Das Flämingdorf Klein Glien (The Fläming Village of Klein Glien)

The region owes its name to the first Margrave of Brandenburg, Albrecht der Bär (Albert the Bear, 1100–1170), who settled Flemings here. Klein Glien, today part of Bad Belzig, was first documented in 1227 according to a memorial stone, making it ten years older than Berlin. The name derives from the Proto-Slavic word for clay, “glina.” Among its sights are the historic church, the former vineyard with an ice cellar, the deserted settlement of Groß Glien, and the Gasthaus Wenzel, an inn opened in 1897 at the edge of the village heading toward Bad Belzig. After the Second World War, 70 resettlers from Sorau and Bukovina came to Klein Glien and were partly integrated as new farmers.

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