Bützow

Bützow
Town
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Bützow within Rostock district
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Coordinates: 53°51′N 11°59′E
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Rostock
Municipal assoc.	Bützow Land
Government
• Mayor	Christian Grüschow (Ind.)
Area
• Total	39.70 km^2 (15.33 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[1]
• Total	8,191
• Density	210/km^2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	18246
Dialling codes	038461
Vehicle registration	LRO, BÜZ, DBR, GÜ, ROS, TET
Website	www.buetzow.de

Bützow is a town in the district of Rostock in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in north-eastern Germany, centered on Bützower See.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1171. From 1815 to 1918 Bützow was part of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, from 1871 within the German Empire.

From 1933 to 1945, during Nazi rule and World War II, a Nazi prison was operated in the Dreibergen district with multiple forced labour subcamps located in various places in the region.[2] After the war, the town was part of East Germany until 1990.

On 5 May 2015, the town was struck by an F3 tornado which caused severe damage to many buildings, including the local hospital.[3] This tornado grew to 1.5 km wide (1500m)

Culture

Medieval Bützow Castle is located in Bützow. The town also has a medieval Brick Gothic church, which contains an altarpiece made by the Master of the Bützow Altarpiece (1503). Bützow also has one of the last German monuments dedicated to Lenin, a memorial stone located at Leninring.[4]

Notable people

• Dietrich Ludwig Gustav Karsten (1768-1810), mineralogist
• Karl Johann Bernhard Karsten (1782–1853), mineralogist.[5]
• Else Hirsch (1889-1943), Jewish teacher and member of the German Resistance

Sport

• Eckhard Martens (born 1951), rower, team silver medallist at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Torsten Fröhling (born 1966), soccer player and football coach; played 109 games
• Andrea Philipp (born 1971), sprinter and three time Olympic competitor

People who have worked in Bützow

• Sophie Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1678-1749), Duchess of Mecklenburg, lived in Bützow and founded the German Reformed Church
• Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten (1732-1787), mathematician, grew up locally with his grandfather; twice rector of the University of Bützow

References

1. "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2023" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
2. "Zuchthaus und Strafgefängnis Dreibergen". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
3. "Tornado as violent storms batter northern Germany". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
4. https://leninisstillaround.com/2017/04/23/residents-save-lenin-monument/ checked 26.1.2020
5. "Karsten, Karl Johann Bernhard" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 683.