Gadebusch () is a town in
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...
in the district of
Nordwestmecklenburg
Nordwestmecklenburg (''Northwestern Mecklenburg'') is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north-western part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea and borders on Schleswig-Holstein to the west. Neighboring d ...
. Halfway between
Lübeck
Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the state ...
,
Schwerin
Schwerin (; Mecklenburgian Low German: ''Swerin''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as of the region of Mecklenburg, after Rostock. It ...
and
Wismar
Wismar (; Low German: ''Wismer''), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar (''Hansestadt Wismar'') is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city ...
, it is part of the
Hamburg Metropolitan Region.
The town is known for two notable monuments: the ''Stadtkirche'' (City Church), built in 1220, considered the oldest
brick church in Mecklenburg, and the ''Schloss'' (Castle), built in 1580–1583 in
Northern Renaissance
The Northern Renaissance was the Renaissance that occurred in Europe north of the Alps. From the last years of the 15th century, its Renaissance spread around Europe. Called the Northern Renaissance because it occurred north of the Italian Renais ...
style.
Near the town is the site of the
Battle of Gadebusch
The Battle of Gadebusch or Wakenstädt (20 December 1712) was Sweden's final great victory in the Great Northern War. It was fought by the Swedes to prevent the loss of the city of Stralsund to Danish and Saxon forces.
Prelude
During 1712, ...
in 1712.
Gadebusch municipality
Besides the old town of Gadebusch, the following settlements are incorporated with the Gadebusch municipality:
* Amtsbauhof
* An der Flöte
* Buchholz
* Dorf Ganzow
* Güstow
* Güstow Werder
* Hof Ganzow
* Jarmstorf
* Klein Hundorf
* Möllin
* Neu Bauhof
* Neu Güstow
* Reinhardtsdorf
* Stresdorf
* Wakenstädt
Education
Gymnasium Gadebusch(High School)
Notable people
![Theodor Körner by Dora Stock](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Theodor_K%C3%B6rner_by_Dora_Stock.jpg)
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Theodor Körner (author)
Carl Theodor Körner (23 September 1791 – 26 August 1813) was a German poet and soldier. After some time in Vienna, where he wrote some light comedies and other works for the Burgtheater, he became a soldier and joined the Lützow Free Corps ...
(1791-1813), writer and freedom fighter, fallen in a forestry at Rosenow
*
Agnes Karll
Agnes Caroline Pauline Karll (25 March 1868 – 12 February 1927) (also spelled as Agnes Karl) was a German nurse and a nursing reformer. She served as the third president of the International Council of Nurses from 1909 to 1912, and was an honor ...
(1868–1927), nursing reformer, is buried in the old Gadebuscher cemetery
*
Wolf Biermann
Karl Wolf Biermann (; born 15 November 1936) is a German singer-songwriter, poet, and former East German dissident. He is perhaps best known for the 1968 song "Ermutigung" and his expatriation from East Germany in 1976.
Early life
Biermann was b ...
(born 1936), German songwriter, from 1953 to 1955 he attended the school with boarding school.
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Joerg Stadler (born 1961), German actor, from 1975 to 1979 he attended the Oberschule
References
External links
Official Website(in German)
Cities and towns in Mecklenburg
Nordwestmecklenburg
Populated places established in the 13th century
1225 establishments in Europe
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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