Jamel
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| Ortsteil of Gägelow | |
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Location of Jamel (yellow dot) within Gägelow municipality (red) and Nordwestmecklenburg
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| Coordinates | 53°52′24″N 11°18′16″E / 53.87333°N 11.30444°ECoordinates: 53°52′24″N 11°18′16″E / 53.87333°N 11.30444°E |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| District | Nordwestmecklenburg |
| Municipal assoc. | Grevesmühlen-Land |
| Municipality | Gägelow |
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| Elevation | 74 m (243 ft) |
| Population | 35 (1 March 2010) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | NWM |
| Postal code | 23968 |
| Area code | 03841 |
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Jamel is a tiny German village in the municipality of Gägelow, in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The village consists of ten houses.[1]
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[edit] History
According to Mecklenburg Urkundenbuch, the village was first mentioned in 1230 as Jamene.[2] On 1 July 1950 it merged with Wolde, as autonomous municipality, in the new one of Gressow, merged in 1961 into the current municipality of Gägelow.
[edit] Geography
Jamel is located at the end of a secondary road departing from the Bundesstraße 105, between Gägelow (7 km (4.3 mi) far, in the east) and Grevesmühlen (11 km (6.8 mi) far in the west). It is 17 km (11 mi) far from Wismar, 44 km (27 mi) from Schwerin and 60 km (37 mi) from Lübeck.
[edit] Far-right extremism
According to Der Spiegel, it is populated almost entirely by neo-Nazis and far-right extremists.[3] A signpost near the main road pointed to Vienna, Paris, and Braunau am Inn — the birthplace of Adolf Hitler.[1] In April 2011 the administrative court at Schwerin confirmed the order of the head official of Amt Grevesmühlen-Land, that the sign corresponds to the definition of Volksverhetzung (hate crime) and has to be removed.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Associated Press (6 February 2011). "Neo-Nazis dominate tiny German village". www.foxnews.com. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/06/neo-nazis-dominate-tiny-german-village-2108123018/. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ^ (German) Some historical infos at nordwestmecklenburg.de
- ^ Popp, Maximilian. "The Village Where the Neo-Nazis Rule". Der Spiegel. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,737471,00.html.
[edit] External links
Media related to Jamel at Wikimedia Commons
