What is "pankow"

Pańków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tarnawatka, within Tomaszów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Tarnawatka, north-west of Tomaszów Lubelski, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin.

Pankow are a German rock band, founded in East Berlin in 1981. Their name came from the Berlin district of Pankow, which was once home to most of the officials of the East German government. The band's original lineup consisted of Jürgen Ehle, André Herzberg, Rainer Kirchmann, Jäcki Reznicek and Frank Hille. Other members were Stefan Dohanetz, Ingo York and Jens Jensen.

As their lyrics often contained criticism of the East German regime, they frequently encountered problems releasing their music. "Like many writers, they were among the established sizes of aesthetic subversion", the journalist Christoph Dieckmann wrote in an 1999 article published in Rolling Stone.

With the fall of the Iron Curtain and the associated open access to media outside Germany Pankow also moved briefly into the focus of the Anglo-American journalism. The U.S. American historian Timothy W. Ryback, known for his 1990 published book Rock around the bloc: a history of rock music in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union characterized Pankow as one of two most prestigious and most professional groups of East Berlin's rock music scene, "originally showed the influence of the Rolling Stones, but has developed into a dynamic band that combines the energy of the Clash with the innovation of the Talking Heads'.

In the song "Langeweile" ("Boredom"), the criticism was expressed in the words "Seen the same country too long, heard the same language too often, waited too long, hoped too much, bowed down to the old men too often". The song "Paule Panke" was banned by the state-run Amiga record label, while "Langeweile" was banned from radio airplay; however, the band performed both at every concert.

Pankow has occasionally been compared with the Rolling Stones and have implemented many musical styles and theatrical projects in their history.

On 3 November 2011 Pankow opened its tour to the 30-year stage anniversary.

Pankow is a locality (Ortsteil) of Berlin in the district (Bezirk) of Pankow. Until 2001 it was an autonomous district with the localities of Karow, Niederschönhausen, Wilhelmsruh, Rosenthal, Blankenfelde, Buch and Französisch Buchholz.

Pankow or Pankov is a surname of Slavic origin, used mostly in Russia. In Slavic countries it is reserved for males, while the feminine counterpart is Pankowa or Pankova. It is also a habitational name from a Slavic place name derived from the Slavic element pank, penk "swamp" and -ow "place" . Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Pankov (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
• Bill Pankow (born 1952), American film editor
• Chuck Pankow (born 1969), American dart player
• Gisela Pankow (1914–1998), French psychoanalyst
• James Pankow (born 1947), American trombone player and songwriter, founding member of the band Chicago
• John Pankow (born 1954), American actor, brother of James Pankow
• Konstantin Pankov (1910–1942), Soviet painter
• Larisa Pankova (born 1991), Russian road bicycle racer
• Marina Pankova (born 1963), Russian volleyball player
• Natalia Pankova (born 1965), Russian artist
• Radovan Pankov (born 1995), Serbian football defender
• Sergei Pankov (disambiguation), several people
• Steven Pankow (1908–1993), Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York (1954–1957)
• Vladimir Pankov, Soviet sprint canoer
• Yevgeni Pankov (born 1983), Russian football player