Bentwisch

Bentwisch is a municipality in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, to the east of Rostock. Since its merger with Klein Kussewitz in January 2018, the municipality has 3,174 inhabitants and covers 29.19 square kilometres. Due to its proximity to Rostock, the B 105, and the A 19, Bentwisch became a place of industry after German reunification.

Bentwisch
Church in Bentwisch
Coat of arms
Location of Bentwisch within Rostock district
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Coordinates: 54°06′N 12°12′E
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Rostock
Municipal assoc.	Rostocker Heide
Government
• Mayor	Susanne Strübing
Area
• Total	29.19 km2 (11.27 sq mi)
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,298
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	18182
Dialling codes	0381
Vehicle registration	LRO
Website	www.amt-rostocker-heide.de

Bentwisch has a substation for 220 kV/110kV and the static inverter plant of the HVDC Kontek. Both facilities are a few kilometres away from each other. In 2002 the static inverter plant Bentwisch was enlarged by a substion for 380 kV/110kV and between the static invertor plant and the 220 kV/110 kV-substation, which was built in difference to the static invertor plant at times, East Germany existed, a 110 kV powerline for 3 phase AC was built.