Sukow

Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Ludwigslust-Parchim
Office :	Crivitz
Height :	39 m above sea level NHN
Area :	21.35 km 2
Residents:	1538 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	72 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	19079
Area code :	03861
License plate :	LUP, HGN, LBZ, LWL, PCH, STB
Community key :	13 0 76 133
Community structure:	2 districts
Office administration address:	Amtsstrasse 5 ; 19089 Crivitz
Website :	sukow.de
Mayor :	Horst-Dieter Keding
Location of the municipality of Sukow in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district

Sukow is a municipality in the west of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). It is administered by the Crivitz Office , based in Crivitz .

Geography and traffic

The municipality is located 14 km southeast of Schwerin and 6 km southwest of Crivitz . The Schwerin – Parchim railway runs through the municipality. The federal highway 321 runs north. The federal motorway 14 can be reached after 11 km via the Schwerin-Ost junction. The north of the municipality is forested. The highest point in the municipality is also located here at 66.8 m above sea level. NHN .

Districts

Sukow
Zietlitz

history

Remains of an early Slavic settlement were found near Sukow . The Sukow-Dziedzice group , the oldest Slavic culture in northern Germany, was named after the archaeological finds . A wood find from Sukow may represent the oldest dendrodatum in the north ("after 591").

Sukow is first mentioned in a document of sale from February 16, 1348. The place is certainly a lot older with regard to its early German settlement, as it was on an important trade route.

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Zietlitz was incorporated.

Sukow has been the center of equestrian sport for many years ; the state championships in show jumping and dressage are held here. Due to the suburb of the state capital Schwerin, the number of inhabitants has almost doubled in the post-reunification period.

Sukow is the headquarters of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Carnival Association (KLMV).

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 state of Mecklenburg. It shows a looking bull's head with torn off neck fur and crown and the inscription "GEMEINDE SUKOW".