# Gadebusch

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{{short description|Town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany}}
{{Infobox German place
|type               = Stadt
|image_coa            = Gadebusch_Wappen.PNG
|image_photo = Rathaus Gadebusch.jpg
|image_caption = Town hall and church
|coordinates       = {{coord|53|42|N|11|07|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan          = Gadebusch_in_NWM 2011.svg
|state        = Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
|district         = Nordwestmecklenburg
|Amt               = Gadebusch
|elevation              = 35
|area            = 47.75
|postal_code               = 19205
|area_code           = 03886
|licence               = NWM
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 13 0 74 021
|website           = [http://www.gadebusch.de www.gadebusch.de]
|mayor     = Ulrich Howest
}}

'''Gadebusch''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɡaːdəbʊʃ|-|De-Gadebusch.ogg}}) is a town in [Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania](/source/Mecklenburg-Western_Pomerania) in the district of [Nordwestmecklenburg](/source/Nordwestmecklenburg). Halfway between [Lübeck](/source/L%C3%BCbeck), [Schwerin](/source/Schwerin) and [Wismar](/source/Wismar), it is part of the [Hamburg Metropolitan Region](/source/Hamburg_Metropolitan_Region).

The town is known for two notable monuments: the ''Stadtkirche'' (City Church), built in 1220, considered the oldest [brick](/source/brick) church in Mecklenburg, and the ''Schloss'' (Castle), built in 1580–1583 in [Northern Renaissance](/source/Northern_Renaissance) style.

Near the town is the site of the [Battle of Gadebusch](/source/Battle_of_Gadebusch) in 1712.

==Gadebusch municipality==
Besides the old town of Gadebusch, the following settlements are incorporated with the Gadebusch municipality:

* Amtsbauhof
* An der Flöte
* Buchholz
* Dorf Ganzow
* Güstow
* Güstow Werder
* Hof Ganzow
* Jarmstorf
* Klein Hundorf
* Möllin
* Neu Bauhof
* Neu Güstow
* Reinhardtsdorf
* Stresdorf
* Wakenstädt

==Education==
Gymnasium Gadebusch (high school)

==Notable people==
thumb|150px|Theodor Körner in 1814 by Dora Stock
* [Theodor Körner](/source/Theodor_K%C3%B6rner_(author)) (1791–1813), author and freedom fighter, fallen in a forestry at Rosenow
* [Agnes Karll](/source/Agnes_Karll) (1868–1927), nursing reformer, is buried in the old Gadebuscher cemetery 
* [Wolf Biermann](/source/Wolf_Biermann) (born 1936), German songwriter, from 1953 to 1955 he attended the school with boarding school.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.gadebusch.de/ Official website] (in German)

{{Cities and towns in Nordwestmecklenburg (district)}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Cities and towns in Mecklenburg
Category:Nordwestmecklenburg
Category:Populated places established in the 13th century
Category:1225 establishments in Europe

{{Nordwestmecklenburg-geo-stub}}

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