Ankershagen

Ankershagen
Coat of arms
Ankershagen Location of Ankershagen within Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district
Coordinates: 53°28′36″N 12°58′0″E / 53.47667°N 12.96667°E / 53.47667; 12.96667Coordinates: 53°28′36″N 12°58′0″E / 53.47667°N 12.96667°E / 53.47667; 12.96667
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
Municipal assoc.	Penzliner Land
Government
• Mayor	Martin Brummund
Area
• Total	28.18 km2 (10.88 sq mi)
Elevation	58 m (190 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	522
• Density	19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	17219
Dialling codes	039921
Vehicle registration	MÜR
Website	www.ankershagen.de

Ankershagen is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Components of the municipality Ankershagen are Ankershagen, Bocksee, Bornhof, Friedrichsfelde and Rumpshagen.

Main sights

• Church Ankershagen^[2]
• Manor house Rumpshagen
• Manor house Friedrichsfelde (since 1999 the infopoint of Ankershagen with a chance to see Storks) near the Müritz National Park^[3]
• Schliemann-Museum

people

• Johann Heinrich Voß (German poet and translator) in Ankershagen 1769 - 1792
• Heinrich Schliemann (German businessman and archaeologist, and an advocate of the historical reality of places mentioned in the works of Homer)

References