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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Nordwestmecklenburg

Elevation
  
35 m (115 ft)

Area
  
47.65 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 3:46 PM

Dialling code
  
03886

State
  
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Municipal assoc.
  
Gadebusch

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
5,753 (31 Dec 2008)

Postal code
  
19205

Gadebusch

Weather
  
8°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 78% Humidity

Gadebusch ( [ˈɡaːdəbʊʃ]) is a town in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in the district Nordwestmecklenburg, half-way between Lübeck, Schwerin and Wismar. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.

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Map of Gadebusch, Germany

The town is known for two notable monuments: the Stadtkirche (City Church), built in 1220, considered the oldest brick church in Mecklenburg, and the Schloss (Castle), built in 1580-1583 in Northern Renaissance style.

Near the town is the site of the Battle of Gadebusch, 1712.

Gadebusch municipality

Besides the old town of Gadebusch, the following settlements are incorporated with the Gadebusch municipality:

  • Amtsbauhof
  • An der Flöte
  • Buchholz
  • Dorf Ganzow
  • Güstow
  • Güstow Werder
  • Hof Ganzow
  • Jarmstorf
  • Klein Hundorf
  • Möllin
  • Neu Bauhof
  • Neu Güstow
  • Reinhardtsdorf
  • Stresdorf
  • Wakenstädt

    • Education

    Gymnasium Gadebusch (High School)

    People associated with Gadebusch

  • Theodor Körner (author) (1791-1813), writer and freedom fighter, fallen in a forestry at Rosenow
  • Wolf Biermann (born 1936), German songwriter, from 1953 to 1955 he attended the school with boarding school.
  • Joerg Stadler (born 1961), German actor, from 1975 to 1979 he attended the Oberschule

    • References

    Gadebusch Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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