- Gartow
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Wappen = Wappen gartow.jpg
lat_deg = 53 |lat_min = 01 |lat_sec = 26
lon_deg = 11 |lon_min = 27 |lon_sec = 27
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Niedersachsen
Landkreis = Lüchow-Dannenberg
Samtgemeinde = Gartow
Höhe = 17
Fläche = 28.28
Einwohner = 1382
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 29471
Vorwahl = 05846
Kfz = DAN
Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 3 54 005
Gliederung = 3Ortsteil e
Straße = Springstr. 14
Website = [http://www.gartow.de/ www.gartow.de]
Bürgermeister = Hans-Udo Maury
Partei = CDUGartow is a municipality in the district
Lüchow-Dannenberg , inLower Saxony ,Germany . It is situated in the easternmost tip of Lower Saxony, on the riverElbe , approx. 30 km northeast ofSalzwedel , and 20 km west ofWittenberge . Gartow is also the seat of the "Samtgemeinde " ("collective municipality") Gartow.At Gartow, there is a facility for FM- and TV-transmission, with two over 300 metre tall guyed masts, the
Gartow-Höhbeck transmitter . Until theGerman reunification this transmitter was also used for the directional radio link to former West-Berlin (counter station:Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau ).Nearby
Gorleben is a proposed deposite for nuclear waste. This led to much controversy and protests in the area.
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