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Wesenberg may refer to: *The German name for Rakvere, a town in Estonia *Wesenberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Wesenberg () is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 11 km southwest of Neustrelitz, at the south-west end of the Woblitzsee. Wesenberg Castle is located just outside ..., part of the ''Amt'' Mecklenburgische Kleinseenplatte, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany * Wesenberg, Schleswig-Holstein, part of the ''Amt'' Nordstormarn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakvere
Rakvere is a town in northern Estonia and the administrative centre of the Lääne-Viru ''maakond'' (county), 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. Rakvere is the 8th most populous urban area in Estonia. Rakvere has a total area of 10.75 square kilometres, and although about 15% of it is covered by forest, the city is still populated so densely as to make it the third most densely populated city in Estonia. From the 13th century until the early 20th century, Rakvere was more widely known by its historical German name, ''Wesenberg(h)''. History The earliest signs of human settlement dating back to the 3rd–5th centuries AD have been found on the present theatre hill. Probably to protect that settlement, a wooden stronghold was built on the present-day Vallimägi. Soon after the kingdom of Denmark had conquered northern Estonia, in 1220, the new rulers started to erect stone buildings. A settlement called ''Tarvanpea'' was first mentioned in the Chronicle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesenberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Wesenberg () is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 11 km southwest of Neustrelitz, at the south-west end of the Woblitzsee. Wesenberg Castle is located just outside the town. File:Wesenberg Markt.jpg, Wesenberg market square File:Wesenberg Kirche.jpg, Church of Wesenberg File:Ahrensberg Dorfkirche Fachwerk.jpg, Ahrensberg Church File:Zirtow Kirche3.jpg, Zirtow Church File:Großer Weißer See.JPG, ''Great White Lake'' (Grosser Weisser See) Notable people *Heinrich Plütschau (1676–1752), one of the first Evangelical priests to India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ... References External links *Official website(German) Cities and towns in Mecklenburg Populated places esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
