Jamel, Germany
Jamel | |
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 Forststraße (Forest Street) in 2022 | |
Location of Jamel (yellow dot) within Gägelow municipality (red) and Nordwestmecklenburg
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 Location of Jamel | |
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| Coordinates: 53°52′24.61″N 11°18′16.18″E / 53.8735028°N 11.3044944°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| District | Nordwestmecklenburg |
| Municipal assoc. | Grevesmühlen-Land |
| Municipality | Gägelow |
| Elevation | 74 m (243 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 35 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 23968 |
| Dialling codes | 03841 |
| Vehicle registration | NWM |
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Jamel is a village in the municipality of Gägelow, in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern of northern Germany.
History
According to the Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch, the village was first mentioned in 1230 as Jazel.[1] On 1 July 1950, it merged with Wolde, as an autonomous municipality, and the new town of Gressow merged in 1961 into the current municipality of Gägelow.
Geography
Jamel is located at the end of a secondary road departing from the Bundesstraße 105, between Gägelow (7 km (4.3 mi) far, in the east) and Grevesmühlen (11 km (6.8 mi) far in the west). It is 17 km (11 mi) from Wismar, 44 km (27 mi) from Schwerin and 60 km (37 mi) from Lübeck.
Extremism
As of 2011, the village of about 35 people was heavily populated by German neo-Nazis and other far-right extremists who are mostly members or voters of the National Democratic Party of Germany.[2] NPD member Sven Krüger lives there after his release in 2016 from prison for illegal weapon possession.[3] Properties in the village were rented to other NPD sympathizers.[4]
A signpost near the main road pointed to Vienna, Paris, and to the birthplace of Adolf Hitler, Braunau am Inn.[5][6] In April 2011, the administrative court at Schwerin confirmed the order of the head official of Amt Grevesmühlen-Land, that the sign corresponded to the definition of Volksverhetzung (hate crime) and ordered for it to be removed. As of 2015 the sign was displayed, albeit on private property. There was also a playground with a life rune (the Nordic symbol for fertility and life, commonly used by Neo-Nazis) on a tree trunk.[7]
The Jamel rockt den Förster rock festival to counter extremism has been held since 2017.[8]
See also
- Leith, North Dakota, tiny American town which thwarted an attempted neo-Nazi take over
- Harrison, Arkansas, an American town with a reputation for far-right politics
References
- ^ "Some historical infos". nordwestmecklenburg.de (in German). Archived from the original on September 5, 2012.
- ^ "Exploring the 'Nazi Village' of Jamel". Vice News.
- ^ "Inside a 'neo-Nazi village'". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
- ^ Popp, Maximilian (January 3, 2011). "The Village Where the Neo-Nazis Rule". Der Spiegel.
- ^ "Neo-Nazis dominate tiny German village". Fox News. Associated Press. February 6, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ "Anti-Nazi couple's barn burned down in eastern Germany". www.bbc.co.uk. BBC. August 14, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
- ^ "Life in the Nazi village".
- ^ Jahn, Thekla; Buchmann, Anja (August 29, 2016). "Ein Festival für Demokratie und Toleranz" [A Festival for Democracy and Tolerance]. Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved November 6, 2024.
External links
Media related to Jamel at Wikimedia Commons