The municipality was formed in 2001 from the union of municipalities of the former Amt of Groß Pankow/Prignitz and some in Amt Pritzwalk-Land.

[3] From 1815 to 1945, the constituent localities of Groß Pankow were part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg.

From 1952 to 1990, they were part of the Bezirk Potsdam of East Germany.

Groß Pankow is connected via German Federal Highway B 189 to the cities of Pritzwalk, Perleberg, Wittenberge and Magdeburg.

The municipality has 39 villages in 18 districts[4] with the populations given in parentheses (As of March 1, 2010)[5] This Brandenburg location article is a stub.