Altentreptow
Altentreptow | |
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Town hall at market square, Protestant church of St. Petri | |
Coat of arms | |
show Location of Altentreptow within Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district | |
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Coordinates: 53°40′N 13°15′E / 53.667°N 13.250°ECoordinates: 53°40′N 13°15′E / 53.667°N 13.250°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
District | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte |
Municipal assoc. | Treptower Tollensewinkel |
Subdivisions | 8 Ortsteile |
Government | |
• Mayor | Sybille Kempf (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 52.83 km2 (20.40 sq mi) |
Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 5,221 |
• Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 17087 |
Dialling codes | 03961 |
Vehicle registration | DM |
Website | www.altentreptow.de |
Altentreptow (German pronunciation: [altənˈtʁeːpto] (listen)) is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the river Tollense, 15 km north of Neubrandenburg. Until 1939 the city's name was Treptow an der Tollense.
History[]
The origins of the town go back to a Slavic settlement that grew up around a fortress located on a small hill, where the town church lies today. The name Treptow is mentioned for the first time in 1175, in reference to the establishment of a monastery on the site, which however later moved to Verchen. The present town was most probably founded in the early 13th century, and is referred to as a "civitas", i.e. Latin for "city", in 1245. In 1282, a document confirms that the town was ruled by Lübeck law. The medieval town had three churches, of which only one survives, as well as a medieval hospital and a system of double defensive walls built before 1360. The town has suffered much destruction through fire and war during the centuries, and in 1743 the town walls were almost completely removed. Two city gates from c. 1450 still survive; the Brandenburger Torturm and the Deminner Torturm. Of the latter, only the ground floor remains, with additions and alterations made in the 19th century.[2]
Sons and daughters of the town[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-13676%2C_Albert_Grzesinski.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-13676%2C_Albert_Grzesinski.jpg)
- William Hentschel (1874–1925), local poet
- Albert Grzesinski (1879–1947), Prussian Minister of the Interior from 1926 to 1930 (SPD)
- Ilse Kaschube (born 1953), sprint canoer
- Manfred Schmidt (1929–2005), German theologian and politician (CDU)
- Christine Wachtel (born 1965), German athlete
Related to Altentreptow[]
- Fritz Reuter (1810–1874), poet and writer
- Sebastian Zbik (born 1982), German Boxer
- Sybille Kempf (born 1945), mayor after the turn from 1992 to 2012
References[]
- ^ "Statistisches Amt M-V – Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2020". Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). July 2021.
- ^ Feldmann, Hans-Christian, ed. (2000). Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Munich and Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag. pp. 6–8. ISBN 3-422-03081-6.
External links[]
Media related to Altentreptow at Wikimedia Commons
- Towns in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Province of Pomerania (1815–1945)
- Bezirk Neubrandenburg
- Populated places established in the 13th century
- 1240s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
- 1245 establishments in Europe
- Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district) geography stubs