Lüttow-Valluhn

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '  N , 10 ° 51'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Ludwigslust-Parchim
Office :	Zarrentin
Height :	30 m above sea level NHN
Area :	24.31 km 2
Residents:	884 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	36 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	19246
Area code :	038851
License plate :	LUP, HGN, LBZ, LWL, PCH, STB
Community key :	13 0 76 092
Community structure:	3 districts
Office administration address:	Amtsstr. 4–5, 19246 Zarrentin am Schaalsee
Website :	www.amt-zarrentin.de
Mayor :	Marko Schilling ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Lüttow-Valluhn in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district

Lüttow-Valluhn is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . It is administered by the Zarrentin Office based in the town of Zarrentin am Schaalsee .

Lüttow-Valluhn is made up of the districts Lüttow, Schadeland and Valluhn.

geography

Horse paddock in Valluhn

The community is located in the west of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on the border with Schleswig-Holstein and south of the Schaalsee biosphere reserve . The river Boize , the federal highway 24 and the federal highway 195 run through the municipality .

history

fusion

Chapel from 1973

On June 13, 2004, the previous municipalities of Lüttow and Valluhn were merged to form the new municipality of Lüttow-Valluhn.

Lüttow

Lüttow is first mentioned in 1230 as Luttekowe in the Ratzeburg tithe register , when the place still consisted of 14 hooves . In 1496 the village had about 35 inhabitants. The Thirty Years War and a wave of plague in 1676 claimed numerous victims. 1894 is Lüttow of twelve farms, Büdnereien and cottagers land and 246 residents.

Valluhn

The first written mention of Valluhn as Vilun, which comes from Slavic and means something like "sorceress", can be found in 1194 in Isfried's partition agreement . This place also appears in the Ratzeburg tithe register in 1230, when it still consisted of 14 hooves and belonged to the parish of Zarrentin and was ruled by the German colonist Ottbertus. In 1496 Valluhn had 14 families and 68 residents. The Thirty Years' War also claimed numerous victims here. At Valluhn, French fought German-Russian troops in 1813, the French were defeated and retreated towards Hamburg.

Valluhn has always been characterized by agriculture. After 1990, thanks to its location on the autobahn and to Hamburg, the largest newly created industrial area in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was established, in which mainly the transport industry settled. In addition, the Edeka Nord meat factory has been located there since 2006 , with an area of ​​43,000 m², around 400 employees and 350 tons per day, one of the largest meat processing companies in Germany.

politics

As of May 25, 2014, the municipal council has been composed as follows:

Civic alliance	4 seats
CDU	3 seats
Single applicant Rheinschmitt	1 seat

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 LÜTTOW-VALLUHN".

Attractions

• Valluhn museum courtyard

Web links

Commons : Lüttow-Valluhn  - 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. ↑ § 9 of the main statute (PDF; 41 kB) of the municipality
3. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2004
4. ↑ Overall result of the Lüttow-Valluhn municipal council, May 25, 2014
5. ↑ Main Statute, Section 1, Paragraph 3