Papenhusen is a village and a former

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

Nordwestmecklenburg Nordwestmecklenburg (''Northwestern Mecklenburg'') is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north-western part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea and borders on Schleswig-Holstein to the west. Neighboring dis ...

district, 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 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 member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. Since 25 May 2014, it is part of the municipality

Stepenitztal Stepenitztal is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It takes its name from the river Stepenitz. It was formed on 25 May 2014 by the merger of the former municipalities Börzow Börzow is a vil ...

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Nordwestmecklenburg Former municipalities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania {{Nordwestmecklenburg-geo-stub