Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 42.68 km² Postal code 17506 Dialling code 038353 | Elevation 12 m (39 ft) Postal codes 17506 Population 2,893 (31 Dec 2008) Local time Monday 1:58 AM | |
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Weather -1°C, Wind E at 5 km/h, 93% Humidity | ||
Gützkow is a town in the District of Vorpommern-Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated some 15 km south of Greifswald, on the north bank of the River Peene. Gützkow was the central town of the medieval County of Gützkow.
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Map of 17506 G%C3%BCtzkow, Germany
History
The name Gützkow is derived from the Slavic Old Polabian language, as is the case of most toponyms in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The oldest records of the name are 1128 as "Gozgauia", 1140 Chozcho, 1163 Gozkowe, 1175 Gotzchowe, 1183 Chozkowe, 1207 Gotzkowe, 1214 Chozcowe, 1228 Gutzkowe and are derived from polabian Gost = German Gast (English "guest"), the town having had a temple, to which many guests traveled. The assumption of a person named Chockov (place of Chocek, Chocek as name-giver) is not based on facts.
Other historical earliest historial names include Gokecowe, Gotzekowe and Gotzkovborg