Stavenhagen () is a municipality in the

Mecklenburgische Seenplatte The Mecklenburg Lake Plateau or Mecklenburg Lakeland
- Federal Ministry of Economics ...

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 ...

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. It is situated 28 km northwest of

Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg (lit. ''New Brandenburg'', ) is a city in the southeast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located on the shore of a lake called Tollensesee and forms the urban centre of the Mecklenburg Lakeland. The city is famous for its ...

Subdivisions

Stavenhagen is divided into following parts:

History

The town is first mentioned in 1230 under the name of ''Stovenhage''. The town was destroyed towards the end of the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...

in 1648. Large fires in the years 1727 and 1746 also destroyed large parts of the town. Today's ''Schloss Stavenhagen'' (Stavenhagen Castle) was built in 1740 on the premises of an earlier fort. The town's church was re-built between 1774 and 1790 and also a new town hall was erected in 1788. The first

lager beer Lager () is beer which has been brewed and conditioned at low temperature. Lagers can be pale, amber, or dark. Pale lager is the most widely consumed and commercially available style of beer. The term "lager" comes from the German for "storage ...

brewery in Mecklenburg was founded in Stavenhagen in the first half of the 19th century.

Fritz Reuter Fritz Reuter (7 November 1810 – 12 July 1874; born as ''Heinrich Ludwig Christian Friedrich Reuter'') was a novelist from Northern Germany who was a prominent contributor to Low German literature. Early life Fritz Reuter was born at Stavenha ...

, a notable author (his works were among the best selling of his time), was born in 1810 as son of the mayor. Reuter is regarded one of the most prominent authors of

Low German : : : : : (70,000) (30,000) (8,000) , familycolor = Indo-European , fam2 = Germanic , fam3 = West Germanic , fam4 = North Sea Germanic , ancestor = Old Saxon , ancestor2 = Middle L ...

literature. In 1864, Stavenhagen gained access to the

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

network. The station is on the Buetzow-Szczecin line. Industrial developments at the turn of the 19th century were a sugar factory, a steam mill, a brick factory, a power station, a hospital and a fire station. Since 1960, the town features a museum dedicated to

called ''Fritz-Reuter-Literaturmuseum''. The GDR's

National People's Army The National People's Army (german: Nationale Volksarmee, ; NVA ) were the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1956 to 1990. The NVA was organized into four branches: the (Ground Forces), the (Navy), the (Air Force) an ...

opened a military base at Basepohl in 1974.

Attractions

* Fritz-Reuter-Literaturmuseum and the Fritz Reuter monument * Schloss Stavenhagen (Stavenhagen Castle) * old synagogue, one of very few in Mecklenburgs that survived the Nazi era (open to visitors) * ''Ivenacker Eichen'' - oak trees more than 1000 years old

Notable people

* Anke Behmer, athlete * Bert Papenfuß-Gorek, author *

, author *

Ralf Bartels Ralf Bartels (born 21 February 1978 in Stavenhagen, Germany, then East Germany, German Democratic Republic) is a German shot putter. He became European Champion at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden after beating ...

, athlete

Enterprises

* Aviko Rixona Stavenhagen fanni* Pommernland Fleisch- und Wurstwaren GmbH * Immergut Dauermilch GmbH * Netto Supermarkt GmbH (headquarters for

) * Ski GmbH

Town twinning

Preetz Preetz () is a town southeast of Kiel in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany. Preetz is also known as "Schusterstadt" (English: 'shoemaker town') named after shoemakers who used to live and work in this town. Preetz has ...

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

(since 1990) * Werdohl,

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

(since 1990) * Šilalė,

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

(since 1994)

References

External links

Official website of Stavenhagen (German)

Fritz Reuter-Literaturmuseum (German)

Synagogue of Stavenhagen
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Mecklenburg Populated places established in the 13th century 1260s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire 1264 establishments in Europe Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin