Jatznick

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Jatznick
War memorial in Jatznick
War memorial in Jatznick
Flag of Jatznick
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Coat of arms of Jatznick
Coat of arms
Location of Jatznick within Vorpommern-Greifswald district
Jatznick is located in Germany
Jatznick
Jatznick
Coordinates: 53°35′N 13°56′E / 53.583°N 13.933°E / 53.583; 13.933Coordinates: 53°35′N 13°56′E / 53.583°N 13.933°E / 53.583; 13.933
CountryGermany
StateMecklenburg-Vorpommern
DistrictVorpommern-Greifswald
Municipal assoc.Uecker-Randow-Tal
Government
 • MayorPeter Fischer
Area
 • Total62.03 km2 (23.95 sq mi)
Elevation
22 m (72 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[1]
 • Total2,239
 • Density36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
17309
Dialling codes039741
Vehicle registrationVG
Websitewww.jatznick.de

Jatznick is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Geography[]

With almost 2000 inhabitants, Jatznick is the largest municipality in the Uecker-Randow-Tal district. It is situated on the north-eastern edge of the Nördliche Höhenrücken, a terminal moraine that extends about 25 kilometres to the west (highest elevation in the 153 metres above sea level). North and east of Jatznick, the landscape becomes very flat (Ueckermünder Heide to the Stettiner Haff as well as the lowlands of the ). At Waldeshöhe there is the Aalsee, a water body of about 0.8 hectares.

Districts[]

  • Am Bahnhof
  • Blumenhagen
  • Belling (incorporation on 1 January 2001)[2]
  • Groß Spiegelberg
  • Klein Luckow
  • Sandförde with Wilhelmsthal
  • Waldeshöhe

History[]

1354 the village Jatznick is mentioned for the first time in a document. The place was originally inhabited by Slavs, who gave the place its present name.

On July 1, 1950 the until then independent community of Waldeshöhe was incorporated.

On 1 January 2012 the formerly independent communities of Blumenhagen and Klein Luckow were incorporated into Jatznick.[3]

Transport[]

Jatznick railway station connects the area with Stralsund, Greifswald, Züssow, Angermünde, Eberswalde, Berlin, Ueckermünde and Neubrandenburg.

References[]

  1. ^ "Statistisches Amt M-V – Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2020". Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). July 2021.
  2. ^ StBA: Änderungen bei den Gemeinden Deutschlands, siehe 2001
  3. ^ Gebietsänderungen, Statistisches Landesamt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern


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