Gnevkow

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 47 '  N , 13 ° 10'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Mecklenburg Lake District
Office :	Treptower Tollensewinkel
Height :	55 m above sea level NHN
Area :	17.13 km 2
Residents:	319 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	19 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	17089
Area code :	039993
License plate :	MSE, AT, DM, MC, MST, MÜR, NZ, RM, WRN
Community key :	13 0 71 041
Community structure:	4 districts
Office administration address:	Rathausstrasse 1 17087 Altentreptow
Website :	www.altentreptow.de
Mayor :	Karl Heller
Location of the community Gnevkow in the Mecklenburg Lake District

Gnevkow is a municipality in the northeast of the Mecklenburg Lake District . It is administered by the Treptower Tollensewinkel office based in Altentreptow .

Geography and traffic

Gnevkow is about ten kilometers northwest of Altentreptow and about 22 kilometers southeast of Demmin . Landstrasse 35 (former Bundesstrasse 96 ) runs east of the community. The federal highway 20 can be reached via the connection Anklam . The Neubrandenburg - Stralsund railway ( Berliner Nordbahn ) runs through the community .

Districts

• Gnevkow
• Marienhöhe
• Last
• Letzin settlement
• Prützen

history

The place Gnevkow was first mentioned in 1268.

The place belonged to the Pomeranian office of Klempenow until 1818 . In 1862 the village Gnevkow with the state domain farm and Marienhöhe had 421 inhabitants.

On January 1, 1951, Validz formed a new community by leaving Gnevkow. On the same day, the previously independent municipality of Letzin was incorporated.

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 GNEVKOW • LANDKREIS MECKLENBURGISCHE SEENPLATTE".

Attractions

See also : List of architectural monuments in Gnevkow

Church in Gnevkow

The church Gnevkow is a plastered stone church from the 15th century. The altar wall (made from the wings of a former carved altar) shows figures of saints (first half of the 16th century). In front of the western gable wall is a newly built belfry with a bell from 1827.

The Letzin Church is an exposed stone church from the 15th century.

The Prützen church is a brick church with a half-timbered tower from 1758.

Web links

Commons : Gnevkow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature about Gnevkow in the state bibliography MV

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. ↑ Main Statute, Section 1, Paragraph 3 (PDF).