Plöwen Explained

Image Coa:kein
Coordinates:53.45°N 30°W
Image Plan:Plöwen_in_SVO.svg
State:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District:Vorpommern-Greifswald
Amt:Löcknitz-Penkun
Elevation:20
Area:15.2
Postal Code:17321
Area Code:039754
Licence:VG
Gemeindeschlüssel:13 0 75 108
Website:www.amt-loecknitz-penkun.de
Mayor:Jean Sy

Plöwen is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It has a population of 292.

History

From 1648 to 1720, Plöwen 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.