Meesiger

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 49 '  N , 12 ° 55'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Mecklenburg Lake District
Office :	Demmin country
Height :	33 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.99 km 2
Residents:	232 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	26 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	17111
Area code :	039994
License plate :	MSE, AT, DM, MC, MST, MÜR, NZ, RM, WRN
Community key :	13 0 71 096
Office administration address:	Goethestrasse 43 17109 Demmin
Website :	www.amt-demmin-land.de
Mayoress :	Sylvia Schmidt-Plamann
Location of the municipality of Meesiger in the Mecklenburg Lake District

Meesiger is a municipality in Western Pomerania in the Mecklenburg Lake District . It is located about 17 kilometers southwest of Demmin on the Kummerower See and belongs to the Demmin-Land office , which has its administrative headquarters in the former district town of Demmin . Until July 1, 2004 Meesiger was administered by the Borrentin Office.

Geography and traffic

Meesiger is about 14 km north of Stavenhagen . The B 194 runs east of the community. The community is located directly on the shore of Lake Kummerow.

Districts

• Meesiger
• Gravelotte

History and economy

Meesiger was first mentioned on March 21, 1255.

The creation of Gravelotte is reported as follows: "It consisted of a property and was intended to commemorate the battle of the same name in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, in which the town's founder Fritz Ewald took part." (Source unknown)

Apart from a larger agricultural operation, the place now lives mainly from tourism and offers, in addition to a hotel, accommodation with private landlords and a campsite.

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 MEESIGER * LANDKREIS MECKLENBURGISCHE SEENPLATTE".

Attractions

Church in Meesiger

See also : List of architectural monuments in Meesiger

• Kummerower See
• Meesiger Church ; late Gothic stone and brick church , nave from the 17th century

Web links

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

• Literature about Meesiger in the state bibliography MV
• Meesiger on the website of the Demmin-Land 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, Section 1, Paragraph 2 (PDF).