Löcknitz

Löcknitz (, ) is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in north-eastern Germany, located in the historic region of Pomerania, west of the German-Polish border and west of Szczecin. It is the seat of the Amt Löcknitz-Penkun.

Key facts

German place.image_coa: Wappen Loecknitz.png
German place.image_plan: Löcknitz in SVO.svg
German place.image_photo: Löcknitz-Schulkomplex-Deutsch-Polnisches-Gymnasium-IMG 1447.JPG
German place.image_caption: The bilingual German-Polish school in Löcknitz
German place.state: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
German place.district: Vorpommern-Greifswald
German place.Amt: Löcknitz-Penkun
German place.elevation: 34
German place.area: 22.8
German place.postal_code: 17321
German place.area_code: 039754
German place.licence: VG

Article

16 sections

Contents

Geography
History
Administrative timeline
Cross-border contacts
Demographics
Politics
Elections
Historical seat distribution
Mayoral elections
Other elections
Nationalism and Neo-Nazism in Löcknitz
Notable people
Twin towns
Notes
References
External links

== Geography == Löcknitz lies within the Western Pomerania (Vorpommern) part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and thus the historic region of Pomerania. The river Randow flows through the municipality, specifically along the south and east of the main town. The Löcknitzer See lies south east to the town.