Gartow
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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.
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 forme West-Berlin (counter station: Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau).
Gorleben is a proposed deposite for nuclear waste. This led to much contraversary in the area.
Gartow is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Gartow, which consists of the following municipalities:
- Gartow
- Gorleben
- Höhbeck
- Prezelle
- Schnackenburg
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