Stolpe an der Peene explained

Stolpe
Coordinates:53.8667°N 47°W
Image Plan:Stolpe (Peene) in SVO.svg
State:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District:Vorpommern-Greifswald
Amt:Anklam-Land
Elevation:3
Area:17.67
Postal Code:17391
Area Code:039721
Licence:VG
Gemeindeschlüssel:13 0 75 128
Divisions:4
Website:www.amt-anklam-land.de
Mayor:Marcel Falk

Stolpe is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Nearby are the ruins of Stolpe Abbey.

History

From 1648 to 1720, Stolpe 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.