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Anklam
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Anklam (), formerly known as Tanglim and Wendenburg, is a town in the Western Pomerania region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in north-eastern Germany. It is situated on the banks of the Peene river, just 8 km from its mouth in the , the western part of the Szczecin Lagoon. Anklam has a population of 12,177 (2021) and was the capital of the former Ostvorpommern district. Since September 2011, it has been part of the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald.
Anklam is a town in northeastern Germany located in the Western Pomerania region along the Peene river, with a population of about 12,000 people. It was formerly the capital of the Ostvorpommern district and is now part of the larger Vorpommern-Greifswald district.
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Key facts
- German place.type
- Town
- German place.image_photo
- Marktplatz Anklam.JPG
- German place.image_caption
- Market square
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Hansestadt Anklam COA.svg
- German place.image_plan
- Anklam_in_VG.svg
- German place.state
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- German place.district
- Vorpommern-Greifswald
- German place.elevation
- 5
- German place.area
- 56.68
- German place.postal_code
- 17389
- German place.area_code
- 03971
- German place.licence
- VG, ANK
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 13 0 75 005
- German place.website
- www.anklam.de
- German place.mayor
- Michael Galander
- German place.party
- independent
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 12363
- Area
- 56.68
- Elevation
- 6
- Official website
- www.anklam.de
- Image
- Anklam Luftaufnahme (2020).jpg
- Dialing code
- 03971
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Anklam (), formerly known as Tanglim and Wendenburg, is a town in the Western Pomerania region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in north-eastern Germany. It is situated on the banks of the Peene river, just 8 km from its mouth in the , the western part of the Szczecin Lagoon. Anklam has a population of 12,177 (2021) and was the capital of the former Ostvorpommern district. Since September 2011, it has been part of the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald.
==History== thumb|left|Brick Gothic Steintor thumb|left|Garrison church of Anklam, evidence of Prussian tradition of the town In the early Middle Ages, there was an important Scandinavian and Wendish settlement in the area near the present town now known as Altes Lager Menzlin. Anklam proper began as an associated Wendish fortress.
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