Grapzow

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 43 '  N , 13 ° 17'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Mecklenburg Lake District
Office :	Treptower Tollensewinkel
Height :	29 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.93 km 2
Residents:	390 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	26 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	17089
Area code :	03961
License plate :	MSE, AT, DM, MC, MST, MÜR, NZ, RM, WRN
Community key :	13 0 71 049
Office administration address:	Rathausstrasse 1 17087 Altentreptow
Website :	www.altentreptow.de
Mayor :	Berno Heidschmidt
Location of the municipality of Grapzow in the Mecklenburg Lake District

Grapzow is a municipality in the northeast of the Mecklenburg Lake District . It is located north of Neubrandenburg . Until January 1, 2004, the community was part of the Tollensetal office and has since been part of the Treptower Tollensewinkel office , based in Altentreptow .

Geography and traffic

Grapzow is three kilometers northeast of Altentreptow. Landesstraße 35 (formerly Bundesstraße 96 ) runs west of the municipality. The federal highway 20 runs through the municipality. It can be reached via the Altentreptow connection . The community is located on the Treptower Werder, a lowland between Tollense , Großem Landgraben and Kleinem Landgraben . There are three longer streets in the village (Long Street, Short Street and Pfarrhof).

Districts

• Grapzow
• Kessin

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 GRAPZOW • LANDKREIS MECKLENBURGISCHE SEENPLATTE".

economy

In 2013, the Werder / Kessin wind farm, the largest wind farm in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to date, was officially put into operation. In addition to the 28 wind turbines from Enercon , a one megawatt hydrogen storage system was installed with which the storage of wind power in the form of power-to-gas is to be tested.

Attractions

See also : List of architectural monuments in Grapzow

• Grapzow Church , brick church from the second half of the 19th century
• free-standing belfry with bell from 1491

Web links

Commons : Grapzow  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature about Grapzow in the state bibliography MV
• Grapzow at www.orte-in-mv.de

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).