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Bützow

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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Rostock

Postal codes
  
18246

Area
  
39.7 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 8:17 PM

Dialling code
  
038461

State
  
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Dialling codes
  
038461

Population
  
7,585 (31 Dec 2008)

Postal code
  
18246

Municipal assoc.
  
Bützow Land

Bützow

Weather
  
5°C, Wind SW at 16 km/h, 83% Humidity

Bützow is a town in the district of Rostock in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, centered on Bützower See.

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Map of 18246 B%C3%BCtzow, Germany

History

The town was first mentioned in 1171. From 1815 to 1918 Bützow was part of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

On 5 May 2015, the town was struck by an F3 tornado which caused severe damage to many buildings, including the local hospital.

Culture

Medieval Bützow Castle is located in Bützow. The town also has a medieval Brick Gothic church, which contains an altarpiece made by the Master of the Bützow Altarpiece (1503).

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Dietrich Ludwig Gustav Karsten (1768-1810), mineralogist
  • Else Hirsch (1889-1943), Jewish teacher
  • Eckhard Martens (born 1951), rower
  • Torsten Fröhling (born 1966), soccer player and football coach
  • Andrea Philipp (born 1971), athlete and Olympian

    • People who have worked in Bützow

  • Sophie Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1678-1749), Duchess of Mecklenburg, lived in Bützow and founded here the German Reformed community
  • Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten (1732-1787), mathematician, twice rector of the University of Bützow

    • References

    Bützow Wikipedia
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