Jamel, Germany

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Jamel
Ortsteil of Gägelow
Location of Jamel (yellow dot) within Gägelow municipality (red) and Nordwestmecklenburg
Jamel Show map of Germany Jamel Show map of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Coordinates: 53°52′24.61″N 11°18′16.18″E / 53.8735028°N 11.3044944°E / 53.8735028; 11.3044944
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

Jamel is a German village in the municipality of Gägelow, in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

According to the Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch [de], the village was first mentioned in 1230 as Jazel.^[1] On 1 July 1950, it merged with Wolde, as autonomous municipality, in the new one of Gressow [de], merged in 1961 into the current municipality of Gägelow.

Jamel is located at the end of a secondary road departing from the Bundesstraße 105 [de], 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.

As of 2011^[update], the village of about 35 people has been 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 are being 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 corresponds to the definition of Volksverhetzung (hate crime) and had to be removed. As of 2015^[update], the sign was still displayed, albeit on private property. There is also a playground with a life rune (the Nordic symbol for fertility and life, commonly used by Neo-Nazis) on a tree trunk.^[7]

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• Jamel rockt den Förster [de] non-nazi festival

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jamel.

• Life in a Neo-Nazi Village video article from The Daily Telegraph
• Neo-Nazis Take Over German Village on The Young Turks