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61 unusual facts about Mecklenburg-Vorpommern


Balthasar Anton Dunker

Balthasar Anton Dunker, a landscape painter and etcher, was born at Saal, near Stralsund, in 1746.

Basedow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Basedow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Beseritz

Beseritz is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Blankenberg

Blankenberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, part of the Amt Sternberger Seenlandschaft, district of Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Blankensee

Blankensee is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Casimir II, Duke of Pomerania

The decision of Canut that had to be accepted by Anastasia favoured the Rugian demands, only the trans-Peene terrae Wolgast, Lassan and Ziethen were put under Pomeranian control with the larger part of the disputed area, including the terrae Lositz (Loitz) and Wostrose (Wusterhusen), remaining within Rügen.

Erhard Altdorfer

A commission for the duke and Albert VII was an altarpiece in Sternberg, however destroyed by fire in 1741.

Faulenrost

Faulenrost is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, north-east Germany.

Genzkow

Genzkow is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Gnevkow

Gnevkow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Golchen

Golchen is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Grabowhöfe

Grabowhöfe is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Grammentin

Grammentin is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Grischow

Grischow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Groß Kelle

Groß Kelle is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Groß Miltzow

Groß Miltzow is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Groß Nemerow

Groß Nemerow is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Groß Plasten

Groß Plasten is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Groß Teetzleben

Groß Teetzleben is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Gülzow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Gülzow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Hohenbollentin

Hohenbollentin is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Hohenfelde

Hohenfelde, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in the district of Bad Doberan, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Hohenzieritz

Hohenzieritz is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Jabel

Jabel is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Kargow

Kargow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Kieve, Müritz

Kieve is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Klein Vielen

Klein Vielen is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Klink, Germany

Klink is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Leizen

Leizen is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Lindetal

Lindetal is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

During the chancellorship of Angela Merkel, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern hosted the first official public meeting with President George W. Bush in 2006 and the 33rd G8 summit in 2007.

It also offers important historical cities, such as Stralsund, Wismar, Greifswald and Rostock as former Hanseatic cities - or Schwerin, Güstrow, Ludwigslust and Neustrelitz as former residences.

Möllenbeck, Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Möllenbeck is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Neddemin

Neddemin is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Neuwarper See

On the Neuwarper See lie the parishes of Altwarp and Luckow, in the municipality of Rieth, as well as Nowe Warpno (Neuwarp) and the Neuwarp villages of Podgrodzie (Altstadt) and Karszno (Albrechtsdorf).

Neverin

Neverin is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Nossendorf

Nossendorf is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Nossentiner Hütte

Nossentiner Hütte is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Passow

Passow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Petersdorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Petersdorf is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Priborn

Priborn is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Roggentin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Roggentin is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Sarow

Sarow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Schönfeld, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Schönfeld is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Sh'erit ha-Pletah

When 90 trucks of the Third Army arrived at Buchberg to transport the refugees there, they refused to move, citing Dunner's memo.

Sponholz

Sponholz is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Staven

Staven is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Tramm

Tramm, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a municipality in the district of Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Userin

Userin is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Vipperow

Vipperow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Vollrathsruhe

Vollrathsruhe is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Warin

2 km to the south of Warin, on the northern edge of Blankenberg, there is a railway line which ultimately connects to Berlin Hauptbahnhof, approximately 180 km, to the south east, should visitors wish to travel to Warin for a relaxing time, or for the Warinese to experience a dramatic change of pace in the metropolis of Berlin, as an alternative to Hamburg or Rostock.

Warrenzin

Warrenzin is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Werder, Demmin

Werder is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Wesenberg

Wesenberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, part of the Amt Mecklenburgische Kleinseenplatte, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany

Wildberg

Wildberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a municipality in the district of Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Wolde

Wolde is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Wulkenzin

Wulkenzin is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Zepkow

Zepkow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Zettemin

Zettemin is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Zirzow

Zirzow is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.


Altenhagen

Altenhagen is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Germany

In some districts the conversion of the monarchs, e.g. Duke John Frederick of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Prince of Calenberg (1651) and Duke Christian I Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1663), brought Catholics some measure of freedom.

Baltic Sea watchtower

Baltic Sea watchtower, Börgerende, in the village of Börgerende, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Bandelin

Bandelin is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, consisting of the villages Kuntzow, Schmoldow, Vargatz, and Bandelin.

Blankenhof

Blankenhof is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Borrentin

Borrentin is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.

Buchholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Buchholz is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Cammin

Cammin, Bad Doberan, a municipality in the district of Bad Doberan, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Cammin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a municipality in the district of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Carwitzer See

Carwitzer See is a lake at Carwitz in the municipality Feldberger Seenlandschaft in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Charles Philippe Dieussart

In 1657 he entered the service of Duke Gustav Adolf of Mecklenburg-Güstrow.

Dassow

In a clockwise direction, beginning in the north, the following cities and municipalities border on Dassow: Kalkhorst, Roggenstorf, Papenhusen, Schönberg and Lübeck (Priwall, now a district within Travemünde).

Galenbeck

Galenbeck is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

GDR Children of Namibia

Jagdschloss Bellin, a hunting castle in Bellin, a village ten kilometers south of Güstrow (today in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) was identified to be a safety home for the children.

Glienke

Glienke is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Haff

Am Stettiner Haff, Amt in the district of Uecker-Randow, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Heinrich Sahm

Sahm was born in Anklam, present-day Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and educated as a lawyer, in 1906 he became a member of the Magdeburg city council and served from 1912 to 1919 as a deputy mayor of Bochum.

Heinz Neukirchen

He joined the National Democratic Party Germany (NDPD) in 1949, and worked until 1950 as an employee or manager of the NDPD political department in Mecklenburg.

John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg

When is father died in 1547, John Albert and his brothers Ulrich III and George were jointly invested with the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Güstrow by Emperor Charles V.

John W. Rhodes

A successful real estate broker from Huntersville, North Carolina, Rhodes represented North Carolina's Ninety-Eighth House district (northern Mecklenburg County) for two terms (2003–2007).

Klocksin

Klocksin is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Kriesow

Kriesow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Kublank

Kublank is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Massow

Massow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Metrolina

Metrolina Native American Association, a Native American community association in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Möllenbeck

Möllenbeck, Ludwigslust, in the district of Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Moltzow

Moltzow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Patrick Kühl

Patrick Kühl (born March 26, 1968 in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former medley swimmer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley for the GDR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt the first child of Prince Adolph of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, and his wife, Princess Mathilde of Schonburg-Waldenburg, was born at Raben Steinfeld, Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Ritzerow

Ritzerow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Röckwitz

Röckwitz is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Siedenbrünzow

Siedenbrünzow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Walter Schultz

Walter Schultz (1900-1957) was a German theologist who was Landeskirchenführer in Mecklenburg 1933-1945, and bishop in Mecklenburg 1934-45.

Wredenhagen

Wredenhagen is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Wustrow

Wustrow, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a municipality in the district Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Zislow

Zislow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.