Löcknitz
Encyclopedia
Löcknitz is a municipality
in the Vorpommern-Greifswald
district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
, located 12 km west of the German-Polish border and 25 km west of Szczecin
.
as well as to the Polish matura
. In 2008 the certificates were handed over by the foreign ministers of both countries Frank-Walter Steinmeier
and Radosław Sikorski. Since Poland joined the Schengen Agreement
, the population of Löcknitz is growing, as rates and costs of land acquisition are lower than in Poland. Many commuters from Szczecin are living in Löcknitz and the first economical investments are made in Löcknitz by Polish enterprises, supported by the Löcknitz administration.
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{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#efefef;" | year
! style="background:#efefef;" | populace
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| 2002 || align="right" | 3.083
|-
| 2003 || align="right" | 3.000
|-
| 2004 || align="right" | 2.939
|-
| 2005 || align="right" | 2.925
|-
| 2006 || align="right" | 2.948
|-
| 2007 || align="right" | 3.021
|}
Municipalities of Germany
Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...
in the Vorpommern-Greifswald
Vorpommern-Greifswald
Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland and the state Brandenburg...
district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, located 12 km west of the German-Polish border and 25 km west of Szczecin
Szczecin
Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....
.
Cross-border contacts
Since 1992 the bilingual German-Polish Gymnasium is visited by pupils from Germany (526 in 2008) and Poland (161), leading to the German AbiturAbitur
Abitur is a designation used in Germany, Finland and Estonia for final exams that pupils take at the end of their secondary education, usually after 12 or 13 years of schooling, see also for Germany Abitur after twelve years.The Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife, often referred to as...
as well as to the Polish matura
Matura
Matura or a similar term is the common name for the high-school leaving exam or "maturity exam" in various countries, including Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia,...
. In 2008 the certificates were handed over by the foreign ministers of both countries Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Frank-Walter Steinmeier is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , and currently the leader of the opposition in the Bundestag. Steinmeier was a close aide of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, serving as Chief of Staff in the German Chancellery from 1999 to 2005...
and Radosław Sikorski. Since Poland joined the Schengen Agreement
Schengen Agreement
The Schengen Agreement is a treaty signed on 14 June 1985 near the town of Schengen in Luxembourg, between five of the ten member states of the European Economic Community. It was supplemented by the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement 5 years later...
, the population of Löcknitz is growing, as rates and costs of land acquisition are lower than in Poland. Many commuters from Szczecin are living in Löcknitz and the first economical investments are made in Löcknitz by Polish enterprises, supported by the Löcknitz administration.
Population
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{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#efefef;" | year
! style="background:#efefef;" | populace
|-
| 2002 || align="right" | 3.083
|-
| 2003 || align="right" | 3.000
|-
| 2004 || align="right" | 2.939
|-
| 2005 || align="right" | 2.925
|-
| 2006 || align="right" | 2.948
|-
| 2007 || align="right" | 3.021
|}