Banzkow

Banzkow
Banzkow
Municipality
	View from the West
	Coat of arms
	Location of Banzkow within Ludwigslust-Parchim district
	Banzkow Banzkow
	Coordinates: 53°31′N 11°31′E / 53.517°N 11.517°E
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Ludwigslust-Parchim
Municipal assoc.	Crivitz
Subdivisions	2
Government
• Mayor	Guido Klüver (Ind.)
Area
• Total	52.28 km2 (20.19 sq mi)
Elevation	38 m (125 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	2,662
• Density	50.92/km2 (131.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	19079
Dialling codes	03861, 03868
Vehicle registration	LUP, HGN, LBZ, LWL, PCH, STB
Website	Gemeinde Banzkow
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Banzkow (Polish: Bączków)^[2] is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Since 2009 it has included Goldenstädt.

From 1992 to 2009 Solveig Leo, who achieved celebrity status as the youngest LPG chairperson in East Germany, served as Mayor of Banzkow, representing the Party of Democratic Socialism and later The Left.^[3]

The toponym of this settlement was recorded as Bancekowe in the year 1300.^[2]

References

^ "Statistisches Amt M-V – Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2023" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
^ ^a ^b "Altas nazw geograficznych słowianszczyny zachodniej" (PDF). 1937. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
^ Menschen in Mecklenburg Vorpommern 25 Porträts: Land zum Leben [People in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania 25 portraits: country to live in] (in German). Hinstorff Verlag. 2015. ISBN 9783356019339.

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