Germany - Breese im Bruche

Breese im Bruche is a so called Rundlingsdorf or Rundling. Such a Rundling is a more or less circular village and were typical in the Early Medieval period. These kind of villages were originally found across a strip of central Germany from Kiel to Bohemia.

A Rundling was a relatively common village form used by the Slavs. It usually comprises a central, circular village green owned in common with about 10 or 15 individually owned Low German houses, radiating out around it like the spokes of a wheel.

There are no contemporary historical records of the founding of these circular villages, but most probably they were founded in the 12th century; although Breese im Bruche is dating back to the 13th century.