Groß Pankow (Prignitz)

Groß Pankow (Prignitz) is a municipality in Prignitz district, Brandenburg, Germany. The municipality was formed in 2001 from the union of municipalities of the former Amt of Groß Pankow/Prignitz and some in Amt Pritzwalk-Land. Amt Groß Pankow/Prignitz was then dissolved.^[3]

Groß Pankow
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Groß Pankow (Prignitz) within Prignitz district
Groß Pankow Show map of Germany Groß Pankow Show map of Brandenburg
Coordinates: 53°07′00″N 12°03′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Prignitz
Subdivisions	18 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–32)	Marco Radloff[1]
Area
• Total	248.79 km2 (96.06 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	3,875
• Density	16/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16928; 19348
Dialling codes	033983
Vehicle registration	PR
Website	www.grosspankow.de

Wolfshagen manor

Church in Boddin

Church in Langnow

From 1815 to 1945, the constituent localities of Groß Pankow were part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, they were part of the Bezirk Potsdam of East Germany.

Groß Pankow is connected via German Federal Highway B 189 to the cities of Pritzwalk, Perleberg, Wittenberge and Magdeburg.

Former mill in Wolfshagen

Wolfshagen manor

Geography

The municipality has 39 villages in 18 districts^[4] with the populations given in parentheses (As of March 1, 2010)^[5]

Baek (287) Baek (222) Strigleben (65) Boddin-Langnow (240) Boddin (153) Heidelberg (30) Langnow (57) Groß Pankow (587) Groß Pankow (551) Luggendorf (36) Groß Woltersdorf (159) Brünkendorf (14) Groß Woltersdorf (86) Klein Woltersdorf (59) Gulow-Steinberg (146) Gulow (94) Steinberg (52) Helle (303) Groß Langerwisch (224) Helle (45) Neudorf (34) Kehrberg (260) Klein Gottschow (173) Guhlsdorf (50) Klein Gottschow (89) Simonshagen (34)

Kuhbier (213) Kuhsdorf (192) Bullendorf (58) Kuhsdorf (134) Lindenberg (271) Retzin (275) Klein Linde (46) Kreuzburg (30) Retzin (129) Rohlsdorf (70) Seddin (113) Tacken (97) Tangendorf-Hohenvier (120) Hohenvier (35) Tangendorf (85) Tüchen (231) Klenzenhof (42) Reckenthin (99) Tüchen (90) Vettin (107) Wolfshagen (383) Dannhof (43) Hellburg (46) Horst (43) Wolfshagen (251)

Demography

• 
  Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany)
• 
  Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

Groß Pankow (Prignitz): Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)^[6]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 6,795 —     1890 6,478 −0.32% 1910 6,297 −0.14% 1925 6,714 +0.43% 1939 6,255 −0.50% 1950 10,034 +4.39% 1964 7,223 −2.32%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1971 7,099 −0.25% 1981 5,840 −1.93% 1985 5,665 −0.76% 1990 5,387 −1.00% 1995 5,114 −1.03% 2000 4,868 −0.98% 2005 4,560 −1.30%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2010 4,132 −1.95% 2015 3,955 −0.87% 2016 3,962 +0.18% 2017 3,875 −2.20% 2018 3,803 −1.86% 2019 3,789 −0.37% 2020 3,808 +0.50%

Personalities

Carl von Karstedt

• Carl von Karstedt (1811-1888), conservative Reichstag deputy, born in Kleinlinde
• Erhard Hübener (1881-1958), DDP and LDPD politician, born in Tacken
• Richard Kackstein (1903-1966), national socialist politician, born in Triglitz
• Joachim Wüstenberg (1908-1993), hygienist in Gelsenkirchen, born in Klenzenhof