Wustrow, Lower Saxony

Town in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Wustrow within Lüchow-Dannenberg district

52°55′19″N 11°07′18″E / 52.92194°N 11.12167°E / 52.92194; 11.12167CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictLüchow-Dannenberg Municipal assoc.Lüchow (Wendland)Government

• MayorAndrea HeilemannArea

• Total29.90 km² (11.54 sq mi)Elevation

17 m (56 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total2,779 • Density93/km² (240/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

29462

Dialling codes05843Vehicle registrationDAN

Wustrow (German pronunciation: [ˈvʊstʁo]) is a town in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Lüchow.

Geography

Location

Wustrow is situated five kilometers (3 mi) south of the city Lüchow and eight kilometers (5 mi) north of Salzwedel.

The River Jeetzel flows through the town and north of the town flows the River Wustrower Dumme into the Jeetzel.

Subdivions

The town consists of the following subdivisions:^[2]

Blütlingen
Dolgow
Ganse
Güstritz

Klennow
Königshorst
Lensian
Neritz

Schreyahn
Teplingen
Wustrow (Wendland)

Local council

The elections in September 2013 showed the following results:

Bunte Liste Wustrow (Coloured list Wustrow) - 4 seats
CDU - 4 seats
SPD - 3 seats
Bürger statt Bürokratie (Citizens instead of bureaucracy) 2 seats

Towns and municipalities in Lüchow-Dannenberg (district)

Unincorporated areas

Gartow
Göhrde

References

^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
^ Wustrow im hannoverschen Wendland - Geschichte und Geschichten einer kleinen Stadt (in German). 1984. p. 114.