Shapov

Shapov Northwestuckermark municipality Coordinates: 53 ° 21 ′ 23 " N , 13 ° 42 ′ 21" E
Height :	65 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	680
Incorporation :	November 1, 2001
Postal code :	17291
Location of Schapow in Brandenburg

Schapow is a street tanger village in the municipality of Nordwestuckermark in Brandenburg with 680 inhabitants. The villages Wittstock , Rittgarten , Augustfelde and the settlement areas Bollmannshof , Fischershof and Dochower Mühle also belong to the district . Until October 31, 2001, Schapow was an independent municipality.

Village church in Schapow

In the center of the village there is a stone church , which is visible from afar due to the flat environment. There is also a war memorial and a country inn in the center. The first documentary mention comes from 1302 as Willekino de Schapov . In 1321 the name was Scapov . There are two ways of interpreting the Slavic name. On the one hand it can be called “Place where Klepper, Schindmarus are” , but “Settlement of a man named Skapa” is also possible.

Individual evidence

↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2001

literature

Lieselott Enders : Historical local lexicon for Brandenburg, Part VIII, Uckermark , Weimar 1986, ISBN 3-7400-0042-2
Märkische Oderzeitung / Frankfurter Stadtbote, 29./30. April / 1. May 2006, p. 9

Web links

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

[1] StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2001