Wittendörp is a municipality

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 administrative district of Ludwigslust-Parchim

Ludwigslust-Parchim

Ludwigslust-Parchim is a district in the west of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the state Schleswig-Holstein, the district Nordwestmecklenburg, the district-free city Schwerin, the districts Rostock and Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and the states Brandenburg and Lower Saxony...

 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Germany

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. The municipality has a seat in the Amt of Wittenburg

Wittenburg (Amt)

Wittenburg is an Amt in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The seat of the Amt is in Wittenburg.The Amt Wittenburg consists of the following municipalities:#Körchow#Lehsen#Wittenburg#Wittendörp...

 from where it is administered. The municipality is about 25 kilometres west of Schwerin

Schwerin

Schwerin is the capital and second-largest city of the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The population, as of end of 2009, was 95,041.-History:...

 in the north of the administrative district Ludwigslust-Parchim and borders on the administrative district of Nordwestmecklenburg

Nordwestmecklenburg

Nordwestmecklenburg is a Kreis in the north-western part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea and borders on Schleswig-Holstein to the west...

 in the north. The river Schilde flows through the municipality.

Local areas

Boddin		Döbbersen		Dodow		Dreilützow		Drönnewitz
Harst		Karft		Luckwitz		Pogreß		Püttelkow
Raguth		Tessin		Waschow		Woez

History

A battle took place in the area of Waschow on 25 May 1200 between Adolf III of Schauenburg and Holstein

Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein

The Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein were titles of the Holy Roman Empire. The dynastic family came from Schauenburg near Rinteln on the Weser in Germany...

 and Prince Nikolaus I of Mecklenburg

Mecklenburg

Mecklenburg is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern...

. They fought over the city of Ratzeburg

Ratzeburg

Ratzeburg is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is surrounded by four lakes—the resulting isthmuses between the lakes form the access lanes to the town. Ratzeburg is the capital of the Kreis of Lauenburg.-History:...

. The battle ended with the victory of the Mecklenburg prince, Nikolaus I, who secured the estates of Schönberg

Schönberg

- Germany :*Schönberg, Lower Bavaria, a town in the district of Freyung-Grafenau in Bavaria*Schönberg, Upper Bavaria, a town in the district of Mühldorf in Bavaria*Schönberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, district Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern...

, Gadebusch

Gadebusch

Gadebusch is a town in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in the district Nordwestmecklenburg, half-way between Lübeck and Schwerin.The town is known for two notable monuments: the Stadtkirche , built in 1220, considered the oldest brick church in Mecklenburg, and the Schloss , built in 1580-1583...

, Wittenburg and Boizenburg

Boizenburg

Boizenburg is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, 53 km west of Ludwigslust, 25 km northeast of Lüneburg and 50 km east of Hamburg. Old Town is connected to the Elbe via a harbor...

, but was fatally injured.