Gudow
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Gudow within Herzogtum Lauenburg district
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Coordinates: 53°33′19″N 10°46′28″E / 53.55528°N 10.77444°E / 53.55528; 10.77444
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Herzogtum Lauenburg
Municipal assoc.	Büchen
Government
• Mayor	Jürgen Holst
Area
• Total	42.26 km2 (16.32 sq mi)
Elevation	25 m (82 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,762
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	23899
Dialling codes	04547
Vehicle registration	RZ
Website	www.buechen.de

Gudow is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

History

Since 1470 the Bülow family owns the estate and manor house of Gudow, to this day.

Between 1982 and 1990 Gudow served as West German inner German border crossing for cars travelling along Bundesautobahn 24 between the East German Democratic Republic, or West Berlin and the West German Federal Republic of Germany. The traffic was subject to the Interzonal traffic regulations, that between West Germany and West Berlin followed the special regulations of the Transit Agreement (1972).