Gartow

Gartow
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Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Lüchow-Dannenberg
Municipal assoc.	Gartow
Government
• Mayor	Hans-Udo Maury (CDU)
Area
• Total	28.28 km2 (10.92 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	1,374
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	29471
Dialling codes	05846
Vehicle registration	DAN
Website	www.gartow.de

Gartow is a municipality in the district Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the easternmost tip of Lower Saxony, on the river Elbe, approx. 30 km northeast of Salzwedel, and 20 km west of Wittenberge. 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 the German 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 deposit for nuclear waste. This led to much controversy and protests in the area.

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