Luckow

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Luckow (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 42 '  N , 14 ° 10'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Vorpommern-Greifswald
Office :	At the Szczecin Lagoon
Height :	10 m above sea level NHN
Area :	37.57 km 2
Residents:	565 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	15 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	17375
Area code :	039775
License plate :	VG, ANK, GW, PW, SBG, UEM, WLG
Community key :	13 0 75 085
Office administration address:	Stettiner Strasse 1 17367 Eggesin
Website :	www.amt-am-stettiner-haff.de
Mayor :	Fabian Schöne
Location of the municipality of Luckow in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district

Luckow is a municipality in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald in the far east of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The community is administered by the Am Stettiner Haff office based in Eggesin .

geography

The municipality of Luckow on the land and sea border with the Republic of Poland is only four kilometers from the Szczecin Lagoon and four kilometers from Lake Neuwarper . It is located in the north of the Ueckermünder Heide in flat undulating terrain just a few meters above sea level. NN . Rieth is the northernmost German border town to the Republic of Poland on the mainland.

Luckow is surrounded by the neighboring communities Vogelsang-Warsin in the north-west and north, Nowe Warpno in the east, Hintersee in the south-east, Ahlbeck in the south and Eggesin in the south-west.

The nature reserve Neuwarper Seeufer / Insel Riether Werder is located in the municipality.

Districts

• Luckow
• Christiansberg
• Fraudenhorst
• Rieth
• Riether stairs
• Riether Werder island in Lake Neuwarper

history

The south bank and the hinterland of the Szczecin Lagoon were settled thousands of years ago, as evidenced by spearheads and hand ax finds.

The area belonged to the Duchy of Pomerania , Sweden (1648–1721), Prussia from 1815 as the province of Pomerania (1815–1945) and the district of Neubrandenburg (1952–1990), Ueckermünde district .

Half-timbered church Luckow

Aerial photo, looking north; Foreground: Rieth, center: Riether Werder island in Lake Neuwarper , background: Altwarp on the left , Neuwarp on the right

Christiansberg was laid out in 1822 and settled with day laborers. The botanical garden , which was created privately in 1982, includes a collection of plants from all parts of the world. In addition to the deciduous and coniferous trees and magnolias, there are more than 300 rhododendron plants , a perennial area, a heather garden and a rock garden.

Fraudenhorst: One of the oldest groups of yew trees in Germany can be found near Fraudenhorst . The trees are between 500 and 800 years old. Luckow:

Luckow was a Slavic complex, in 1260 the place was first mentioned as Luckowe (in German: Wiesengrund ) in a handover document. The half-timbered church in Luckow was built in 1726. Luckow was owned by the von Bröcker and Muckerwitz family until 1782 .

Mönkeberg was - as the name suggests - founded by Ueckermünder monks in 1290.

Rieth was first mentioned in a document in 1252. The estate was owned by the (von) Bröker family from 1317 to 1648 and again from 1690 until the 18th century. The church was built after 1648. The manor house, built for the von Bülow family , dates from 1841. Until December 31, 1997 the place was an independent municipality.

→ Main article : Rieth

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 LUCKOW * LANDKREIS VORPOMMERN-GREIFSWALD".

Attractions

• Botanical garden in Christiansberg
• Yew group in Fraudenhorst

See also : List of architectural monuments in Luckow

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Transport links

Luckow can be reached from Bundesstraße 109 via Torgelow or Ueckermünde . Other highways lead from Luckow to Altwarp on the Stettiner Haff and south to the community of Löcknitz on federal road 104, about 30 kilometers away . There is a rail link in Ueckermünde, nine kilometers away.

Web links

Commons : Luckow  - Collection of Images

• Christiansberg Botanical Garden
• Luckow in the office at the Stettiner Haff

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 2 (PDF).