Mescherin

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Mescherin
Mescherin
Location of Mescherin within Uckermark district
Coordinates: 53°15′00″N 14°26′00″E / 53.25°N 14.4333°E / 53.25; 14.4333Coordinates: 53°15′00″N 14°26′00″E / 53.25°N 14.4333°E / 53.25; 14.4333
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Uckermark
Municipal assoc.	Gartz (Oder)
Government
• Mayor	Wilfried Burghardt
Area
• Total	30.96 km² (11.95 sq mi)
Elevation	4 m (13 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)^[1]
• Total	791
• Density	26/km² (66/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	16307
Dialling codes	033332
Vehicle registration	UM
Website	www.gartz.de

Mescherin is a municipality in the Uckermark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is located on the western shore of the Oder river which is the international border to Poland since 1945.

Overview

A road bridge links Mescherin with the Polish-Pomeranian town of Gryfino (Greifenhagen) across the river. The nearest city is Szczecin (Stettin), about 20 km to the north. Mescherin is located on the northern edge of Lower Oder Valley National Park.

On December 31, 2002, the municipalities of Neurochlitz, Radekow and Rosow were incorporated into Mescherin. In Rosow, a 13th-century church serves as a joint German-Polish memorial site for the Flight and expulsion of Germans during and after WWII and the resettlement of Poles from Soviet-occupied Polish territory into eastern German provinces which became Polish in 1945. Rosow was chosen as the Pomeranian village became a border checkpoint of both the federal highway Bundesstraße 2 and the Berlin-Szczecin railway.

References

↑ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2012 (XLS-Datei; 83 KB) (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 31 December 2012.

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v t e Towns and municipalities in Uckermark

Angermünde Berkholz-Meyenburg Boitzenburger Land Brüssow Carmzow-Wallmow Casekow Flieth-Stegelitz Gartz Gerswalde Göritz Gramzow Grünow Hohenselchow-Groß Pinnow Lychen Mark Landin Mescherin Milmersdorf Mittenwalde Nordwestuckermark Oberuckersee Passow Pinnow Prenzlau Randowtal Schenkenberg Schöneberg Schönfeld Schwedt Tantow Temmen-Ringenwalde Templin Uckerfelde Uckerland Zichow

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