Walow

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 25 '  N , 12 ° 29'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Mecklenburg Lake District
Office :	Malchow
Height :	86 m above sea level NHN
Area :	19.95 km 2
Residents:	468 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	23 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	17209
Area code :	039932
License plate :	MSE, AT, DM, MC, MST, MÜR, NZ, RM, WRN
Community key :	13 0 71 155
Office administration address:	Alter Markt 1 17213 Malchow
Website :	stadt-malchow.de
Mayor :	Heinz Gerull
Location of the municipality Walow in the Mecklenburg Lake District

Walow is a municipality in the western part of the Mecklenburg Lake District in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). It is administered by the Malchow Office based in the city ​​of the same name .

geography

The municipality of Walow is located in the middle of the Mecklenburg Lake District . That up to 100 m above sea level. NN lying forest and lake-rich area around Walow is ten to 15 kilometers away from the four large lakes ( Müritz , Kölpinsee , Fleesensee and Plauer See ), which are connected in a large arc by the Müritz-Elde waterway . The closest cities are Malchow , Waren (Müritz) and Röbel / Müritz . The community is characterized by agriculture and a few businesses.

The districts of the community are Lexow , Lexow expansion (incorporated on January 1, 2005) and Strietfeld on the Großer Kreßinsee .

history

Walow was first mentioned on March 6, 1255, when the Schwerin bishop Rudolf consecrated the chapel in Grüssow . On July 2, 1266, the same bishop awarded Magister Erpo in Schwerin two hooves in Walow. Landowners were u. a. the families Gerslav von Walow, Pritzbuer von Kargow, Pritzbuer and Dubislav von Kelle, the Malchow monastery , Gerhard von Berne and Machorius and Hildebrand von Lepzow, Thidericus Budde, brothers von Grambow and Konrad von Havelberg . They had farms, hooves and mill rights in Walow. From 1384 to 1945 the von Flotow family was the owner and, in the early days, the owner of the highest court in Walow. The imposing, neo-Gothic mansion dates from 1879. It was partially renovated around 2006, but has been empty and dilapidated since then.

Lexow was first mentioned in a document in 1298, when the Schwerin Bishop Gottfried I von Bülow moved the nunnery of penitents from the new town of Röbel to Alt-Malchow. The estate belonged to the Dobbertin monastery and it was leased as a state domain since 1918 . The two-storey manor house dates from 1874, in which refugees lived after 1945; then until 1990 seat of the community with school, consumption, doctor and hairdresser. It was converted into a hotel in 2007.

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : "Argent, a left blue pile yarn, accompanied front of a three-stage red gable front of a house with four pole as arranged black arched windows, in the middle a silver column." The coat of arms was designed by Lothar Herpich from Neubrandenburg . It was approved on July 10, 1992 by the Ministry of the Interior and registered under the number 61 of the coat of arms of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Justification for the coat of arms: In the coat of arms, the gable front refers to the manor house (castle) of the von Flotow family. The thread of the stake should symbolize the abundance of water in the area.

flag

The flag was approved by the Ministry of the Interior on June 27, 1995.

The flag is striped in white, blue and white across the longitudinal axis of the flag cloth. The white stripe on the leech takes up three fifths, the blue stripe takes up one sixth and the white stripe on the flight hem takes seven thirtieth of the length of the flag cloth. The middle of the white stripe on the leech is covered with the figure of the municipal coat of arms: with a three-tiered red gable front of a house with four black arched windows arranged in stakes, in the middle a white column. The figure is eight ninths the height of the flagcloth. The length of the flag is related to the height as 5: 3.

Official seal

The official seal shows the municipal coat of arms with the inscription "• GEMEINDE WALOW •".

Attractions

See also : List of architectural monuments in Walow

• neo - Gothic two - storey mansion (castle) Walow from 1872 of the von Flotow family and Flotow mausoleum next to the church.
• Walow village church : plastered half-timbered building from 1845 with roof tower
• Lexow village church : Hall church made of field stone from around 1400 with a 300 year old pulpit ; Neo-Gothic narrow tower made of brick from 1888.
• Polygonal dolmen from Lexow east of the place from around 3500 and 2800 BC. BC as a large stone grave of the funnel cup culture .

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  Manor house in Walow

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  Walow village church

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  Chapel in the Walower Kirchhof

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  Lexow village church

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  Lexow manor house

Transport links

From Walow connecting roads lead to the surrounding towns of Malchow, Waren (Müritz) and Röbel / Müritz as well as to the motorway junctions Waren and Röbel on the federal motorway 19 ( Berlin - Rostock ). The next train station is in Malchow (railway line from Waren (Müritz) via Lübz to Parchim ).

Personalities

• Berndt Page (* 1940), veterinarian based in Walow from 1964 to 1990, Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania from 1992 to 1998.

Web links

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

• Walow Castle

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• Mecklenburg record book (MUB)

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. ↑ MUB II. (1864) No. 747.
3. ↑ MUB II. (1864) No. 1091
4. ↑ MUB VIII. (1873) No. 5586, 5598, MUB IX. (1875) No. 6021, MUB XIII. (1884) No. 7408.
5. ↑ MUB IV. (1867) No. 2503, 2505, 2506, 2507, 2508.
6. ↑ 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. 326/327 .
7. ↑ ^{a b} main statute § 1 (PDF).