Dear Mrs Rooks,
Here is some more info on the former town Wierschutzin:
http://en.wierschutzin.kreis-lauenburg.de
It's in English, by the way...
With kind regards,
Piet Bouma
The Netherlands
P.S. This is the location (it's in Poland nowadays):
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wierzchucino