Munkwolstrup (Danish: Munkvolstrup) is a village of Schleswig-Holstein that is part of the municipality of Oeversee.Kreiskarte Flensburg. Landesvermessungsamt Schleswig-Holstein 1970.
Location Two kilometers to the east of Munkwolstrup are the villages of Freienwill and Kleinwolstrup. Oeversee lies 1.5 kilometers south. The city boundaries of Flensburg are three kilometers to the north.
Background Megalithic burial sites in the village evidence Neolithic activity in the area.Gemeinde Oversee. Zehn Jahre Förderkreis Arnkiel-Park, 18 June 2012.
Munkwolstrup was first mentioned in 1352.Gemeinde Oversee. Ortsteile. Die Ortsteile der Gemeinde Oeversee. Augaard The first part of the name derives from the word monk:Plattwörterbuch, Eintrag Mönchdänisch-deutsch: munk during the Middle Ages, the village belonged to the Cistercian monks of Ryd Abbey.Johannes Kok: Det danske folkesprog i Sønderjylland, København 1867, S. 282
The village can be found on Prussian and Danish maps dating 1857/1858 and 1879, respectively.Preußische Landesaufnahme um 1879, retrieved 13 January 2021.
Administrative reforms 1 January 1962: Juhlschau becomes part of Munkwolstrup 1974: Munkwolstrup and Barderup merge to create the municipality of Sankelmark 2008: Sankelmark becomes part of Oeversee
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