Kargow

Kargow is a municipality in the district of Mecklenburg Lake District Mecklenburg -Vorpommern ( Germany ). It is goods with headquarters in the city goods managed by the Office Lakelands (Müritz).

Geography

The municipality Kargows in the heart of the lake district lies largely in the Müritz National Park. Southeast of Waren (Müritz), covers the territory vast forests, moors and lakes, of which the Hofsee, the Specker lake and the lake Priesterbäker would be emphasized. The partly hilly terrain achieved in Käflingsberg with 100.2 meters above sea level. NN the highest point. Just a few hundred meters west of the village Kargow springs the Ostpeene, in the neighboring municipality Ankershagen is the Havel source.

To Kargow include the districts Damerow, Federow, Godow, Rehhof, Schwarzenhof and bacon.

History

Burial mounds from the Bronze Age suggest an early settlement in the area northeast of the Müritz. Originally by Slavs populated localities Kargow and Federow existed since the 13th century.

In addition to the dominant traditional agriculture of the National Park tourism is increasingly shaping the image of the places in the community Kargow. In 1998, the National Park Information building was opened in the district Federow.

Policy

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on 18 April 2005 by the Home Office and registered under No. 295 of the coat of arms role of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Blazon: " Azure, a eagle head with two diagonally crossed golden ears. "

Flag

The flag of the municipality Kargow is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the bunting of blue, striped gold (money), and blue. The outer blue stripes take each quarter, the golden (yellow ) center stripe takes up half the length of the bunting. In the middle of the bunting is, two thirds of the height of the flag cloth engaging, the coat of arms of the municipality. The height of the flag cloth is related to the length as 3:5.

Attractions

Church Kargow

Manor Federow (Hotel)

Church Federow

Hofsee ( Federow )

Hunting lodge bacon

Church of bacon

View from Käflingsbergturm ( bacon)

Priesterbäker lake

Station Kargow

• Power line pole with an eagle's nest - between the hamlets Federow and Schwarzenhof. An installed at the nest camera allows observation in the national park information building in Federow.
• Käflingsbergturm near the hamlet of bacon. The observation deck of the 55 meter high tower is about 70 meters above the level of about five kilometers away Müritz.
• Specker hunting lodge (private property). Today, established by the United Leipzig publisher Kurt Herrmann in 1937 building is in a poor condition and can not be visited.
• Krug, blacksmiths and historicist church ( built in 1876 /77) in the district of bacon.
• Two graves in the cemetery of Polish workers ( according to other sources: from Soviet forced laborers ), which are not maintained.

Infrastructure

Kargow is located three kilometers from the national road 192 ( Waren (Müritz) - Neubrandenburg ) away. Country roads connect the villages together (the southern district of bacon is about twelve kilometers from the village Kargow ). The Kargow station is on the railway line from Berlin to Rostock ( Lloyd train ), but keep it there as a result of the expansion of distance since September 2011, no more passenger trains.