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 361.15 square kilometres (139.44 sq mi) 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 Amt Grabow-Land 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:

  1. Balow
  2. Brunow
  3. Dambeck
  4. Eldena
  5. Gorlosen
  6. Grabow
  7. Karstädt
  1. Kremmin
  2. Milow
  3. Möllenbeck
  4. Muchow
  5. Prislich
  6. Zierzow
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