Eggesin

Eggesin
Town
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Eggesin within Vorpommern-Greifswald district
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Vorpommern-Greifswald
Municipal assoc.	Am Stettiner Haff
Government
• Mayor	Dietmar Jesse
Area
• Total	88.01 km2 (33.98 sq mi)
Elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	4,748
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	17367
Dialling codes	039779
Vehicle registration	VG
Website	www.eggesin.de

Eggesin (German pronunciation: [ɛɡəˈziːn], Polabian Gizyn) is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the river Uecker, 7 km southeast of Ueckermünde, and 42 km northwest of Szczecin.

Transport

• Eggesin railway station is served by local services to Neubrandenburg, Pasewalk and Ueckermünde.

Towns near Eggesin

• Szczecin City (Poland)
• Torgelow (Germany)
• Ueckermünde (Germany)
• Pasewalk (Germany)
• Strasburg, Germany
• Nowe Warpno (Poland)
• Police, Poland
• Złotów (Poland)

Personalities

• Ludwig von Schröder (1854–1933), admiral
• Egbert Swensson (born 1956), sail sportsman