Rastow

Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Ludwigslust-Parchim
Office :	Ludwigslust-Land
Height :	38 m above sea level NHN
Area :	51.82 km 2
Residents:	1930 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	37 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	19077 (Kraak, Rastow) , ; 19288 (Fahrbinde)
Area code :	03868
License plate :	LUP, HGN, LBZ, LWL, PCH, STB
Community key :	13 0 76 118
LOCODE :	DE RTW
Community structure:	3 districts
Office administration address:	Wöbbeliner Strasse 5 ; 19288 Ludwigslust
Website :	www.gemeinde-rastow.de
Mayor :	Ralf Egbert Scharlaug
Location of the municipality of Rastow in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district

Evangelical Church in Kraak

Rastow is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). It is administered by the Office Ludwigslust-Land with its seat in the non-official city of Ludwigslust .

The districts Rastow, Fahrbinde and Kraak as well as the settlements Kulow and Pulverhof belong to the community .

Geography and traffic

The municipality of Rastow is located about 20 kilometers south of Schwerin on the edge of the Lewitz nature reserve . The Kraaker Mühlenbach, the Streubach flowing into it and some ditches run through the community. The artificially created Kraaker Kiessee is one of the few standing bodies of water . The highest elevation within the municipality is the Mühlenberg at 56 m above sea level. NHN east of Rastow.

The Fahrbinde district is located directly on Landesstrasse 72 (formerly Bundesstrasse 106 ) between the state capital Schwerin and Ludwigslust, the Wöbbelin junction to the federal motorway 24 is within sight. Rastow has a train station on the Ludwigslust – Wismar railway line .

history

Rastow and Kraak were first mentioned in 1227, Fahrbinde in 1333. Kraak was once the seat of the Kraak Commandery of the Order of St. John. The Johanniterkirche Kraak dates from the 14th century. Records from around 1700 indicate that there were sovereign farms in Kraak and Rastow. A hunting lodge, a grain mill and a powder mill are also mentioned in Kraak . The latter was most likely on the site of today's Pulverhof district. There was a church in Rastow, but it no longer existed around 1700.

Kraak was incorporated on January 1, 1974, Fahrbinde on January 1, 2005. Rastow was the seat of the office of the same name for several years after 1990 .

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : “Divided; a silver Maltese cross above in red; below in gold two upright red stag poles with turned away ends. "

The coat of arms and the flag were designed by the Schwerin heraldist Heinz Kippnick . It was approved together with the flag on September 21, 2000 by the Ministry of the Interior and registered under the number 228 of the coat of arms of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Justification of the coat of arms: In the coat of arms the Maltese cross reminds of the former Johanniter Commandery Kraak, which was important for the colonization of the area. The antlers are intended to indicate that the game population has always been significant in the wooded area. The tinging in red and gold establishes the reference to the former county of Schwerin .

flag

Flag of the municipality of Rastow

The flag is evenly striped lengthways by yellow and red: In the middle of the flag, two thirds of the height of the yellow and red 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 RASTOW • LANDKREIS LUDWIGSLUST-PARCHIM".

Attractions

Culture house of the former LPG in Rastow

→ See also the list of architectural monuments in Rastow

Evangelical church in Kraak with a belfry
Former Catholic Church “To the Sacred Heart of Mary” in Kraak, built in 1954/55 by parishioners, profaned in 2005 .
Kraaker Mühle, a forester's farm with a house and barn, which is south of the A 24 in the extensive forests
Fallen memorials in all three districts

economy

In Kraak built and the energy supplier operates E. Hanse an underground gas storage ( underground storage ) in a salt dome in about 600 to 800 meters depth.

Individual evidence

↑ 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 ).

↑ § 9 of the main statute (PDF; 124 kB) of the municipality

↑ Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 .

↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 2005

↑ 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. 143 .

↑ ^a ^b main statute § 1 (PDF).

↑ A. Böhnka: Kraak, the small village with the two churches. In: Information sheet of the municipality of Rastow, No. 2/2005

↑ Church Official Gazette Archdiocese of Hamburg, Volume 11, No. 12, November 15, 2005, p. 209

Web links

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

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-MV-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] § 9 of the main statute (PDF; 124 kB) of the municipality