The name Grabow is of Slavic Polabian origin , '' grab '' means " hornbeam " . Names with this root occur often in Mecklenburg . It was only slightly changed as '' Grabowe '' ( 1186 , 1252 , 1275 ) and '' Grabow '' ( 1189 , 1298 ) . Pope Urban III . mentions castle Grabow for the first time in a letter from February 23 , 1186 . The city received city law in 1252 from the Count of Dannenberg . On 3 June 1725 the city was destroyed by a great fire . The palace was never rebuilt . At least since the 18th century there were Jews in the city , who left behind a synagogue and a cemetery . Both of them were damaged during the Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
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