Strasburg, Germany
Strasburg | |
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Location of Strasburg within Vorpommern-Greifswald district Vorpommern-Greifswald | |
Subdivisions | 11 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Karina Dörk |
Area | |
• Total | 86.84 km2 (33.53 sq mi) |
Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 4,451 |
• Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 17335 |
Dialling codes | 039753 |
Vehicle registration | VG, SBG |
Website | www.strasburg.de |
Strasburg (officially: Strasburg (Uckermark)) is a town in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in north-eastern Germany. It is situated in the historic Uckermark region, about 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) west of Pasewalk, and 33 kilometres (21 miles) east of Neubrandenburg.
History
Straceburch was established in 1267 by Duke Barnim I of Pomerania at a strategically important site near the border with Mecklenburg in the west and the Margraviate of Brandenburg in the south. It was given town privileges and settled with Germans in the course of the Ostsiedlung. The region was affected by the enduring Brandenburg–Pomeranian conflict, and after the Hohenzollern elector Frederick II of Brandenburg had campaigned the territory, the Pomeranian dukes finally were forced to cede Strasburg to him according to the 1479 Treaty of Prenzlau.
The town was a part of the Prussian
Wolfgang Samuel's war memoir, German Boy, is partly set in Strasburg, where Samuel and his mother lived from March 1945 to December 1946.
International relations
Strasburg, Germany is
Personalities
- Gerd-Paul von Below (1892–1953), officer in the First World War, Major general of the reserves in the Second World War
- Heinz Kindermann (born 1942), veterinary physician, politician (SPD) and deputy of the European Parliament 1994-2009
References
- Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.