Wilhelmsburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Explained

Wilhelmsburg
Coordinates:53.6333°N 64°W
Image Plan:Wilhelmsburg_(Vorpommern) in_SVO.svg
State:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District:Vorpommern-Greifswald
Amt:Torgelow-Ferdinandshof
Elevation:11
Area:47.04
Postal Code:17379
Area Code:039778
Licence:VG
Gemeindeschlüssel:13 0 75 143
Website:www.amt-ferdinandshof.de
Mayor:Ulf Wrase

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

History

From 1648 to 1720, Wilhelmsburg 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.