Even today, the people of Boitzenburg refer to the row of 11 houses in August-Bebel-Strasse as the “Farmers’ Village”. The buildings are named after their inhabitants, mainly agricultural workers who occupied the former apartments of the count’s estate until about 1945.

After the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) the Uckermark had been almost completely abandoned by its inhabitants, and the row of houses was built around 1700 to help recruit farmers to the area and to provide accommodation for them and their families.

The two-story buildings, seven of which still stand today, were erected as half-timbered houses using bricks from the destroyed monastery ruins. Each house consists of two entrances and four apartments, each with a bathroom and stable for private animal husbandry located in the courtyard, as well as a garden for growing one’s own vegetables. The apartments, each comprising approximately 50 square meters of living space, were very modern and community-oriented for the standards of the time.