Neukalen

Neukalen
Neukalen
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Neukalen within Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district
	Neukalen Neukalen
	Coordinates: 53°49′N 12°47′E
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
Municipal assoc.	Malchin am Kummerower See
Subdivisions	8
Government
• Mayor	Willi Voß
Area
• Total	46.84 km2 (18.09 sq mi)
Elevation	3 m (10 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,741
• Density	37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	17154
Dialling codes	039956
Vehicle registration	DM
Website

Neukalen is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 19 km southwest of Demmin.

History

(Old) Kalen was first mentioned in a document of 1174. After 1236, Kalen, now called Altkalen, was located on the trade route from Szczecin to Rostockand and it expanded as a city with a strong fortifications. The city got lands and in 1253 it was granted the Lübeck law. In 1281 the city was moved for unknown reasons to Gnoien and so Neukalen was newly founded in 1281.

Personalities

Anke Borchmann (born 1954), rower, Olympic and double world champion

References

"Statistisches Amt M-V – Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2019". Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). July 2020.

External links

Media related to Neukalen at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "Statistisches Amt M-V – Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2019". Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). July 2020.