The gable elevation has 2 axes
and a single-axial gable. The side elevation has been transformed by an
addition of a modern, extended porch. No. 1 is a wooden building
situated in the southern section of the village, on the western side of
the road, facing it with its ridge. It was erected at the end of the 19th
century; the building probably served as an inn. It has a brick
foundation, a log structure with quoins covered by boards imitating Tuscan
pilaster, vertically boarded gables, and a ceramic roof. The northern
elevation (frontal) is symmetrical and has 5 axes and a centrally located
entrance. The southern elevation has 2 axes and a single-axial
gable. The northern elevation has 3 axes. ... is a Dutch
homestead situated in the village center, between two streets, facing them
with its ridge. It consists of a residential section and an old cowshed
(roofs are of the same height). The house was erected in the 1st quarter
of the 19th century. It was modified in the 4th quarter of the 19th
century. The building is made of wood and its lower section is bricked
(plastered?). It has a half-timbered pointing sill, a vertically boarded
gable, a double-pitched roof covered by pantiles, and an attic room, which
remained after a disassembled arcade. The interior and the elevations have
been modified. The parish church is surrounded by a Catholic
cemetery. In addition to contemporary gravestones, several stalls with
Dutch names have survived - Catharine Penner, Aaron Peteres, and Jacob
Penner, among others. There is a cast iron cross with name Toews née
Friesen and fragments of other gravestones (stalls, cippus, and obelisks)
in the corner of the cemetery.
SGKP, t. V, s. 159, Schmid, s.153 - 170; Lipińska t.III poz. 161; AG, BF, MP
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