Gartow

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Gartow
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Gartow (Germany)
Gartow
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Lüchow-Dannenberg
Municipal assoc. Gartow
Local subdivisions 3 Ortsteile
Mayor Hans-Udo Maury (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 28.28 km² (10.9 sq mi)
Elevation 17 m  (56 ft)
Population 1,382  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 49 /km² (127 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate DAN
Postal code 29471
Area code 05846
Website www.gartow.de

Coordinates: 53°01′26″N 11°27′27″E / 53.02389, 11.4575

Gartow is a municipality in the district Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the easternmost tip of Lower Saxony, on the river Elbe, approx. 30 km northeast of Salzwedel, and 20 km west of Wittenberge. Gartow is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Gartow.

At Gartow, there is a facility for FM- and TV-transmission, with two over 300 metre tall guyed masts, the Gartow-Höhbeck transmitter. Until the German reunification this transmitter was also used for the directional radio link to former West-Berlin (counter station: Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau).

Nearby Gorleben is a proposed deposite for nuclear waste. This led to much controversy and protests in the area.


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