Feldberger Seenlandschaft ("Feldberg Lake District")
''Feldberg Lake District Nature Park''
at www.mecklenburg-vorpommern.eu. Accessed on 18 Dec 2011. is a municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of , in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...
, Germany
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.
It is situated in the southeast of the district. The municipality is named after the in the surrounding area with the lakes of Carwitzer See
Carwitzer See () is a lake at Carwitz in the municipality Feldberger Seenlandschaft in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in ...
, Feldberger Haussee
Feldberger Haussee () is a lake in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous coun ...
, Breiter Luzin
Breiter Luzin () is a lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous ...
and Schmaler Luzin
Schmaler Luzin ()is a lake in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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.
In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War
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, the writer, Hans Fallada
Hans Fallada (; born Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen; 21 July 18935 February 1947) was a German writer of the first half of the 20th century. Some of his better known novels include '' Little Man, What Now?'' (1932) and ''Every Man Dies Alone'' ...
, who at the time was living in Feldberg, was appointed the town's interim mayor for 18 months.
Notable people
*Irma Grese
Irma Ilse Ida Grese (7 October 1923 – 13 December 1945) was a Nazi concentration camp guard at Ravensbrück and Auschwitz, and served as warden of the women's section of Bergen-Belsen. She was a volunteer member of the SS.
Grese was convi ...
(Wrechen), Nazi SS Holocaust concentration camp supervisor executed for war crimes
References
External links
Feldberg Lake District
Populated places established in 1919
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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