Gägelow is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

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district, in

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Geography

Hamlets of Gägelow

Jamel

Jamel, one of the hamlets in Gägelow, has become infamous because it is ruled by neo-Nazis.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Gägelow were designed by Michael Zapfe of

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 ...

and approved by the Ministry of the Interior on the 4th of November, 1996.

Photogallery

File:Proseken Kirche 1.jpg, The village church of Proseken File:Gressow Kirche 1.jpg, The village church of Gressow

References

External links

Municipalities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Nordwestmecklenburg {{Nordwestmecklenburg-geo-stub