Upahl

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Upahl (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 49 '  N , 11 ° 13'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Northwest Mecklenburg
Office :	Grevesmühlen-Land
Height :	37 m above sea level NHN
Area :	48.08 km 2
Residents:	1584 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	33 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	23936
Area code :	038822
License plate :	NWM, GDB, GVM, WIS
Community key :	13 0 74 079
Office administration address:	Rathausplatz 1 23936 Grevesmühlen
Website :	www.grevesmuehlen.de
Mayor :	Steve Springer
Location of the municipality of Upahl in the district of Northwest Mecklenburg

Upahl is a municipality in the district of Northwest Mecklenburg in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The municipality is administered by the Grevesmühlen-Land office with its seat in the city of Grevesmühlen , which forms an administrative community with the office.

geography

The municipality of Upahl is two kilometers south of Grevesmühlen and about 25 kilometers from Wismar . The area on the Stepenitz river is slightly hilly, at 50 m above sea ​​level the greatest height is reached at Groß Pravtshagen. The districts Blieschendorf , Boienhagen , Friedrichshagen , Groß Pravtshagen, Hanshagen , Hilgendorf , Kastahn, Meierstorf , Naschendorf , Plüschow , Sievershagen and Waldeck belong to Upahl .

history

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality Boienhagen was incorporated. On January 1, 2011, Hanshagen was incorporated into Upahl with the districts Blieschendorf and Sievershagen. On January 1, 2019, Plüschow was incorporated with the districts of Friedrichshagen , Hilgendorf , Meierstorf , Naschendorf and Waldeck .

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : “Divided by a flame cut; above, in blue, a standing, bellied silver cow with a raised tail, accompanied on both sides by a golden clover leaf; below in gold three golden inseminated red roses with green sepals in bars. " The coat of arms was designed by Michael Zapfe from Weimar . It was approved on December 19, 2006 by the Ministry of the Interior and registered under the number 306 of the coat of arms of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Justification of the coat of arms: In the coat of arms, the flame cut should symbolize both the emergence of individual districts through slash and burn and the earlier fire disasters in recent times. With the cow and the shamrocks reference is made to the traditional main occupation of the inhabitants, agriculture, especially cattle and dairy farming. The roses represent the dog roses that are a special attraction in the community.

flag

The municipality does not have an officially approved flag .

Official seal

The official seal shows the municipal coat of arms with the inscription "GEMEINDE UPAHL • LANDKREIS NORDWESTMECKLENBURG".

Attractions

See also : List of architectural monuments in Upahl

• Various farmhouses such as in Sievershagen, Boienhagen, Kastahn or Hanshagen

Economy and Transport

economy

The industrial area at the Grevesmühlen motorway junction houses, among other things, a logistics company, a motorway maintenance office and various branches of trading companies. The headquarters of Arla Foods Deutschland GmbH - Upahl branch (formerly Hansa-Milch AG ) is also located there . Over 500 jobs have been created in recent years. The coffee producer Viva Coffee , founded by a British-Iranian investor, built an instant coffee plant in 2008 for 50 million euros, which went into operation in 2010 and created 120 jobs. Since the takeover by the Israeli Strauss Group in 2012, the company has been called Norddeutsche Kaffeewerke , and it is geared towards exporting to Eastern Europe (especially Russia).

The area around Upahl is characterized by agriculture and several wind turbines . The Kastahn district was able to maintain its original appearance as a farming village.

traffic

The federal highway 20 leads directly past Upahl. The main connecting road from Grevesmühlen to the state capital Schwerin leads through Upahl. In nearby Grevesmühlen there is a railway connection between Lübeck and Wismar.

Personalities

• Johann Basedow (* 1830 in Groß Pravtshagen; † 1899 in Schwerin), disabled educator
• Wilhelm Facklam (* 1893 in Upahl, † 1972 in Winkelhaid), landscape painter and draftsman

See also

• List of architectural monuments in Upahl

Web links

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

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. ↑ 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. 180/181 .
3. ↑ ^{a b} main statute § 1 (PDF).