Pansdorf

Pansdorf
Village of Ratekau
Pansdorf train station
Location of Pansdorf
Pansdorf Show map of Germany Pansdorf Show map of Schleswig-Holstein
Coordinates: 53°59′10.2″N10°42′31.7″E / 53.986167°N 10.708806°E / 53.986167; 10.708806
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Ostholstein
City	Ratekau
Government
• Dorfvorsteher	Christian Bruns (Ind.)
Elevation	22 m (72 ft)
Population  (2015-03-31)
• Total	3,412
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	23689
Vehicle registration	OH

Pansdorf is a village in the municipality of Ratekau in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. With a population of 3,412 in 2015, it is the second most populated settlement in the Ratekau municipality. ^[1]

Geography

Pansdorf is located to the west of Timmendorfer Strand, roughly five kilometers from the Baltic coast. The Schwartau flows west of the village and marks parts of the border between its municipality (Ratekau) and the municipality of Scharbeutz, which also borders the village to the north.

To the west of Pansdorf lies a forest and the Pansdorfer bogland. Part of the forest was designated as the "Crewwald" (Crew forest) in a cooperation between the German musician Wincent Weiss and the government of Schleswig-Holstein. This entailed the planting of roughly 10,000 trees in the area. ^[2]

Pansdorf is the only settlement of Ratekau with a train station. The train station lies on the Kiel–Lübeck railway, which runs west of the village, and is serviced by the RB84 and RB83 trains. ^[3] To the east of Pansdorf lies the Bundesautobahn 1 , to which the village is connected via the Ostseestraße.

History

Unnamed tumulus in Pansdorf

The area of Pansdorf was first settled by Germanic peoples in the early Stone Age, as evidenced by the Grellberg, and another unnamed tumulus just north of the settlement. ^[4] In 1845, forest ranger Carl Hermann would unearth a cista a cordoni (Rippenziste) dated near the end of the Nordic Bronze Age (ca. 500 BC). It is recognized as a particularly important find due to being the first object in the old Germanic north to feature an inscription, seemingly of linguistically Celtic origin. ^[5]

Later, the area of what is today Pansdorf would be colonized by the Wends who would construct a gord, that is today known as the Blocksberg, during the 9th century. ^[4] The remnants of the Blocksberg still exist in the village's forest and serve as a tourist attraction.

The name Pansdorf was likely derived from the names Pantae, Panteke, or Pantin; with the addition of the "-dorf" suffix, meaning village in German. ^[6]

For most of its history, Pansdorf was part of the Bishopric, and after 1803, the secular Principality of Lübeck. On the 22 June 1857, the municipalities of Ratekau-East and Ratekau-West would be formed through a land reform. Pansdorf, along with 11 other settlements were organized into the municipality of Ratekau-West. In 1933, the municipalities of Ratekau-East and Ratekau-West would be merged into the single municipality of Ratekau, which included Pansdorf. Pansdorf would temporarily serve as the seat of the municipal government until the construction of the Ratekau town hall in 1939. ^[6]

During World War II, Pansdorf was home to two forced labor commandos. ^{[4] [7]}

In October 2014, the special task force of the German police searched an apartment in Pansdorf whose residents were suspected of operating the illegal video-on-demand streaming website kinox.to. The raid on the apartment was the first major appearance of Pansdorf in the German media, primarily due to the case's peculiarity of a highly criminal operation, connected to an illegal streaming site, being run out of a children's bedroom. ^{[8] [9]}

Demographics

The population of Pansdorf is 3,412 as of 2015. ^[1]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2008	3,596	—
2010	3,534	−1.7%
2015	3,412	−3.5%
Sources: 2008, 2015

Politics

The last village board was elected on the 26 October 2021, around 100 villagers gathered in the sports hall to elect all five candidates into the village board. ^[10]

The current village board composition is as follows: ^[11]

Member	Role	Note
Christian Bruns	Village mayor
Julia Nordorp	Village deputy mayor
Sven Klusmann	Board member
Kay-Uwe Westfahl	Board member	CDU member [12]
Elected but retired
Jens-Henning Rathje	Board member

2021 Federal election results

In the 2021 German federal election, Pansdorf had four polling stations, in three of which the SPD won a majority of party list votes, while the CDU won a majority of party list votes in only one of the polling stations. The SPD district candidate Bettina Hagedorn won a majority of constituency votes in all four polling stations. The minor party with the most votes in all but one of the polling stations was dieBasis. ^[13]

Political parties

The headquarters of the local Ratekau branch of the FDP is located in Pansdorf. ^[14]

Culture

TSV Pansdorf is the local sports association of Pansdorf, founded in 1920. It is primarily known for football. ^[15]

The only church in Pansdorf is the St. Michaeliskirche zu Pansdorf, which organizes community events in the village. ^[16]

Sights

Panoramic view of the Blocksberg

The most notable sights of Pansdorf are its two ancient tumului and the Blocksberg. Also of note are the historic train station, a World War II memorial, and two former border stones.

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  Historic train station
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  World War II memorial
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  Blocksberg gord
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  Border stone near Hünengrab
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  Border stone at Eutiner Straße 95

Education

Pansdorf is home to the Otfried-Preußler-Schule elementary school, ^[17] as well as three kindergartens, one evangelical, Kleine Raupe, ^[18] and two secular ones, Wichtelclub ^[19] and the forest kindergarten Die Waldkinder Pansdorf e.V. west of the settlement. ^[20]

Notable people

• Cesar Klein (1876-1954), German Expressionist painter and designer
• Gerd Hansen (born 1938), German economist and statistician

References

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5. "The Celto-Etruscan Inscription from Pansdorf" (PDF).
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7. "Zwangsarbeit in Schleswig-Holstein - Lagerliste - P". www.zwangsarbeiter-s-h.de. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
8. "So brutal läuft das Geschäft hinter Kinox.to - WELT". DIE WELT (in German). 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
9. Honnigfort, Bernhard. "Streaming-Portal Kinox.to: Illegale Millionengeschäfte im Kinderzimmer". www.mz.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-24.
10. Timmendorf, Reporter (2021-11-11). "Neuer Dorfvorstand für Pansdorf - Tdf. Strand - der reporter". www.der-reporter.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-24.
11. "Gemeinde Ratekau – Dorfschaften". www.ratekau.de. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
12. vCardvCard (2023-06-17). "Kay-Uwe Westfahl". CDU Gemeindeverband Ratekau (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-24.
13. "Ergebnisse". wahlen.kreis-oh.de. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
14. "FDP Gemeindevertretung Rathaus Ratekau". www.fdp-ratekau.de. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
15. "Herzlich Willkommen | TSV Pansdorf von 1920 e.V." tsv-pansdorf.de. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
16. "Kirchengemeinde St. Michaelis". st-michaelis-pansdorfs Webseite! (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-24.
17. "Willkommen - Otfried-Preußler-Schule in Pansdorf". otfried-preussler-schule.lernnetz.de. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
18. "Kindergarten Pansdorf". Kindergarten Kleine Raupe Pansdorf (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-24.
19. "Kinderschutzbund Ostholstein | Wichtelclub". www.kinderschutzbund-oh.de. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
20. "Gemeinde Ratekau – Waldkindergarten". www.ratekau.de. Retrieved 2023-07-24.