Gägelow

Gägelow is a municipality in the district of North West in Mecklenburg -Vorpommern ( Germany ). The municipality is since 1 April 2005, administered by the Office Grevesmühlen country located in the town of Greve mills, which forms an administrative community with the Office. ( to 31 December 2004 was Gägelow seat of the now defunct Office Gägelow ).

Geography

The municipality is located in a slightly hilly Gägelow, the Wismar Bay towards sloping ground immediately on the western outskirts of the Hanseatic city of Wismar. The distance to the beaches of the Eggers Wiek is only a few kilometers.

To Gägelow include the districts Gressow, Jamel, New Wide Village, Proseken, star pitcher, Stofferstorf, Voßkuhl, Wide Village and Wolde.

History

The medieval village churches in the districts Gressow Proseken and are mentioned already in 1230 in Ratzeburg tithe register, which at that time the diocese of Ratzeburg belonging villages ordered by parishes lists.

Policy

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on 4 November 1996 by the Home Office and registered under No. 116 of the coat of arms role of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Blazon: " Azure, a gold top, topped with half a red tip, is a twelve-petalled golden rosette; top right and left each a golden boulders. "

The coat of arms was designed by the Weimar Michael Zapfe.

Attractions

  • Village church Gressow
  • Village church Proseken
  • Art Chapel Weitendorf
  • On the Art Trail by Far village sculptures are exhibited.
  • Two graves in the cemetery of the local part Proseken for especially well-known Soviet forced laborers who were 1941/42, victims of forced labor. The memorial stone them applicable in 1991 offset by unknown on a tomb beside it for three German soldiers of the Wehrmacht
  • The manor house at Gressow was built in 1789 at the behest of Frederick II and served as the seat of the estate manager. Meanwhile, back completely in private hands, it is currently being renovated.

Economy and infrastructure

Noteworthy is the settlement of many companies in the commercial areas of the community. The basis for this lies not least in the good infrastructure Gägelows at the gates of Wismar: the situation on the federal highways 105 and 106, and on the connecting road to the small town of Wismar Klutz. South of Gägelow runs the federal motorway 20 The nearest train station is located in Wismar.

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