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Grabow (Amt)
Grabow is an ''Amt'' in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Its seat is in the town of Grabow. The Amt Grabow borders the state of Brandenburg and is a part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Its area is inhabited by a population of almost 11,000, resulting in a population density of 30 per square kilometer. It was founded on 1 January 2005 as a merger of the and the independent town of Grabow. On 1 January 2016, Grabow annexed the municipality Steesow, resulting in the ''Amt'' loosing one member. The Amt Grabow publishes a monthly '' Amtsblatt'' called ''Grabower Amtsanzeiger'' which, besides informing about administrative decisions, also writes about including events, associations, schools, and other things in the Amt. It is also available as a free PDF on the official website. It consists of the following municipalities: References External links Official website shared with the town of Grabow Grabow () is a town in the Ludwigslus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amt Grabow In SWM
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to a British or U.S. county. Current usage Germany Prevalence The ''Amt'' (plural: ''Ämter'') is unique to the German '' Bundesländer'' (federal states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. Other German states had this division in the past. Some states have similar administrative units called ''Samtgemeinde'' (Lower Saxony), ''Verbandsgemeinde'' (Rhineland-Palatinate) or ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia). Definition An ''Amt'', as well as the other above-mentioned units, is subordinate to a ''Kreis'' (district) and is a collection of municipalities. The amt is lower than district-level government but higher than municipal government, and may be d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
