Wustrow, Lower Saxony

Wustrow
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Wustrow within Lüchow-Dannenberg district
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Coordinates: 52°55′19″N 11°07′18″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Lüchow-Dannenberg
Municipal assoc.	Lüchow (Wendland)
Government
• Mayor	Andrea Heilemann
Area
• Total	29.90 km^2 (11.54 sq mi)
Elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,779
• Density	93/km^2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	29462
Dialling codes	05843
Vehicle registration	DAN

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

References

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