Toepchin - the sunniest Village
If you have ever spent a few hours in Töpchin, you know why so many peope want to live here. Unfortunately, the community has not enough building plots available.
The diverse natural landscape, which was left by the Vistula Ice Age, There are soft rolling hills, meadows, heathlands, clear lakes and pine woods full of fungus, which the Wendish liked, when they settled here in 12th-century. 'Tupschin', can be translated as oak village.
Today, there are over 400 summer guests on weekend plots from Berlin, who enjoy here hiking, swimming, fishing, cycling and horseback riding in a more or less untouched nature.
Situated along the Saxon Land- and Heerstrasse towards the north, the village developed further. Today, the jewel is the lovingly restored village mead.
The village expanded mid to the end of the 19th-century with the brick industry from and in Sputenberge, today, local part Waldeck. The pit 'Hortensia' extracted brown coal with moderate success.
The eleven kilometres long trolley line to Mittenwlade acts as a reminder of the brick industry. Since 2001, it has become a popular tourist attraction.
The village life is characterised by numerous craft businesses and clubs like the hunting horn musician group, the marching band, the youth fire brigade and the fishing club.
Every year on the last weekend in August, villagers and guests get together for the Wurschke-Festival.