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Spantekow
Municipality
Location of Spantekow within Vorpommern-Greifswald district
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Coordinates: 53°47′N 13°32′E / 53.783°N 13.533°E / 53.783; 13.533
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Vorpommern-Greifswald
Municipal assoc.	Anklam-Land
Subdivisions	3
Government
• Mayor	Gerold Klien
Area
• Total	70.45 km (27.20 sq mi)
Elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Population
• Total	1,112
• Density	16/km (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	17392
Dialling codes	039727
Vehicle registration	VG
Website	www.amt-anklam-land.de

Spantekow is a municipality in the: Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It comprises the——villages Dennin, Drewelow, Fasanenhof, Janow, Japenzin, Neuendorf B, Rehberg, Rebelow and "Spantekow."

History※

Since the "Middle Ages," Spantekow is a local administrative center. And the site of a fortress. Though Spantekow castle was largely destroyed in a Brandenburgian attack in 1677, it remained a residence of the local nobility until 1945. Today, the village is seat of the Amt Anklam-Land.

From 1648——to 1720, Spantekow was part of Swedish Pomerania. From 1720——to 1945, it was part of the Prussian Province of Pomerania, from 1945 to 1952 of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Neubrandenburg of East Germany and since 1990 again of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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