Wilhelmsburg (Western Pomerania)

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Wilhelmsburg (Western Pomerania)
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Wilhelmsburg highlighted

Coordinates: 53 ° 38 '  N , 13 ° 51'  E

Basic data
State : Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County : Vorpommern-Greifswald
Office : Torgelow-Ferdinandshof
Height : 11 m above sea level NHN
Area : 47.04 km 2
Residents: 720 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 15 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 17379
Primaries : 039778, 039607
License plate : VG, ANK, GW, PW, SBG, UEM, WLG
Community key : 13 0 75 143
Office administration address: Bahnhofsstr. 2
17358 Torgelow
Website : www.amt-ferdinandshof.de
Mayor : Ulf Wrase
Location of the municipality of Wilhelmsburg in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district
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Wilhelmsburg is a municipality in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald in the east of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). It is administered by the Torgelow-Ferdinandshof office based in the city of Torgelow .

geography

Wilhelmsburg is located on the eastern edge of the Friedländer Großer Wiese in an extensive lowland. To the south, there are forest areas that belong to the Ueckermünder Heide .

Community structure

The districts belong to the municipality

  • Eichhof
  • Eichhof housing estate
  • Fleethof
  • Friedrichshagen
  • Grünhof (historical)
  • Johannesberg (historical)
  • Mariawerth
  • Mühlenhof
  • Midday Mountain
  • Wilhelmsburg

history

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent communities of Eichhof and Friedrichshagen were incorporated.

Friedrichshagen

The king's son, Friedrich the Great , also settled Palatinate colonists in the area, and the district of Friedrichshagen was created.

Wilhelmsburg

On an order from Friedrich Wilhelm I , the construction of a glassworks began in 1722 (Johannesberg district). The king named the settlement near this glassworks Wilhelmsburg. From the middle of the 18th century the place was settled by colonists from the Palatinate . Until the end of the Second World War there was a Remonteamt in Wilhelmsburg .

The image of the community has improved in recent years, numerous houses have been renovated, streets and paths renewed.

politics

Election of the municipal council in 2014
in %
 %
70
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
1.69%
68.67%
13.26%
16.37%
Template: election chart / maintenance / notes
Remarks:
b Uecker-Randow citizens' alliance
c Farmers' Association-Rural Area
d single applicant Fischer

Community representation

The Wilhelmsburg municipal council has 8 members.

Electoral group
Citizens' Alliance Uecker-Randow 6th
Farmers' Association-Rural Area 1
Single applicant Fischer 1

(Status: 2014 local elections)

State election

In the state election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in 2011 , 26.8 percent of the voters voted for the NPD (2006: 27.9), 26.3 percent for the SPD (23.8), 17 percent for the CDU (23.3) and 15.9 percent for Die Linke (14.4).

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 region of Western Pomerania . It shows an upright griffin with a raised tail and the inscription "GEMEINDE WILHELMSBURG * LANDKREIS VORPOMMERN-GREIFSWALD".

Attractions

  • The small village church in Wilhelmsburg from 1952/53 with a roof turret over the entrance is an example of church construction from that time in the GDR.
  • Manor house in Mariawerth

Sports

There is a motocross track in the community, which is also used nationwide.

Transport links

In the nearby community of Ferdinandshof there are connections to the federal road network ( B 109 Berlin - Greifswald ) and the rail network ( Berlin - Stralsund ). There is a connection to the Federal Motorway 20 via the Strasburg junction.

Web links

Commons : Wilhelmsburg  - 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. ↑ http://www.torgelow.de/joomla/files/wahl_2014/gv_wilhelmsburg.pdf
  3. ↑ Results of the state election 2011
  4. ↑ Main Statute, Section 1, Paragraph 2 (PDF).