Gresse

Gresse
Municipality
Location of Gresse within Ludwigslust-Parchim district
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Coordinates: 53°25′N 10°45′E / 53.417°N 10.750°E / 53.417; 10.750
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Ludwigslust-Parchim
Municipal assoc.	Boizenburg-Land
Government
• Mayor	Werner Hornbacher
Area
• Total	21.25 km2 (8.20 sq mi)
Elevation	24 m (79 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[1]
• Total	700
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	19258
Dialling codes	038842
Vehicle registration	LWL
Website	www.amtboizenburgland.de

Gresse is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. During World War II, one of the German death marches of Allied prisoners-of-war passed through the town. Sixty of the prisoners-of-war died at Gresse on 19 April 1945 in a "friendly fire" incident when strafed by a flight of Royal Air Force Hawker Typhoons which mistook them for retreating German soldiers.