Ankershagen | |
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Municipality | |
Gutshaus Rumpshagen [de] in Ankershagen | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Ankershagen within Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district | |
Ankershagen Show map of GermanyAnkershagen Show map of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
Coordinates: 53°28′36″N 12°58′0″E / 53.47667°N 12.96667°E / 53.47667; 12.96667 | |
Country | Germany |
State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
District | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte |
Municipal assoc. | Penzliner Land |
Government | |
• Mayor | Martin Brummund |
Area | |
• Total | 28.18 km (10.88 sq mi) |
Elevation | 58 m (190 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 520 |
• Density | 18/km (48/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 17219 |
Dialling codes | 039921 |
Vehicle registration | MÜR |
Website | www.ankershagen.de |
Ankershagen is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Components of the municipality Ankershagen are Ankershagen, Bocksee, Bornhof, Friedrichsfelde and Rumpshagen.
Geography
Ankershagen is located directly on the Müritz National Park on an east-west glacial terminal moraine ridge , which forms the watershed between the waters flowing into the Baltic Sea and the North Sea: to the north the streams flow into the Baltic Sea and to the south into the North Sea (Havel and Elbe).
Main sights
- Church Ankershagen
- Manor house Rumpshagen
- Manor house Friedrichsfelde (since 1999 the infopoint of Ankershagen with a chance to see Storks) near the Müritz National Park
- Heinrich Schliemann Museum
- Trojan horse at the museum
- Heinrich Schliemann Museum, formerly the vicarage
- Village church in Ankershagen
- Ash in Ankershagen
- Church in Rumpshagen
People
- Johann Heinrich Voß (German poet and translator) in Ankershagen 1769 - 1792
- Heinrich Schliemann (German businessman and archaeologist, and an advocate of the historical reality of places mentioned in the works of Homer)
References
- "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2023" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
- the church in Ankershagen 23.11.2010
- infopoint of Ankershagen in Friedrichsfelde 14.11.2010
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