Röbel () 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 Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 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 ...

. It is situated on the western shore of

Lake Müritz A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

, 25 km north of

Wittstock Wittstock/Dosse is a town in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in north-western Brandenburg, Germany. Geography It is located in the eastern Prignitz region on the Dosse River near the confluence with its Glinze tributary, about east of Pritzwal ...

, and 27 km southwest of Waren. It is part of the

Amt Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...

Röbel-Müritz.

Sights

The museum ''Engelscher Hof'' and the half-timbered former

synagogue A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...

provide a permanent exhibition on Mecklenburg's Jewish history, commemorating - among other things - the life and work of

Israel Jacobson Israel Jacobson (17 October 1768, Halberstadt – 14 September 1828, Berlin) was a German-Jewish philanthropist and communal organiser. Jacobson pioneered political, educational and religious reforms in the early days of Jewish emancipation, a ...

, formerly consistorial president in the Kingdom of Westphalia and feudal landlord in

Jördenstorf Jördenstorf is a municipality in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. History After the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin emancipated its Jewish subjects in 1813 Israel Jacobson bought two feudal manor estates, Klenz and Gehm ...

The sons and daughters of Röbels

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-0722-020, Grit Breuer, Katrin Schreiter, Petra Krug

Franz Engel Franz Engel (1834 in Röbel – 1920 in Neubrandenburg) was a German explorer and naturalist. He traveled extensively in South America in the years 1857–63 and published the results of his explorations in several volumes, including ''Studien ...

(1834–1920), ethnologist and biologist, research traveler * Gustav Melkert (1890–1943), secretary of the agricultural workers' union in the then district of Waren / Müritz and member of the SPD. Used as a Nazi resister. After him, a street in the district of Gildekamp is named. *

Julius Runge Julius Ludwig Friedrich Runge (28 June 1843, Röbel – 14 March 1922, Lindau) was a German landscape painter. Born in Röbel in northern Germany, he studied under Hans Gude and Gustav Schönleber. He painted in Munich, Karlsruhe, Hamburg and Lind ...

(1843–1922), painter *

Grit Breuer Grit Breuer (later Springstein, born 16 February 1972 in Röbel, Bezirk Neubrandenburg) is a German former athlete, who competed in the women's 200 metres, 400 metres, 4×100 m relay, and 4×400 m relay events. She has received injuries as ...

(born 1972), athlete *

Otto Strack Otto Strack (died 1935) was an architect in the United States. Several buildings he designed are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Strack was born in Germany, where he learned carpentry, masonry and blacksmithing. Then he studie ...

(1856-1935), architect US Passport Application in 1912 Worked in Chicago, Milwaukee and New York City. Designed Pabst Hotel in New York. Noted to using steel beams in theaters, early sky scrapers.

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Cities and towns in Mecklenburg Populated places established in the 13th century 1260s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire 1261 establishments in Europe Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin {{MecklenburgischeSeenplatte-geo-stub