Postlow

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Postlow
Municipality
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Postlow
Coordinates: 53°50′N13°35′E / 53.833°N 13.583°E / 53.833; 13.583
Country Germany
State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District Vorpommern-Greifswald
Municipal assoc. Anklam-Land
Subdivisions3
Government
 •  Mayor Norbert Mielke
Area
 • Total14.71 km2 (5.68 sq mi)
Elevation
9 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31) [1]
 • Total294
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
17391
Dialling codes 03971, 039728
Vehicle registration VG

Postlow is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in north-eastern Germany.

History

From 1648 to 1720, Postlow was part of Swedish Pomerania. In 1720, it passed to Prussia, and from 1871 was also part of the German Empire, within which it was administratively located in the Province of Pomerania. During World War II, in February 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of Allied prisoners-of-war from the Stalag XX-B POW camp passed through the village. [2] From 1945 to 1952 of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Neubrandenburg of East Germany and since 1990 again of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2022.
  2. ↑ Kaszuba, Sylwia. "Marsz 1945". In Grudziecka, Beata (ed.). Stalag XX B: historia nieopowiedziana (in Polish). Malbork: Muzeum Miasta Malborka. p. 102. ISBN   978-83-950992-2-9.


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