Gadebusch () is a town in

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in population; it covers an are ...

in the district of

Nordwestmecklenburg Nordwestmecklenburg (''Northwestern Mecklenburg'') is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north-western part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea and borders on Schleswig-Holstein to the west. Neighboring di ...

. Halfway between

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Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch dialect, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch Low German: ''Swerin''; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Zwierzyn''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Germ ...

and

Wismar Wismar (; ), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar () is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city of Mecklenburg after Rostock, Schwerin and ...

, it is part of the

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. The town is known for two notable monuments: the ''Stadtkirche'' (City Church), built in 1220, considered the oldest

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church in Mecklenburg, and the ''Schloss'' (Castle), built in 1580–1583 in

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style. Near the town is the site of the

Battle of Gadebusch The Battle of Gadebusch or Wakenstädt (20 December 1712) was Sweden's final great victory in the Great Northern War. It was fought by the Swedes to prevent the loss of the city of Stralsund to Danish and Saxon forces. Prelude During 1712, ...

in 1712.

Gadebusch municipality

Besides the old town of Gadebusch, the following settlements are incorporated with the Gadebusch municipality: * Amtsbauhof * An der Flöte * Buchholz * Dorf Ganzow * Güstow * Güstow Werder * Hof Ganzow * Jarmstorf * Klein Hundorf * Möllin * Neu Bauhof * Neu Güstow * Reinhardtsdorf * Stresdorf * Wakenstädt

Education

Gymnasium Gadebusch (high school)

Notable people

* Theodor Körner (1791–1813), author and freedom fighter, fallen in a forestry at Rosenow * Agnes Karll (1868–1927), nursing reformer, is buried in the old Gadebuscher cemetery *

Wolf Biermann Karl Wolf Biermann (; born 15 November 1936) is a German singer-songwriter, poet, and former East German dissident. He is perhaps best known for the 1968 song " Ermutigung" and his expatriation from East Germany in 1976. Early life Biermann was ...

(born 1936), German songwriter, from 1953 to 1955 he attended the school with boarding school.

References

External links

Official website
(in German) Cities and towns in Mecklenburg Nordwestmecklenburg Populated places established in the 13th century 1225 establishments in Europe {{Nordwestmecklenburg-geo-stub