Groß Pankow (Prignitz)

Groß Pankow
Coat of arms
Groß Pankow
Location of Groß Pankow (Prignitz) within Prignitz district
Coordinates: 53°07′00″N 12°03′00″E / 53.11667°N 12.05000°E / 53.11667; 12.05000Coordinates: 53°07′00″N 12°03′00″E / 53.11667°N 12.05000°E / 53.11667; 12.05000
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Prignitz
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Brandt
Area
• Total	248.79 km2 (96.06 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,955
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	16928; 19348
Dialling codes	033983
Vehicle registration	PR
Website	www.grosspankow.de

Wolfshagen manor

Church in Boddin

Church in Langnow

Groß Pankow (Prignitz) is a municipality in Prignitz district, Brandenburg, Germany. The municipality was formed in 2001 from the union of municipalities of the former Amt of Groß Pankow/Prignitz and some in Amt Pritzwalk-Land. Amt Groß Pankow/Prignitz was then dissolved.^[2]

Groß Pankow is connected via German Federal Highway B 189 to the cities of Pritzwalk, Perleberg, Wittenberge and Magdeburg.

Former mill in Wolfshagen

Wolfshagen manor

Geography

The municipality has 39 villages in 18 districts^[3] with the populations given in parentheses (As of March 1, 2010)^[4]

Demography

• 
  Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule)
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  Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Personalities

Carl von Karstedt

• Carl von Karstedt (1811-1888), conservative Reichstag deputy, born in Kleinlinde
• Erhard Hübener (1881-1958), DDP and LDPD politician, born in Tacken
• Richard Kackstein (1903-1966), national socialist politician, born in Triglitz
• Joachim Wüstenberg (1908-1993), hygienist in Gelsenkirchen, born in Klenzenhof

References