Boock (Western Pomerania)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 30 '  N , 14 ° 15'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Vorpommern-Greifswald
Office :	Löcknitz-Penkun
Height :	20 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12.89 km 2
Residents:	563 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	44 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	17322
Area code :	039754
License plate :	VG, ANK, GW, PW, SBG, UEM, WLG
Community key :	13 0 75 016
Office administration address:	Chausseestraße 30 17321 Löcknitz
Website :	Boock at www.amt-loecknitz-penkun.de
Mayor :	Gunnar Missling
Location of the municipality of Boock in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district

Boock is a municipality in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald in eastern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). The community belongs to the office Löcknitz-Penkun with seat in the community Löcknitz .

geography

The municipality of Boock is located north of Löcknitz between the Randowbruch and the border with the Republic of Poland , 20 kilometers west of Stettin (Szczecin).

Boock is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Rothenklempenow in the west and north, Blankensee in the northeast, Plöwen in the southeast and Löcknitz in the south.

Community structure

Districts Boock

Living spaces Boocker mill

history

The place was first mentioned in a document on October 23, 1299. Boock was a handicraft village, agriculture was mostly only a sideline. The stone church behind the school was built around 1500.

Population development

The population of Boock increased from 629 in 1993 to 706 in 1999, but since then it has been falling, following the general trend in Western Pomerania.

year Residents source 1900 877 1925 895 1933 937 1939 1013 1990 631 1995 613 2000 699 2005 634 2010 603 2015 581

politics

Coat of arms, flag, official seal

The municipality has no 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 region of Western Pomerania . It shows an upright griffin with a raised tail and the inscription "GEMEINDE BOOCK * LANDKREIS VORPOMMERN-GREIFSWALD".

Sights, culture and education

Attractions

Remains of the Dutch mill

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Boock (Western Pomerania)

• The late Gothic stone church in Boock is 500 years old and was enlarged in 1790. The pulpit altar dates from the 2nd half of the 18th century.
• The main street of the village, which is lined with linden trees and well-tended front gardens, is characteristic.
• Specially protected orchids can be seen on the meadow of the dried out Achtersee . According to legend, a gold barrel is said to appear here every 100 years.
• In 1999 the home parlor " Üns Heimatstuf " was set up on an old school site. Various handicrafts from bygone times are exhibited in two buildings and in an open space.
• A renovated Dutch mill from the 17th century is located near Boock, two kilometers in the direction of Blankensee.

societies

• Boocker Sportverein 62 eV

→ Founded in 1962, it consists of the football, table tennis and horse riding sections

• Dorpschaft and Heimatverein Boock eV

→ Created in 2001 from the amalgamation of the nationally known " Dorpschaft Boock " and people interested in local history, which has existed since 1985, the “ Boocker Dorpschaft ” participates in the club or folk festivals that take place regularly in Boock.

• Trumpet choir of the evangelical parish Boock (founded 1987)

→ founded in 1987, it consists of around 20 members. It blows, among other things, on birthdays, communal events and church services.

• Boocker craftsmen and trade association

→ Founded in 1999, it is made up of various craft, service and trading companies to consolidate small and medium-sized businesses

• Interest group model building friends "Randowtal"

Education and Social

• Boock day care center

Social

• Evangelical nursing facility Hanna Simeon (facility for the disabled assistance of the Diakoniewerk Kloster Dobbertin an der Boocker Mühle )

Transport links

Six kilometers south of Boock, the federal highway 104 runs from Lübeck via Schwerin , Neubrandenburg , Pasewalk and through Löcknitz on to the Linken border crossing into Szczecin in Poland, about 25 kilometers away . At Pasewalk there is a connection to the federal motorway 20 via the Pasewalk-Nord and Pasewalk-Süd junctions . In nearby Löcknitz there is a connection to the Bützow – Szczecin railway line , on which Deutsche Bahn DB class 628 diesel multiple units run in both directions every 2 hours from Lübeck to Stettin .

Web links

Commons : Boock  - collection of images

Individual evidence

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. ↑ Municipal directory Germany 1900. Randow district.
3. ^ ^{A b c} Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Randow district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Population on December 31. according to communities and districts. (No longer available online.) In: SIS-Online - Statistisches Informationssystem. Statistical Office MV, archived from the original on December 26, 2017 ; Retrieved December 25, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Main Statute, Section 1, Paragraph 2 (PDF).
6. ↑ Interest group model building friends Randowtal.