Ornshagen, Kr. Regenwalde, Pomerania (Zerzyno, Poland)
Ornshagen is located at the confluence of the Paatziger and Rega rivers about four miles southwest of Regenwalde.
This village was the home of two Maass families -- David and Friedrike Maass (my great great grandparents) and Franz
and Johanna Maass, David's brother and sister-in-law. Julius Maass was born here in 1846 and Johanna Maass in 1850.
In 1871 there were 365 inhabitants living in 60 households in Ornshagen. The village was almost completely
destroyed in WWII and is now nearly deserted.
Click on images for an enlarged view (photos taken in Sept. 2003; except cemetery photos taken May 1, 2007)
Cobblestone road to Zerzyno Entrance gate to the former von Borcke mansion
Barns on the former Gut
One of the few remaining houses in Ornshagen A restored barn
Ornshagen cemetery and chapel (5/1/07) Gravestone for Grafen Gravestone for Graf and
von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky Grafin von Bulow
Foot bridge and dam on the Paatziger river Pond behind the Paatziger dam
Ruins of what appeared to be a mill-dam on the Paatziger river A concrete fence on the former estate
Dam on the Rega river
For more photos of Ornshagen,
Go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnprgm/Ornshagen.html
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© - Gene Maas
Rev. Nov 2007