Glasow (Vorpommern) Explained

Glasow (Vorpommern)
Coordinates:53.3667°N 30°W
Image Plan:Glasow_(Vorpommern) in_SVO.svg
State:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District:Vorpommern-Greifswald
Amt:Löcknitz-Penkun
Elevation:34
Area:15.59
Postal Code:17322
Area Code:039751
Licence:VG
Gemeindeschlüssel:13 0 75 035
Website:www.amt-loecknitz-penkun.de
Mayor:Reimund Sommer

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

History

From 1648 to 1720, Glasow 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.