Groß Krams | |
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 Aerial photo of Groß Krams | |
Location of Groß Krams
within Ludwigslust-Parchim district
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 Location of Groß Krams | |
  Groß Krams  Groß Krams | |
| Coordinates: 53°19′N 11°16′E / 53.317°N 11.267°E / 53.317; 11.267 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| District | Ludwigslust-Parchim |
| Municipal assoc. | Hagenow-Land |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Tobias Alwardt |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.32 km2 (3.98 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 39 m (128 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 165 |
| • Density | 16.0/km2 (41.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 19230 |
| Dialling codes | 038854 |
| Vehicle registration | LWL |
| Website | www.amt-hagenow-land.de |
Groß Krams is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is part of the collective municipality of Hagenow-Land.
Geography
Groß Krams lies in the Griese Gegend, a forested region of southwestern Mecklenburg.[2] It has an area of roughly 10.32 square kilometers, and has the Bundesstraße 5 passing through it.[3]
The municipality borders Alt Krenzlin to the south, Bresegard bei Picher to the northeast, Belsch to the west, and Redefin to the northwest. It is part of the collective municipality of Hagenow-Land, by which it is surrounded on all sides but the south, as Alt Krenzlin is part of the collective municipality of Ludwigslust-Land.
History
Groß Krams was integrated into the municipality of Redefin on 1 January 1974. It was again separated into its own municipality on 5 May 1990.
Politics
Municipal council
The municipal council of Groß Krams has a total of 7 members, six of whom are elected directly from the municipal council's ballot while the seventh is the mayor, who is elected on a separate ballot on the same day. Before 2019, the municipal council only had 5 seats. The most recent municipal council election took place on 7 June 2024, as part of the 2024 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern local elections. It yielded the following results:[4]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | +/– | ||||
| Ind. Birgit Schön | 59 | 17.77 | 1 |  0 | |
| Ind. Verena Kircher | 44 | 13.25 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ind. Ragnar Böhm | 42 | 12.65 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ind. Sebastian Richter | 37 | 11.14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ind. Claudia Stein | 36 | 10.84 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ind. Christiane Bogner | 33 | 9.94 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ind. Sebastian Schwager | 27 | 8.13 | 0 | New | |
| Ind. Anita Jungblut | 19 | 5.72 | 0 | New | |
| Ind. Claudia Wetzel | 18 | 5.42 | 0 | New | |
| Ind. Nikolaus Nürnberg | 17 | 5.12 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 332 | 100.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 332 | 97.08 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 9 | 2.63 | |||
| Total votes | 341 | 100.0 | |||
| Turnout | 114 | 85.07 | |||
| Eligible voters | 134 | ||||
Both voters' associations in the municipality did not run during the 2024 elections, resulting in every candidate running as an independent. All incumbents were reelected.
Previous elections had the following results:
Year Party |
2024 | 2019[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Seats | % | Seats | |||
| Aktiv GK | Did not run | 56.79 | 3 | |||
| AG proNatur | 22.53 | 1 | ||||
| Independents | 100.0 | 6 | 20.68 | 2 | ||
| Total | 100.0 | 6 | 100.0 | 6 | ||
Mayor
Tobias Alwardt (independent, formerly Aktiv GK) was reelected as mayor of Groß Krams with during the 68.42% (78 votes) 2024 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern local elections; this marks an increase in total votes from his result in the 2019 election, during which he won 69.31% (70 votes).[6]
| Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ind. Tobias Alwardt | 78 | 68.42 | |
| Ind. Wolfgang Gresens | 24 | 21.05 | |
| Ind. Nikolaus Nürnberg | 12 | 10.53 | |
| Total | 114 | 100.0 | |
| Valid votes | 114 | 100.0 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Total votes | 114 | 100.0 | |
| Turnout | 114 | 85.07 | |
| Eligible voters | 134 | ||
Neo-Nazism
The NDR published a documentary called Mein Nachbar ist Nazi – Was tun? (English: My neighbor is a Nazi - what should I do?) in March 2021 which was primarily filmed in the municipality and concerned itself with the independent municipal council member Sebastian Richter, a former NPD politician who claimed adherence to pre-Hitler Nazism.[7] Ragnar Böhm, the other independent municipal council member, who has also been noted as a neo-Nazi,[8] wasn't strongly featured in the documentary due to declining an interview however.[7]
There have been several events and organizations, such as Wage Mut!, in Groß Krams that wish to resist and reverse the influence of the far-right in the municipality.[8][9][10]
Seal
Groß Krams does not have an official coat of arms or flag, it does however have an official seal described, but never visualized, in the main statute of the municipal council since 1999. According to the statute, the seal shows a bull's head looking ahead with a torn off neck fur and crown, around it the inscription: "GEMEINDE GROß KRAMS • LANDKREIS LUDWIGSLUST-PARCHIM".[11]
Sights
There is a war memorial for the fallen from World War I and World War II in Groß Krams. The village is also home to several historic and protected buildings.[12]
References
- "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise und Gemeinden 2024" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
- "Griese Gegend". griesegegend-online.de. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- "Amt Hagenow-Land". www.amt-hagenow-land.de. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- "Ergebnis". votemanager.kdo.de. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- "Gemeindevertretungswahl - Europawahl / Kommunalwahlen 2019 im Amt Hagenow-Land - Mitgliedsgemeinde Groß Krams". votemanager.kdo.de. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- "Bürgermeisterwahl - Europawahl / Kommunalwahlen 2019 im Amt Hagenow-Land - Mitgliedsgemeinde Groß Krams". votemanager.kdo.de. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- NDR. "Mein Nachbar ist Nazi - Was tun?". www.ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- "Nazikader im Gemeinderat". KATAPULT MV (in German). 7 October 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- "Bündnis für Demokratie - BfDT Bündnis für Demokratie und Toleranz". www.buendnis-toleranz.de. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- Speit, Andreas (25 November 2019). "Rechte Gemeindevertreter in Groß Krams: Die Landnahme". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- "Lesefassung der Hauptsatzung der Gemeinde Groß Krams vom 30.09.1999, in der Fassung der 8. Änderung vom 06.10.2015" (PDF). 14 December 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- "DENKMALLISTE DES LANDKREISES LUDWIGSLUST" (PDF).