Röbel
Röbel | |
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Location of Röbel within Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district  | |
  Röbel  Röbel | |
| 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.
Notable people
- 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
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