Parchim (;
Mecklenburgisch: ''Parchen'') is a town in
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,
Germany. It is the capital of the
Ludwigslust-Parchim district. It was the birthplace of
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Helmuth is both a masculine German given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name;
*Helmuth Theodor Bossert (1889–1961), German art historian, philologist and archaeologist
*Helmuth Duckadam (born 1959), Romanian forme ...
, to whom a monument was erected in 1876.
Founded about 1210, it was the seat of the short-lived
Lordship of Parchim-Richenberg, a partition of the
Duchy of Mecklenburg, from 1226 until 1248 when the lord relocated to Richenberg. Parchim was absorbed into the
Lordship of Werle {{Infobox country
, native_name = ''Herrschaft Werle'' ( de)
, conventional_long_name = Lordship of Werle
, common_name = Werle
, era = Middle Ages
, status = Vassal
, empire = ...
in 1255. In 1277 Werle was partitioned and Parchim became the seat of Werle-Parchim until it was reunited with Werle-Güstrow in 1307. One branch of the family of the
duke of Mecklenburg resided in Parchim during part of the 14th century. It became a prosperous industrial town during the 16th century, but this prosperity was destroyed by the
Thirty Years' War.
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Population development
* 1648 – 1,300
* 1789 – 4,000
* 1830 – 5,800
* 1850 – 6,270
* 1910 – 12,804
* 1939 – 16,000
* 1974 – 23,000
* 1990 – 23,800
* 2000 – 20,048
* 2005 – 19,348
Notable residents
*
Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (1800-1891), Prussian general field marshal, honorary citizen
*
Rudolf Tarnow (1867-1933), low German writer
*
Elise Blumann (1897-1990), German-Australian expressionist painter
*
Friedrich Hildebrandt (1898–1948), German SS Obergruppenführer, a Gauleiter, and executed for war crimes
*
Ernst Goldenbaum (1898-1990), politician, chairman of the
DBD and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of the GDR, 1949-1990 Member of the Volkskammer
*
HA Schult (born 1939), object and action artist
*
Jana Gerisch
Jana may refer to:
Entertainment
* ''Jana'' (film), a 2004 Tamil film by Shaji Kailas
* Jana (singer) (born 1974), Serbian singer
* Jana (Native American singer), née Jana Mashonee
* ''Jana of the Jungle'', animated series created by Doug Wilde ...
(born 1978), volleyball player
*
Stefanie Weichelt
Stefanie Weichelt (born 23 August 1983 in Parchim, Bezirk Schwerin) is a German footballer. She currently plays for MSV Duisburg.
Honours
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
*Bundesliga: Runner-up (2) 2000–01, 2001–02
1. FFC Frankfurt
*Bundesliga: W ...
(born 1983), football player
*
Laura Larsson
Laura may refer to:
People
* Laura (given name)
* Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert
Places Australia
* Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula
* Laura, South Australia
* Laura Bay, a bay on ...
(born 1989), podcast and radio host
See also
*
Wockersee
References
External links
* http://www.parchim.de
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Cities and towns in Mecklenburg
Ludwigslust-Parchim
1226 establishments in Europe
Populated places established in the 13th century
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin