Preetz

Preetz is a town southeast of Kiel in the district of Plon, in Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany. Preetz is likewise known as "Schusterstadt" due to the fact numerous shoemakers used to live and work in this town. In Preetz are several lakes, called Postsee, Lanker See and in the centre a small one referred to as Kirchsee. The river Schwentine is also going via Preetz. The first point out of Preetz dates from the 12 months 1185, whilst Ecbrecht Procensis writes approximately the location Poretz within the Versus de Vicelino.

The origins of the call Preetz are said to be determined within the Slavic term "po rece". In 1221, the term "Poretzie" regarded, and in 1442 "Pretze". A first metropolis church changed into constructed in 1210. In 1211, Count Albrecht von Orlamünde mounted a Benedictine monastery: Preetz Priory. The foundation of the abbey become renewed by way of Adolf IV von Schauenburg in 1226, and it changed into given to nuns. In 1268, the nunnery church become built. The nunnery fashioned the best administrative authority until 1867 and exercised jurisdiction as well.