Country Germany District Nordwestmecklenburg Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Postal code 23968 Dialling code 03841 | State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Elevation 74 m (243 ft) Postal codes 23968 Municipality Gägelow Municipal assoc. Grevesmühlen-Land | |
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Jamel is a German village in the municipality of Gägelow, in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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Map of 23968 Jamel, Germany
History
According to Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch, the village was first mentioned in 1230 as Jazel On 1 July 1950 it merged with Wolde, as autonomous municipality, in the new one of Gressow, merged in 1961 into the current municipality of Gägelow.
Geography
Jamel is located at the end of a secondary road departing from the Bundesstraße 105, between Gägelow (7 km (4.3 mi) far, in the east) and Grevesmühlen (11 km (6.8 mi) far in the west). It is 17 km (11 mi) far from Wismar, 44 km (27 mi) from Schwerin and 60 km (37 mi) from Lübeck.
Far-right extremism
The village of about 35 people is heavily populated, though not entirely, by neo-Nazis and far-right extremists who are mostly members or voters of the far-right NPD political party. NPD neo-Nazi activist Sven Krüger also lives there (having been released in 2016 from prison for having an illegal weapon). Additional properties in the village are being let to other neo-Nazi sympathisers.
A signpost near the main road pointed to Vienna, Paris, and to the birthplace of Adolf Hitler: Braunau am Inn. In April 2011 the administrative court at Schwerin confirmed the order of the head official of Amt Grevesmühlen-Land, that the sign corresponds to the definition of Volksverhetzung (hate crime) and has to be removed. As of 2015 the sign is still on display, albeit on private property. There is also a playground with a life rune on a tree trunk, referring to the Lebensborn program.