Ankershagen

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Ankershagen

Coat of arms
Ankershagen
Coordinates: 53°28′36″N 12°58′0″E / 53.47667°N 12.96667°E / 53.47667; 12.96667Coordinates: 53°28′36″N 12°58′0″E / 53.47667°N 12.96667°E / 53.47667; 12.96667
Country Germany
State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
Municipal assoc. Penzliner Land
Government
  Mayor Martin Brummund
Area
  Total 28.18 km2 (10.88 sq mi)
Elevation 58 m (190 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
  Total 579
  Density 21/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 17219
Dialling codes 039921
Vehicle registration MÜR
Website www.ankershagen.de

Ankershagen is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Components of the municipality Ankershagen are Ankershagen, Bocksee, Bornhof, Friedrichsfelde and Rumpshagen.

Main sights

people

  • Johann Heinrich Voß (German poet and translator) in Ankershagen 1769 - 1792
  • Heinrich Schliemann (German businessman and archaeologist, and an advocate of the historical reality of places mentioned in the works of Homer)

References

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