Grevesmühlen-Land office

Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Northwest Mecklenburg
Area :	208.19 km 2
Residents:	8424 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	40 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	NWM, GDB, GVM, WIS
Office key :	13 0 74 5453
Office structure:	8 municipalities
Office administration address ; :	Rathausplatz 1 ; 23936 Grevesmühlen
Website :	www.grevesmuehlen.de
Head of Office :	Bernardus Straathof
Location of the Grevesmühlen-Land office in the north-west Mecklenburg district

The Grevesmühlen-Land office is located in the middle of the Northwest Mecklenburg district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany).

Eight municipalities are united in this office to carry out their administrative business. The Grevesmühlen-Land office has formed an administrative partnership with the city of Grevesmühlen since January 1, 2004, with the simultaneous transfer of the duties of the area of responsibility transferred to the city. The municipality Gägelow was incorporated on April 1, 2005 after the dissolution of the office Gägelow . The former municipalities of Testorf and Steinfort merged on January 1, 1999 to form the municipality of Testorf-Steinfort . The municipality of Hanshagen was incorporated into Upahl on January 1, 2011 . On January 1, 2014, the Papenhusen community took office. On May 25, 2014 Börzow , Mallentin and Papenhusen merged to form the Stepenitztal municipality . On January 1, 2019, the community of Plüschow was incorporated into Upahl.

The official area almost encloses the city of Grevesmühlen , it lies between the Hanseatic cities of Lübeck and Wismar . No place in the office is more than 20 kilometers from the Baltic Sea coast. The Stepenitz flows through the southwest of the office . The area is predominantly agricultural; The intact nature and the proximity to the Baltic Sea mean that tourism is becoming increasingly important.

The A 20 Baltic Sea motorway , the parallel federal highway 105 (from Wismar to Lübeck ) and the railway line from Lübeck to Rostock run through the Grevesmühlen-Land office .

The municipalities with their districts

Bernstorf with Bernstorf expansion, Jeese, Pieverstorf, Strohkirchen, Wilkenhagen and Wölschendorf
Gägelow with Gressow, Jamel , Neu Weitendorf, Proseken, Sternkrug, Stofferstorf, Vosskuhl, Weitendorf and Wolde
Roggenstorf with Alt-Greschendorf, Grevenstein, Rankendorf and Tramm
Rüting with Diedrichshagen, Schildberg and Vierhausen
Stepenitztal with Blüssen , Bonnhagen, Börzow , Gostorf , Hanstorf, Hof Mummendorf, Kirch Mummendorf , Mallentin , Neu Greschendorf , Papenhusen , Rodenberg , Roxin, Rüschenbeck , Schmachthagen, Teschow and Volkenshagen
Testorf-Steinfort with Fräulein-Steinfort, Harmshagen, Schönhof, Seefeld, Testorf and Wüstenmark
Upahl with Blieschendorf, Boienhagen, Friedrichshagen, Groß Pravtshagen, Hanshagen , Hilgendorf, Kastahn, Plüschow , Meierstorf, Naschendorf, Sievershagen and Waldeck
Warnow with Bössow, Gantenbeck, Großenhof and Thorstorf

politics

Coat of arms, flag, official seal

The office does not have an officially approved national emblem, neither a coat of arms nor a flag. The official seal is the small state seal with the coat of arms of the state of Mecklenburg. It shows a looking bull's head with torn off the neck fur and crown and the inscription "AMT GREVESMÜHLEN-LAND • LANDKREIS NORDWESTMECKLENBURG".

Individual evidence

↑ Statistisches Amt MV - population status of the districts, offices and municipalities 2019 (XLS file) (official population figures in the update of the 2011 census) ( help ).
↑ main statute § 1 para. 2

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-MV-1] Statistisches Amt MV - population status of the districts, offices and municipalities 2019 (XLS file) (official population figures in the update of the 2011 census) ( help ).

[2] statute § 1 para. 2