Tribsees () is a

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in the

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district, in

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. It is situated 33 km southwest of

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, and 40 km east of

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Etymology

Tribsees derives its name from a local Slavic tribe (''Tribeden'') who inhabited the area during the early

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History

The ''Tribeden'' are mentioned for the first time in 955, and the town is mentioned in a document in

Lübeck Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the stat ...

in 1241. In 1245 it is noted that the Neuenkamp monastery () had the

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over the church in Tribsees. An agreement between the

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and that of Tribsees exists from 1267, and in 1285 the town was granted

Lübeck law The Lübeck law (german: Lübisches (Stadt)Recht) was the family of codified municipal law developed at Lübeck, which became a free imperial city in 1226 and is located in present day Schleswig-Holstein. It was the second most prevalent form of ...

. The city was almost completely destroyed in a fire in 1702, but subsequently rebuilt. The city had 1040 inhabitants in 1782.

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s were acknowledged in the town only in 1816 and

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only in 1861. The town population reached its peak in 1861, when there were 3692 inhabitants in Tribsees.

Landmarks

The town church dates from the

, it was mentioned for the first time in 1245. It is a

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building but has been damaged through fire and war on several occasions throughout its history. In 1861 – 1869 it was renovated in a

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. The church houses an unusual

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from the early 15th century. It displays the

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in an

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form as a

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operated by angels. The elaborate altarpiece contains 67 sculpted wooden figures, painted and covered with

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. Two medieval town gates still mark the entrance to the centre of Tribsees, the ''Mühlentor'' ("mill gate") and ''Steintor'' ("stone gate"). Both date from the 13th century and were originally part of more extensive fortifications which have since disappeared.

Economy

The economy of the town is dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises. There are two

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s operating in Tribsees.

Notable people

Johann Joachim Spalding Johann Joachim Spalding (1 November 1714 – 25 May 1804) was a German Protestant theologian and philosopher of Scottish ancestry who was a native of Tribsees, Swedish Pomerania. He was the father of Georg Ludwig Spalding (1762–1811), a profess ...

(1 November 1714 – 25 May 1804), theologian and philosopher *

Heinrich Bandlow Heinrich Bandlow (born 14 April 1855 in Tribsees; died 25 August 1933 in Greifswald) was a Pomeranian author, writing in Standard as well as in Low German. For his Low German works he is known as "Pomeranian Reuter", which is a reference to his Me ...

(14 April 14, 1855 – 25 August 1933), writer * Manfred Bleskin (13 December 1949 – 21 January 2014), journalist

Gallery

File:View from St Thomas Tribsees 4 2014 004.JPG, Town hall File:Tribsees Thomaskirche von Osten.jpg, Town church File:Tribsees, St.-Thomas-Kirche (23).jpg, The unusual medieval altarpiece in the church File:Tribsees Mühlentor.JPG, ''Mühlentor'' ("mill gate") File:Tribsees Steintor.JPG, ''Steintor'' ("stone gate")

References

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