Zichow
Zichow | |
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![]() Zichow Castle with medieval keep | |
Location of Zichow within Uckermark district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 53°11′00″N 14°02′00″E / 53.18333°N 14.03333°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Brandenburg |
District | Uckermark |
Municipal assoc. | Amt Gramzow |
Government | |
• Mayor (2024–29) | Mathias Bürger[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 32.15 km2 (12.41 sq mi) |
Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 525 |
• Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 16306 |
Dialling codes | 039861 |
Vehicle registration | UM |
Website | www.amtgramzow.de |
Zichow is a municipality in the Uckermark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is part of the Amt ("collective municipality") Gramzow.
Geography
[edit]Zichow is located within the historic Uckermark region. The municipal area comprises Zichow proper and the civil parishes (Ortsteile) of Fredersdorf and Golm, incorporated in 2001.
History
[edit]The former Slavic settlement of Zichow in the Margraviate of Brandenburg was first mentioned in a 1288 deed, issued by the Premonstratensian monks of nearby Gramzow Abbey. A fortress was erected at the site during the 13th century German Ostsiedlung migration. In 1354 Elector Louis II of Brandenburg ceded Zichow and Golm to the bordering Duchy of Pomerania.
Re-acquired by Elector Frederick II in 1447, the estates were enfeoffed to several Brandenburgian noble dynasties. All three parishes suffered from extended devastations during the Thirty Years' War. Zichow Castle was rebuilt in a Baroque style after a blaze in 1745.
Demography
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Notable people
[edit]- Carl Strehlow (1871–1922), missionary and ethnologist
References
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- ^ Landkreis Uckermark Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
- ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons