Groß Krams

Geography

Groß Krams lies in the Griese Gegend, a forested region of southwestern Mecklenburg. It has an area of roughly 10.32 square kilometers, and has the Bundesstraße 5 passing through it.

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

The current mayor of Groß Krams is Tobias Alwardt (Aktiv GK).

Elections

The most recent election were the 2019 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern municipal elections. The municipal councils' size was increased from 5 to 7 (including the mayor) following the 2019 election. ! colspan=2| Candidate ! Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats |- | 184 | 56.79 |

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. Ragnar Böhm, the other independent municipal council member, who has also been noted as a neo-Nazi, wasn't strongly featured in the documentary due to declining an interview however.

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.

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".

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.

References

References

1. "Griese Gegend".
2. "Amt Hagenow-Land".
3. "Bürgermeisterwahl - Europawahl / Kommunalwahlen 2019 im Amt Hagenow-Land - Mitgliedsgemeinde Groß Krams".
4. NDR. "Mein Nachbar ist Nazi - Was tun?".
5. (2022-10-07). "Nazikader im Gemeinderat".
6. "Bündnis für Demokratie - BfDT Bündnis für Demokratie und Toleranz".
7. Speit, Andreas. (2019-11-25). "Rechte Gemeindevertreter in Groß Krams: Die Landnahme". Die Tageszeitung: taz.
8. (2019-12-14). "Wayback Machine".
9. "DENKMALLISTE DES LANDKREISES LUDWIGSLUST".