Ahlbeck (near Ueckermünde)

Ahlbeck is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

For Ahlbeck on the island Usedom, see Ahlbeck (Usedom).
Ahlbeck
Coat of arms
Location of Ahlbeck within Vorpommern-Greifswald district
Ahlbeck
Ahlbeck
Coordinates: 53°40′13″N 14°11′13″E
CountryGermany
StateMecklenburg-Vorpommern
DistrictVorpommern-Greifswald
Municipal assoc.Am Stettiner Haff
Government
 • MayorJosef Schnellhammer (CDU)
Area
 • Total18.66 km2 (7.20 sq mi)
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total597
 • Density32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
17375
Dialling codes039775
Vehicle registrationVG
Websitewww.amt-am-stettiner-haff.de

Geography

The municipality of Ahlbeck is located at the eastern part of the Ueckermünde Heath, which is an extensive forest area near the Polish border. With the districts Gegensee and Ludwigshof, Ahlbeck surrounds the northwestern part of a former lake drained by colonists (Ahlbecker See). This wetland, called Seegrund, is a nature reserve about six kilometres long and about two kilometres wide. The Neuwarper See - a bay of the Szczecin Lagoon - is about five kilometres away from Ahlbeck. A military training area of the Bundeswehr takes its place in the southwest of Ahlbeck (Karpin - Spechtberg - Drögeheide). The nearest town is Eggesin and it is eight kilometres away.

Districts
  • Gegensee - with some thatched timber framed houses from the Wilhelmine Period and a holiday settlement (bungalows and huts)
  • Ludwigshof (a district since 1912) - including a riding stable and the Ludwigshofer See

Places of interest
Timber framed church


  • The village church Ahlbeck is a baroque, stately, rectangular timber framed church from 1759.[2] The tower has an open dome. The furnishings (altar, pulpit, matroneum) dates back to the 18th century. It is one of the finest examples of a timber framed church in northern Germany.
  • The sepulchral chapel of the von Voss family in the cemetery dates from the 2nd half of the 19th century.
  • The entire, relatively uniform townscape of the village with its mostly eaves timber framed houses.



References
  1. "Statistisches Amt M-V – Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2019". Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). July 2020.
  2. Dehio: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler.
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