Torgelow

Torgelow
Town
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Location of Torgelow within Vorpommern-Greifswald district
Torgelow Torgelow
Coordinates: 53°37′N 14°00′E
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Vorpommern-Greifswald
Municipal assoc.	Torgelow-Ferdinandshof
Government
• Mayor	Kerstin Pukallus
Area
• Total	72.22 km2 (27.88 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	9,269
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	17358
Dialling codes	03976
Vehicle registration	VG
Website	www.torgelow.de

Torgelow (German pronunciation: [ˈtɔʁɡəlo] ) is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in north-eastern Germany. It is situated on the river Uecker, 12 km south of Ueckermünde, and 41 km northwest of Szczecin, Poland. Torgelow was ranked a city on 4 May 1945.

History

From 1648 to 1720, Torgelow 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.