Vielank

Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Ludwigslust-Parchim
Office :	Dömitz-Malliss
Height :	16 m above sea level NHN
Area :	77.37 km 2
Residents:	1259 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	16 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	19303
Area code :	038759
License plate :	LUP, HGN, LBZ, LWL, PCH, STB
Community key :	13 0 76 143
Community structure:	7 districts
Office administration address:	Goethestrasse 21 ; 19303 Dömitz
Website :	amtdoemitz-malliss.de
Mayoress :	Christel Drewes
Location of the community of Vielank in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district

Vielank is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is administered by the Office Dömitz-Malliß , based in the city of Dömitz .

The districts of Alt Jabel , Hohen Woos , Laupin , Neu Jabel , Tewswoos , Vielank (core town), Woosmer and the Woosmerhof settlement belong to the community of Vielank . The communities Tewswoos and Woosmer were incorporated into the community of Vielank on June 13, 2004.

geography

The community of Vielank is located within the Elbe-Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania river landscape biosphere reserve on the southwestern edge of the Griesen area . In the southwest the community borders on the Lower Saxony office of Neuhaus . The Rögnitz flows through the municipality in a north-westerly direction towards Sude .

history

The first written mention of Vielank comes from the year 1421. The districts of Alt Jabel and Hohen Woos were mentioned as early as 1291, the Woosmerhof settlement was established in 1277 as an estate. There is no prehistoric evidence about Tewswoos, the village was probably founded around 1456. The youngest district is Neu Jabel (1823/24).

On July 1, 1950, the parishes of Alt Jabel and Neu Jabel were incorporated.

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 the neck and crown and the inscription "GEMEINDE VIELANK".

Attractions

"Dat Lütt Museum" in Alt Jabel
Village church Alt Jabel
Ruins of the Michaeliskirche in Alt Jabel; This was built around 1250 by monks from the Cistercian monastery of Eldena in the Romanesque round arch style with a wooden bell tower. After the inauguration of the neighboring new church, the previous building was demolished around 1909 down to the preserved walls. In the interior there is the rest of a severed sacrificial bowl.