Kritzmow

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 54 ° 3 '  N , 12 ° 3'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Rostock
Office :	Warnow-West
Height :	49 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.82 km 2
Residents:	3900 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	263 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	18198
Primaries :	0381, 038207
License plate :	LRO, BÜZ, DBR, GÜ, ROS, TET
Community key :	13 0 72 057
Office administration address:	Schulweg 1a 18198 Kritzmow
Website :	www.gemeinde-kritzmow.de
Mayor :	Leif Kaiser ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Kritzmow in the Rostock district

Kritzmow is a municipality in the Rostock district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). It is the seat of the Warnow-West office , to which another six communities belong.

geography

Geographical location

The municipality of Kritzmow, located on a slightly higher area between the valleys of the Warnow and Waidbach , borders directly on the southwest of the Hanseatic city of Rostock . Other neighboring communities of Kritzmow are Papendorf in the southeast, Ziesendorf in the south, Stäbelow in the west and Lambrechtshagen in the northwest.

Community structure

The area of ​​the municipality consists of the places Kritzmow, Groß Schwaß , Klein Schwaß and Klein Stove.

history

Listed house in the Klein Stove district

From the 13th century until today

Klein Schwaß ( Minori Zwerz ) was first mentioned in a document in 1219 on the occasion of the foundation and initial furnishing of the Sonnenkamp monastery , making it the oldest town in the community. Kritzmow was first mentioned in 1270 as Critzelmow . 1301 awarded King Erik VI. from Denmark the Doberan Monastery property in the village of Kritzmow. After the secularization of Doberan Monastery in 1552, Kritzmow went to the Schwaan office.

From 1952 to 1994 Kritzmow belonged to the Rostock-Land district (until 1990 in the GDR district of Rostock , 1990–1994 in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania). In 1994 the community was incorporated into the Bad Doberan district. Since the district reform in 2011 , it has been in the Rostock district .

Incorporations

On January 1, 1958, Klein Stove was incorporated, in 1960 Klein and Groß Schwaß were incorporated.

Population development

Due to the proximity to the Hanseatic city of Rostock, the settlement of several industrial and craft businesses as well as attractive building areas, the municipality was able to significantly increase its population against the trend in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

year Residents 1990 1316 1995 1847 2000 2867 2005 3194 2010 3246

year Residents 2015 3639 2016 3799 2017 3797 2018 3875 2019 3900

Status: December 31 of the respective year

politics

Community representation

The municipal council of Kritzmow consists of 14 members and the mayor. Since the local elections in 2019, it has been composed as follows:

Party / group of voters	be right	Seats
CDU	41.3%	6th
SPD	31.3%	4th
Free voter community Kritzmow	23.4%	3
Individual applicant Bastian Mau	04.0%	1

mayor

• 2007–2014: Thomas Knopp
• since 2014: Leif Kaiser (CDU)

In the mayoral election on May 26, 2019, Kaiser was elected unopposed with 81.1% of the valid votes for a further term of five years.

coat of arms

Blazon : “ Slanted left split; above in blue a torn, red-tongued golden griffin head; below, in gold, a fallen red abbot's staff lying obliquely to the left with a broken shaft. "

The monastic rule over the two places Kritzmow and Klein Schwaß is symbolized in the coat of arms by the abbot's staff, whose broken shaft shows the end of this rule. The affiliation of the places Groß Schwaß and Klein Stove to the hospital "Zum Heiligen Geist" and "Zum Heiligen Georg" in Rostock is embodied in the coat of arms by the head of a griffin.

Attractions

See also : List of architectural monuments in Kritzmow

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Groß Schwaß station

The four-lane federal road 103 runs through the municipality between Rostock- Warnemünde and the Rostock-West junction on federal motorway 20 (completed in 2003). The state road L 10 connects Kritzmow with the center of Rostock. In a south-westerly direction it leads to just before Wismar .

The Groß Schwaß train station in the district of the same name is on the Wismar – Rostock railway line . It is served by the regional train line RB 11 ( Wismar - Rostock - Ticino ).

education

• Rainbow Children Elementary School
• Schwalbennest day care center

Personalities

• Paul Walter (1876 – after 1933), teacher in Kritzmow
• Günter Heidorn (1925–2010) historian, lived in Kritzmow
• Dirk Stamer (* 1980), politician (SPD), lives in Kritzmow

Web links

Commons : Kritzmow  - Collection of Images

• Kritzmow on the pages of the Warnow-West office

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 of the municipality of Kritzmow, § 1
3. ↑ ^{a b c} The locations of the municipality of Kritzmow on www.gemeinde-kritzmow.de
4. ↑ Population development of the districts and municipalities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Statistical Report AI of the Statistical Office Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
5. ^ Result of the local election on May 26, 2019
6. ^ Result of the mayoral election on May 25, 2014
7. ^ Result of the mayoral election on May 26, 2019