Fincken

Fincken is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.GeographyThe municipality Fincken is located in the Mecklenburg Lake District in a hilly area, of which Eckersberg at 96 m above sea level is the highest point. In the municipality is the river Elde carrying into Finckener lake. The town Röbel is approximately twelve kilometers away.Fincken includes the districts Dammwolde, Fichtental, Jaebetz, Käselin, Knüppledamm and Marienhof. In Dammwolde is the historically interesting Evangelical Church Dammwolde.HistoryFincken was first mentioned in 1310 in a contract between the Prince of Werle and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. Among the owners of the village were the knights of Grambow, the families of Pritzbuer, Helmuth von Pederstorff and the aristocratic family von Blücher. At times, there was a glassworks in today's district Knüppeldamm.The Fincken church dates back to 1748. It is probably the only church in the country church (Landeskirche) of Mecklenburg, which was leased by the Protestant parish to the community. Together they successfully raised money to maintain the building, and as a result, in 2009, the ceiling of the church room was renovated.In the early 1930s Fincken and other places in the area were settled with many farmers.With effect from 1 January 2010, the municipality Jaebetz was incorporated to Fincken.CrestThe coat of arms was designed by the graphic artist Werner Schinko from Röbel . It was approved on 10 July 2000 by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Blazon: "In gold a red round barn with flat black conical roof, black truss in the upper wall portion and a closed black gate between two small black arched windows in the lower wall portion; including three border blue finches, each with a golden eye ".