Wustrow
Town
Coat of arms of Wustrow
Coat of arms
Location of Wustrow within Lüchow-Dannenberg district
Wustrow is located in Germany
Wustrow
Wustrow
Wustrow is located in Lower Saxony
Wustrow
Wustrow
Coordinates: 52°55′19″N 11°07′18″E / 52.92194°N 11.12167°E / 52.92194; 11.12167
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictLüchow-Dannenberg
Municipal assoc.Lüchow (Wendland)
Government
 • MayorAndrea Heilemann
Area
 • Total29.90 km2 (11.54 sq mi)
Elevation
17 m (56 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[1]
 • Total2,772
 • Density93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
29462
Dialling codes05843
Vehicle registrationDAN

Wustrow (German pronunciation: [ˈvʊstʁo]) is a town in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Lüchow.

Geography

Location

Wustrow is situated five kilometers (3 mi) south of the city Lüchow and eight kilometers (5 mi) north of Salzwedel.

The River Jeetzel flows through the town and north of the town flows the River Wustrower Dumme into the Jeetzel.

Subdivions

The town consists of the following subdivisions:[2]

  • Blütlingen
  • Dolgow
  • Ganse
  • Güstritz
  • Klennow
  • Königshorst
  • Lensian
  • Neritz
  • Schreyahn
  • Teplingen
  • Wustrow (Wendland)

Local council

The elections in September 2013 showed the following results:

  • Bunte Liste Wustrow (Coloured list Wustrow) - 4 seats
  • CDU - 4 seats
  • SPD - 3 seats
  • Bürger statt Bürokratie (Citizens instead of bureaucracy) 2 seats

References

  1. ↑ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  2. ↑ Wustrow im hannoverschen Wendland - Geschichte und Geschichten einer kleinen Stadt (in German). 1984. p. 114.


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