Pätow-Steegen

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 24 '  N , 11 ° 8'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Ludwigslust-Parchim
Office :	Hagenow Land
Height :	36 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.66 km 2
Residents:	397 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	37 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	19230
Area code :	03883
License plate :	LUP, HGN, LBZ, LWL, PCH, STB
Community key :	13 0 76 110
Community structure:	3 districts
Office administration address:	Bahnhofstrasse 25 in 19230 Hagenow
Website :	www.amt-hagenow-land.de
Mayor :	Holger Maty
Location of the municipality of Pätow-Steegen in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district

Pätow-Steegen is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). It is administered by the Office Hagenow-Land , based in the city of Hagenow .

The community consists of the suburbs Pätow, Steegen and Blumenberg.

geography

Pätow-Steegen connects directly to the southwest of the urban area of ​​Hagenow. The Kleine Sude and other small rivers flow through the municipality or at its borders . The federal highway 321 runs about 1.5 kilometers northwest of Pätow.

history

The first documentary mention of Pätow took place in 1194 in Isfried's partition contract as Putechowe . The village is also listed in the Ratzeburg Tithe Register of 1230, a list of tithes awarded by the bishop of the Ratzeburg diocese and his feudal husbands, sorted by parish . After that the village consisted of 24 hooves . The increased agricultural use of the area led to the first settlements in Steegen in 1764, where three farmers from Pätow were relocating by 1867. The community has always been characterized by agriculture.

On May 13, 1993 the municipality name was changed: Pätow became Pätow-Steegen .

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : “In gold between two curved green diagonal lower corners, a blue shield base; on the sloping lower corners a connecting blue bar, above a left-turning black plow. " The coat of arms and the flag were designed by the Schwerin heraldist Karl-Heinz Steinbruch . It was approved on January 23, 1996 by the Ministry of the Interior and registered under No. 97 of the coat of arms of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Reasons for the coat of arms: The coat of arms combines a speaking sign and a symbol with reference to the acquisition. The bar beam reflects part of the place name. At the same time it symbolizes the two districts connected by a footbridge. The plow points to the importance of agriculture in the past and present of the community.

flag

The flag was approved by the Ministry of the Interior on January 13, 2005.

The flag is evenly striped lengthways with green and yellow. In the middle of the flag, at two thirds of the height of the green and yellow stripes, is the municipal coat of arms. The length of the flag is related to the height as 5: 3.

Official seal

The official seal shows the municipal coat of arms with the inscription "GEMEINDE PÄTOW-STEEGEN • LANDKREIS LUDWIGSLUST-PARCHIM".

Attractions

The architectural monuments of the community are listed in the list of architectural monuments in Pätow-Steegen .

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. ↑ § 1 of the main statute (PDF; 41 kB) of the municipality
3. ↑ Official Journal MV 1994, No. 23, p. 584 of May 30, 1994
4. ↑ ^{a b} Hans-Heinz Schütt: On shield and flag - the coats of arms and flags of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and its municipalities . Ed .: production office TINUS; Schwerin. 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814380-0-0 , pp. 139/140 .
5. ↑ Main Statute § 1 (PDF).

Web links

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