Waren
Waren (Müritz)
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Location of Waren (Müritz) within Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district
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| Coordinates | 53°31′N 12°41′E / 53.51667°N 12.68333°E |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| District | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte |
| Mayor | Günter Rhein (SPD) |
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| Area | 158.39 km2 (61.15 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population | 21,051 (31 December 2010) |
| - Density | 133 /km2 (344 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | MÜR |
| Postal code | 17192 |
| Area code | 03991 |
| Website | www.waren-mueritz.de |
Waren (Müritz) is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, capital of the former Müritz district (Kreis). It is situated on the northern end of Lake Müritz, approximately 40 km west of Neubrandenburg.
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History
Early history
The place is first mentioned by the Greek geographer Claudius Ptolemy 150 A.D. as Virunum. Therefore it is one of the first documented settlements in the area of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The name probably comes from the slavic word for "place of crows or ravens". Another possibility is that it refers to the Germanic tribe of the Warini who settled in this area.
Medieval times
The medieval town was founded in 1260 by settlers from Westphalia on a trading route from Wismar to Burg Stargard next to a castle and a Slavic village. The origins of Waren were around Saint George' church which was first mentioned in 1273. In 1292 Waren was described as a civitas and got town privileges. From 1331 on it was called an oppidum. From 1347 to 1425 it was the residence of a branch line of the princes of Werle who were part of the Obodrites family.
Transport
Public transport
Waren (Müritz) Station offers fast rail connections to Rostock at the Baltic Sea, Berlin, Leipzig and Munich. Within the town a network of buses is available. Several regional buses connect the town to almost every village in the district and the towns in the surroundings.
Boat connections
There are also boat connections to Klink, Röbel, Malchow, Plau and Land Fleesensee via the lakes of the lake district.
Twin towns
Waren is twinned with:
Notable people
This is an incomplete list of notable people that were born, lived or contributed to the welfare of the town of Waren:
- Bernhard II (~1320–1382), Prince of Werle-Waren 1347–1382
- Johann Albrecht II (1590–1636), Duke of Mecklenburg
- Carl Henrich Dreyer (1723–1802), jurist and politician
- Henriette von Blissing (1798–1879), novelist
- Richard Wossidlo (1859–1939), folklorist
- Martha Fritsch (1860–1917), publisher and daughter of Theodor Fontane
- Klausjürgen Wussow (1929–2007), actor
- Heinz Sarkowski (1925–2006), publisher and author
- Heinz Penzlin (* 1932), zoologist and animal physiologist
- Jürgen Seidel (* 1948), politician, vice state prime minister of the federal state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Rudolf Borchert (* 1952), politician
- Sylvia Bretschneider (* 1960), politician, president of the state assembly (Landtag) of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Katrin Borchert (* 1969), canoeist
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