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

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

Map of 18246 B%C3%BCtzow, Germany

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.

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).

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

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

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