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Plöwen
Municipality
Location of Plöwen within Vorpommern-Greifswald district
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Coordinates: 53°27′N 14°16′E / 53.450°N 14.267°E / 53.450; 14.267
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Vorpommern-Greifswald
Municipal assoc.	Löcknitz-Penkun
Government
• Mayor	Jean Sy
Area
• Total	15.2 km2 (5.9 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	272
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	17321
Dialling codes	039754
Vehicle registration	VG
Website	www.amt-loecknitz-penkun.de

Plöwen is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It has a population of 292.^{[citation needed]}

History

From 1648 to 1720, Plöwen was part of Swedish Pomerania. From 1720 to 1945, it was part of the Prussian Province of Pomerania, from 1945 to 1952 of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Neubrandenburg of East Germany and since 1990 again of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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