Warnow (near Grevesmühlen)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 53 '  N , 11 ° 13'  E
Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Northwest Mecklenburg
Office :	Grevesmühlen-Land
Height :	39 m above sea level NHN
Area :	15.99 km 2
Residents:	621 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	39 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	23936, 23948 (Gantenbeck, Großenhof)
Area code :	03881
License plate :	NWM, GDB, GVM, WIS
Community key :	13 0 74 085
Office administration address:	Rathausplatz 1 23936 Grevesmühlen
Website :	www.grevesmuehlen.de
Mayor :	Lothar Kacprzyk
Location of the municipality of Warnow in the district of Northwest Mecklenburg

Warnow is a municipality in the north of the district of Nordwestmecklenburg in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). It is administered by the Grevesmühlen-Land office based in the city of Grevesmühlen , which forms an administrative partnership with the office.

geography

The municipality of Warnow stretches from the Santower See on the northern outskirts of Grevesmühlen over the eastern part of the Klützer Winkel to a few kilometers on the Baltic coast ( Wohlenberger Wiek ). The Hanseatic city of Wismar is about 23 km from Warnow. The area is located in the future landscape protection area Northwest Mecklenburg Hügelland , at 51 m above sea level. The highest altitude is reached at Thorstorf.

The formerly independent villages Bössow , Gantenbeck, Großenhof and Thorstorf belong to Warnow today as districts.

history

In 1890, Warnow had a total of 387 residents who lived in 58 houses. These belonged to 14 leaseholds , 19 farms and 17 cottagers .

Bössow was first mentioned in a document in 1230. The old Slavic name Bvrissowe , Borsowe , Bossaw comes from borǔ (fight). The village church of Bössow dates from the first half of the 14th century. In 1890 the place had 101 inhabitants in 18 houses.

Gantenbek: 53 people lived here in four houses in 1890.

Großenhof: The estate belonged to the extensive von Plessen family , who also owned the nearby Damshagen estate . After 1945, a youth hostel was housed in the Herrenhof Herrenhof , built on the ruins of a knight's castle in 1660 .

Thorstorf was mentioned in 1279. The place name is of Slavic origin and means something like crow's place . In the 16th century it was the seat of a branch of the von Bassewitz family . It later became a domain ; the renovated manor house dates from the 18th century. In 1890 Thorstorf had 70 inhabitants in five houses.

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 neck fur and crown and the inscription "GEMEINDE WARNOW • LANDKREIS NORDWESTMECKLENBURG".

Attractions

Village church Bössow

See also : List of architectural monuments in Warnow (near Grevesmühlen)

• Brick- Gothic village church Bössow from the 14th century; Nave and west tower with hipped roof ; Altar windows from 1396.
• Großenhof manor from 1660: half-timbered building on the remains of a moated castle; multiple modifications, partially preserved moat.
• Thorstorf manor from the 18th century; today holiday apartments

Transport links

In the nearby town of Grevesmühlen there are connections to the federal road and motorway network as well as rail connections ( A 20 Lübeck - Rostock ), B 105 and the parallel Lübeck – Bad Kleinen railway line .

Personalities

• Johann Joachim Susemihl (1756–1797), Evangelical Lutheran clergyman, was born in Bössow
• Carl Friedrich Strempel (1800–1872), ophthalmologist and university professor in Rostock, was born in Bössow

Web links

Commons : Warnow  - 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. ↑ Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch , No. 1505
3. ↑ Main Statute, Section 2, Paragraph 1