Grevesmühlen
Grevesmühlen[Germany national football team|] is a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. It was the seat of the Nordwestmecklenburg district until 2011, when Wismar became the seat. It is situated 33 km east of Lübeck, and 29 km northwest of Schwerin. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.
History
The name Grevesmühlen goes back as far as 1226, which makes it one of the oldest towns in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.Twin towns - sister cities
Grevesmühlen is twinned with:Notable people
- Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten, a German poet and Lutheran preacher.
- Wilhelm Neumann, a Baltic German architect and art historian.
- Rudolph Karstadt, entrepreneur, owned Karstadt Warenhaus AG
- Manfred W. Jürgens, painter and photographer.
- Angelika Gramkow, politician, Lord mayor of Schwerin
Sport
- Timo Lange, football coach and a former player; played 440 games
- Astrid Kumbernuss, female shot putter; bronze and gold medallist at the 1996 & 2000 Summer Olympics
- Jens Voigt, former road bicycle racer
- Carsten Jancker, football coach and former player; played 324 games and 33 for