Wirl (Prezelle)
 
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Location of Wirl in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district. |
Wirl is a district of the Prezelle community in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district in Lower Saxony . It is located as an enclave in the community-free area Gartow in the immediate vicinity of the former German-German border at a height of 25 meters above sea level.
Settlement structure
The village consists of several former forest and customs service buildings.
history
The farm was a hunting estate that has been owned by the Counts of Bernstorff since 1694 . At that time it was the task of Andreas Gottlieb von Bernstorff , then Chancellor of the Hanoverian Elector, to secure the controversial border to the Brandenburg Altmark in the Gartower Forest . It was finally established in 1699 running about one kilometer south and east of Wirl. Today the Counts of Bernstorff in Wirl offer holiday apartments for riders and hunters.
traffic
Wirl is connected to the main town of Prezelle via a local road.
Coordinates: 52 ° 58 ' N , 11 ° 28' E