Löcknitz

Löcknitz
Coat of arms
Löcknitz
Location of Löcknitz within Vorpommern-Greifswald district
Coordinates: 53°27′N 14°12′E / 53.450°N 14.200°E / 53.450; 14.200Coordinates: 53°27′N 14°12′E / 53.450°N 14.200°E / 53.450; 14.200
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Vorpommern-Greifswald
Municipal assoc.	Löcknitz-Penkun
Government
• Mayor	Detlef Ebert (CDU)
Area
• Total	22.67 km2 (8.75 sq mi)
Elevation	34 m (112 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,192
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	17321
Dialling codes	039754
Vehicle registration	VG
Website	www.amt-loecknitz-penkun.de

Löcknitz is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, located 12 km west of the German-Polish border and 25 km west of Szczecin (German: Stettin).

Cross-border contacts

Since 1992 the bilingual German-Polish Gymnasium is visited by pupils from Germany (526 in 2008) and Poland (161), leading to the German Abitur as well as to the Polish matura. In 2008 the certificates were handed over by the foreign ministers of both countries Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Radosław Sikorski.^[2] Since Poland joined the Schengen Agreement, the population of Löcknitz is growing, as rates and costs of land acquisition are lower than in Poland. Many commuters from Szczecin are living in Löcknitz ^[3] and the first economical investments are made in Löcknitz by Polish enterprises,^[4] supported by the Löcknitz administration.^[2] Currently the town's population is 7% Polish.^[5]

Population ^[6]

Notable residents

• Viktor Bauer (1915–1969), pilot

Twin towns

• Sassenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Stare Czarnowo, Poland

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Löcknitz.

• German-Polish school Löcknitz (German/Polish)

References