Cumlosen

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Cumlosen
Cumlosen is located in Germany
Cumlosen
Coordinates 53°01′59″N 11°40′0″E / 53.03306°N 11.66667°E / 53.03306; 11.66667Coordinates: 53°01′59″N 11°40′0″E / 53.03306°N 11.66667°E / 53.03306; 11.66667
Administration
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Prignitz
Municipal assoc. Lenzen-Elbtalaue
Local subdivisions 3 Ortsteile
Mayor Harald Pohle (UBC)
Basic statistics
Area 21.85 km2 (8.44 sq mi)
Elevation 20 m  (66 ft)
Population 799 (31 December 2011)[1]
 - Density 37 /km2 (95 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate PR
Postal code 19322
Area code 038794
Website www.cumlosen.de
The church

Cumlosen is a municipality in the Prignitz district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

History [edit]

Between 1945 and 1990 Cumlosen served as East German inner German border crossing for inland navigation on the Elbe. The crossing was open for freight vessels navigating between Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Zone of occupation in Germany (till 1949, thereafter the East German Democratic Republic, or West Berlin and the British zone of occupation (till 1949) and thereafter the West German Federal Republic of Germany. The traffic was subject to the Interzonal traffic regulations and that between West Germany and West Berlin was subject to the special regulations of the Transit Agreement (1972).

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