Güstrow

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Town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

title: "Güstrow" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-mecklenburg", "populated-places-established-in-the-13th-century", "1228-establishments-in-europe", "populated-riverside-places-in-germany"] description: "Town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Güstrow" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany ::

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FieldValue
typeStadt
image_coaWappen Güstrow.svg
image_flagFlagge der Stadt Güstrow.svg
image_photoSchloss Güstrow - Ansicht vom Torhaus aus (02-2).jpg
image_captionGüstrow Palace
coordinates
image_planGüstrow in MME.svg
stateMecklenburg-Vorpommern
districtRostock
elevation14
area71.09
postal_code18273
area_code03843
licenceLRO
Gemeindeschlüssel13 0 72 043
websitewww.guestrow.de
mayorArne Schuldt
partyparteilos
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|type = Stadt |image_coa = Wappen Güstrow.svg |image_flag = Flagge der Stadt Güstrow.svg |image_photo = Schloss Güstrow - Ansicht vom Torhaus aus (02-2).jpg |image_caption = Güstrow Palace |coordinates = |image_plan = Güstrow in MME.svg |plantext = |state = Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |district = Rostock |elevation = 14 |area = 71.09 |postal_code = 18273 |area_code = 03843 |licence = LRO |Gemeindeschlüssel = 13 0 72 043 |website = www.guestrow.de |mayor = Arne Schuldt |party = parteilos Güstrow (; ) is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in north-eastern Germany. It is capital of the Rostock district; Rostock itself is a district-free city and regiopolis.

It has a population of 28,999 (2020) and is the seventh largest town in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Since 2006 Güstrow has had the official suffix Barlachstadt.

The town is known for its renaissance Güstrow Palace, the old town and its brick gothic cathedral with Ernst Barlach's Floating Angel sculpture.

Geography

Güstrow is 45 kilometers south of Rostock at the Nebel, an arm of the Warnow. The Bützow-Güstrow-Kanal (channel) is a navigable connection to the Warnow and used by tourists. There are five lakes (Inselsee, Sumpfsee, Parumer See, Grundloser See and Gliner See) and several forests around Güstrow.

History

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The name Güstrow comes from the Polabian Guščerov and means lizard place.

In 1219 the Wendish castle Güstrowe was built where the renaissance palace stands now. Güstrow is said to be founded by Heinrich Borwin II, a grandson of Henry the Lion, between 1219 and 1226 and was first mentioned in 1228 in the deed of city rights of Schwerin, confirmed by the sons of Heinrich Borwin II, who donated the cathedral as collegiate church in 1226. Güstrow was a residence of the lords of Werle from 1229 until 1436. In 1441 the first privileged shooting society of Güstrow was founded.

The host desecration-trial of 1330 ended with the burning of 23 Jews and the destruction of the synagogue. The Kapelle des heiligen Bluts (Chapel of the Holy Blood) was built on the site of the synagogue. In 1503, 1508 and in 1512 fires destroyed the town and in 1556 the palace burned down.

After the division of Mecklenburg (1621) it became the capital of the small Duchy of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. (Albrecht von Wallenstein, the imperial general in the Thirty Years' War, was a duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow.)

In 1695 the last duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow died, and the duchy ceased to exist. Güstrow became a part of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

The famous sculptor Ernst Barlach lived in Güstrow from 1910 to his death in 1938.

During World War II, Güstrow was the location of a labour camp of the Reich Labour Service, a Gestapo-operated prison and a forced labour subcamp of the prison in Dreibergen. After the war, it formed part of East Germany.

Sights

There are several notable sights in Güstrow:

  • The Güstrow Palace (or Schloss Güstrow in German), built in 1589 in Renaissance style, as a residence for the dukes of Mecklenburg. One of the most important works of this era in the Baltic Sea region. Between 1963 and 1981 major restoration work was carried out, and a Renaissance garden was added, modelled after descriptions appearing in old engravings.
  • Güstrow Cathedral, a Brick Gothic cathedral built between 1226 and 1335. Noteworthy are a late Gothic high altar (c. 1500), the tombs of Duke Ulrich III and his two wives (16th century), and the celebrated Schwebende Engel ("Hovering Angel"), the most famous work of the expressionist sculptor Ernst Barlach, created in 1926 as a tribute to the victims of World War I.
  • St. Mary's church, a Brick Gothic parish church, partly remodelled in the 19th century
  • Ernst Barlach's Atelierhaus (studio), that exhibits a large collection of his works.
  • The town hall, originally built in the 13th century and rebuilt c. 1800 at the central market square.

Gallery

File:GüstrowSchloss&Park.JPG|Renaissance Güstrow Palace File:20230420 4470 Güstrower Dom.jpg|Brick Gothic Güstrow Cathedral File:20230928 9222- Ernst Barlach Der Schwebende.jpg|Floating Angel by Ernst Barlach, 1927 expressionist WW1 memorial in the Cathedral File:Güstrow Pfarrkirche St. Marien 2012-07-11 097.JPG|St. Mary's Parish Church File:Güstrow Kerstingstraße Giebel der Domschule (01-2).jpg|Cathedral School (Domschule) File:20230420 Domschule Güstrow.jpg|Cathedral school File:Guestrow Rathaus.jpg|City Hall at the Market Square File:Güstrow Markt Blick von der Pfarrkirche St. Marien 2012-07-11 127.JPG|Gable houses at Güstrow's market square File:Ernst-Barlach-Theater Güstrow 2011-III.jpg|Theatre of Güstrow (Ernst-Barlach-Theater) File:Güstrow Postamt 2012-07-11 136.JPG|Main Post Office (historicist architecture) File:Stadtmuseum Güstrow 2011.jpg|City museum and tourist info File:Guestrow-sowjet-ehrenfriedh.jpg|Soviet Cemetery File:Gut moor482.jpg|Inselsee (Island Lake) File:Güstrow, Natur&Umwelt Park28-30.06.08 254.jpg|Nature and Environment Park (Natur- und Umweltpark Güstrow) File:20230420 Armesünderturm Güstrow.jpg|The Armesünderturm

Education

  • Fachhochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung, Rechtspflege und Polizei Güstrow (University of Administration, Judicature and Police in Güstrow)
  • John-Brinckman-Gymnasium Güstrow (public grammar school)
  • ecolea – International School Güstrow (private grammar school)
  • Freie Schule Güstrow e.V.
  • Secondary School "Richard Wossidlo"
  • Secondary School "Thomas Müntzer"
  • Primary and Secondary School "Schule am Inselsee"
  • Primary School "Georg Friedrich Kersting"
  • Primary School "Fritz Reuter"
  • Primary School "Schule an der Nebel"

Transport

City buses are operated by rebus GmbH. The town is the southern terminus of the Rostock S-Bahn.

Sport and leisure

The motorcycle speedway team MC Güstrow competes in the German league at the Güstrow Speedway Stadium.

Notable people

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Ruperto_Carola_500-03_Karl_Holsten.jpg" caption="[[Karl Christian Johann Holsten]], pre 1897"] ::

Aristocracy

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Karl.I.Mecklenburg.JPG" caption="[[Charles I, Duke of Mecklenburg"] ::

Sport

Twin towns – sister cities

Güstrow is twinned with:

Climate

| location = Goldberg (1991–2020 normals) | metric first = Y | single line = Y |collapsed = Y |Jan high C = 3.1 |Feb high C = 4.7 |Mar high C = 8.2 |Apr high C = 14.2 |May high C = 18.3 |Jun high C = 21.7 |Jul high C = 23.7 |Aug high C = 23.6 |Sep high C = 19.2 |Oct high C = 13.6 |Nov high C = 7.8 |Dec high C = 4.2 | year high C = 13.6 |Jan mean C = 0.9 |Feb mean C = 1.5 |Mar mean C = 4.2 |Apr mean C = 9.0 |May mean C = 13.1 |Jun mean C = 16.4 |Jul mean C = 18.3 |Aug mean C = 18.2 |Sep mean C = 14.4 |Oct mean C = 9.8 |Nov mean C = 5.4 |Dec mean C = 2.4 |year mean C = 9.6 |Jan low C = -1.7 |Feb low C = -0.9 |Mar low C = 0.4 |Apr low C = 3.8 |May low C = 7.6 |Jun low C = 10.9 |Jul low C = 13.2 |Aug low C = 13.2 |Sep low C = 10.1 |Oct low C = 6.5 |Nov low C = 2.9 |Dec low C = 0.0 | year low C = 5.6 | precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 53.9 |Feb precipitation mm = 40.7 |Mar precipitation mm = 39.2 |Apr precipitation mm = 28.6 |May precipitation mm = 46.4 |Jun precipitation mm = 61.6 |Jul precipitation mm = 75.9 |Aug precipitation mm = 58.0 |Sep precipitation mm = 50.2 |Oct precipitation mm = 47.3 |Nov precipitation mm = 47.7 |Dec precipitation mm = 48.1 | year precipitation mm = 593.2 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 18.9 |Feb precipitation days = 14.9 |Mar precipitation days = 13.9 |Apr precipitation days = 10.4 |May precipitation days = 13.1 |Jun precipitation days = 13.4 |Jul precipitation days = 15.2 |Aug precipitation days = 15.4 |Sep precipitation days = 13.1 |Oct precipitation days = 14.5 |Nov precipitation days = 16.1 |Dec precipitation days = 18.6 |year precipitation days = 174.2 |Jan sun = 42.0 |Feb sun = 73.3 |Mar sun = 127.3 |Apr sun = 205.4 |May sun = 236.4 |Jun sun = 233.5 |Jul sun = 233.1 |Aug sun = 204.1 |Sep sun = 164.7 |Oct sun = 110.6 |Nov sun = 52.1 |Dec sun = 37.7 |year sun = 1769.9 |Jan humidity = 89.5 |Feb humidity = 85.5 |Mar humidity = 80.2 |Apr humidity = 71.1 |May humidity = 73.2 |Jun humidity = 74.3 |Jul humidity = 74.8 |Aug humidity = 76.5 |Sep humidity = 80.3 |Oct humidity = 86.0 |Nov humidity = 90.4 |Dec humidity = 90.2 | source 1 = World Meteorological Organization{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231012154841/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Goldberg_10168.csv | archive-date = 12 October 2023 | url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Goldberg_10168.csv | title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020 | work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020) | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | access-date = 12 October 2023}}

Notes

References

References

  1. [http://www.eurob.org/index.php/Brick+Gothic+Buildings;362/4 European Route of Brick Gothic] {{webarchive. link. (2014-10-19 Güstrow Cathedral)
  2. [[Ernst Eichler (Linguist). Ernst Eichler]]: ''Städtenamenbuch der DDR.'' Leipzig 1988, p. 125.
  3. "VI Mecklenburg".
  4. "Gestapogefängnis im Arbeitshaus und Schloss Güstrow".
  5. "Außenkommando der Strafanstalten Dreibergen-Bützow in Güstrow bei der Heeresmunitionsanstalt Priemerwald".
  6. "Stadion".
  7. "Our Stadium".
  8. {{Cite EB1911. .
  9. "Partnerstädte der Barlachstadt Güstrow". Güstrow.

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