Krukow (Lauenburg)

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	Coordinates: 53 ° 25 '  N , 10 ° 29'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Duchy of Lauenburg
Office :	Luetau
Height :	44 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.94 km 2
Residents:	153 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	19 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	21483
Area code :	04153
License plate :	RZ
Community key :	01 0 53 074
Office administration address:	Amtsplatz 6 21481 Lauenburg / Elbe
Website :	www.krukow.de
Mayor :	Mathias Ohle
Location of the municipality of Krukow in the Duchy of Lauenburg district

Krukow is a municipality in the Duchy of Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein . In addition to Krukow, Bülten, Im Bohnenbusch, Loose and Thömen are located in the municipality.

history

The village is first mentioned as Crukowe in the Ratzeburg tithe register from 1230 . It was founded by Slavic settlers in the 11th century. The place name goes back to Old Polish * Krukov and is a formation from Old Polish * kruk "raven, crow" and the possessive suffix - ov and means "settlement near the crows".

coat of arms

Blazon : Under a turned silver tip, inside a black raven's trunk with a golden beak, in red in front a golden bell, behind a white sheep's trunk.

Web links

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

• Krukow municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein topography. Vol. 6: Kronprinzenkoog - Mühlenrade . 1st edition Flying-Kiwi-Verl. Junge, Flensburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-926055-85-9 , pp. 20 ( dnb.de [accessed June 25, 2020]).
3. ↑ Prange, W.: Settlement history of the state of Lauenburg in the Middle Ages, sources and research on the history of Schleswig-Holstein, Society for Schleswig-Holstein History (ed.), Vol. 41, Neumünster 1960, p. 342 u. P. 375.
4. ↑ Haefs, H. (2004): Place names and local history in Schleswig-Holstein: in addition to the rich Slavic place name material and the Danish influences on Fehmarn and Lauenburg, Helgoland and North Friesland: from which comments on the history of the country result, Norderstedt 2004, p. 150
5. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms