Röbel
Appearance
Röbel | |
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![]() Aerial view | |
Coordinates: 53°22′34″N 12°36′22″E / 53.37611°N 12.60611°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
District | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte |
Municipal assoc. | Röbel-Müritz |
Government | |
• Mayor | Andreas Sprick (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 30.17 km2 (11.65 sq mi) |
Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 5,075 |
• Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 17207 |
Dialling codes | 039931 |
Vehicle registration | MÜR |
Website | www.stadt-roebel.de |
Röbel (German: Amt Röbel-Müritz.
Sights
The museum Engelscher Hof and the half-timbered former synagogue provide a permanent exhibition on Mecklenburg's Jewish history, commemorating – among other things – the life and work of Israel Jacobson, formerly consistorial president in the Kingdom of Westphalia and feudal landlord in Jördenstorf.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Roebel-synagoge-innenhof.jpg/220px-Roebel-synagoge-innenhof.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Roebel_windmill.jpg/170px-Roebel_windmill.jpg)
Notable people
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1989-0722-020%2C_Grit_Breuer%2C_Katrin_Schreiter%2C_Petra_Krug.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1989-0722-020%2C_Grit_Breuer%2C_Katrin_Schreiter%2C_Petra_Krug.jpg)
- Franz Engel (1834–1920), ethnologist, biologist, and research traveler
- Gustav Melkert (1890–1943), secretary of the agricultural workers' union in the then district of Müritz and member of the SPD. Used as a Nazi resister. A street in the district of Gildekamp is named after him.
- Julius Runge (1843–1922), painter
- Grit Breuer (born 1972), athlete
- Otto Strack (1856-1935), architect who worked in Chicago, Milwaukee and New York City. Designed Pabst Hotel in New York. Noted for using steel beams in theaters and early sky scrapers.
References
- Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
External links
Media related to Röbel/Müritz at Wikimedia Commons