What is Altentreptow?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_photo = Altentreptow - Rathaus mit Pfarrkirche St. Petri.JPG |image_caption = Town hall at market square, Protestant church of St. Petri |image_coa = Stadtwappen Altentreptow.PNG |coordinates = {{coord|53|40|N|13|15|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan =Altentreptow_in_MBS.svg |state = Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |district = Mecklenburgische Seenplatte |Amt = Treptower Tollensewinkel |elevation = 15 |area = 52.83 |population = 6153 |Stand = 2006-12-31 |postal_code = 17087 |area_code = 03961 |licence = DM |Gemeindeschlüssel = 13 0 71 004 |divisions = 8 [[Ortsteil]]e |website = {{url|http://www.altentreptow.de/}} |mayor = Sybille Kempf |party = CDU }} '''Altentreptow''' ({{IPA2|altənˈtʁeːpto}}) is a town in the [[Mecklenburgische Seenplatte Rural District]], in [[Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania]], [[Germany]]. Altentreptow is the chief town of the [[Treptower Tollensewinkel]] [[amt (political division)|amt]]. It is on the river [[Tollense]], {{convert|15|km|mi|1|abbr=off|lk=on}} north of [[Neubrandenburg]] and {{convert|45|km|mi|1|abbr=off|lk=on}} south of Greifswald. == Name == The town was called Trybethowe in 1175. From 1191 it was being called Trebutowe, and Tributowe in 1245. The name Treptow was being used is 1254. In 1295 the [[Latin]] ''Antiquum Treptow'' was used. This means Old Treptow, or in {{lang-de|Altentreptow}}<ref>{{cite book|first=Ernst |last=Eichler |author-link= Werner Mühlmer|title=Die Namen der Städte in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|year=2002 |publisher=Ingo Koch Verlag |location=Rostock|isbn=3935319231}}</ref> Until 1939 the city's name was ''Treptow an der Tollense'' (Treptow on the Tollense). == Fires == The town was burned down several time in the 1500s. Later, during the [[Thirty Years War]] the [[Holy Roman Empire]]'s army was forced to leave the