Sternberg () is a town in the

Ludwigslust-Parchim Ludwigslust-Parchim is a district in the west of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The district seat is Parchim, a branch office of the administration is located in Ludwigslust. After Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, it is the second-biggest distri ...

district of the state of

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History

The town of Sternberg was founded during the

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by duke

Pribislaw I Pribislaw I, Lord of Parchim-Richenberg (between 15 February and 3 June 1224 – after 12 February 1275), was Lord of Parchim-Richenberg from 1238 to 1256. He was the youngest son of Prince Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg of Mecklenburg ...

, who chartered the town with

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in 1248. In the vicinity of the town are the remains of three earlier,

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settlements (near

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and

Sternberger Burg Sternberger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Dolf Sternberger (1907–1989), German philosopher * Estelle Sternberger (1886–1971), American activist, writer and broadcaster *Jace Sternberger (born 1997), American football p ...

within the current city limits, and near Groß Görnow). The Slavic settlement and ramparts near Groß Raden have been excavated and reconstructed and serve as a well-known open-air museum for the Slavic era.

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over Sternberg was transferred from Pribislaw to the Prince of Mecklenburg following Pribislaw's expulsion in 1255. Sternberg became the favorite residence of duke Heinrich II. (''the Lion'') in 1310. In 1492, 27 Jews were burned on the Judenberg after being charged with Eucharistic Sacrilege, a fictitious crime used in Jewish pogroms throughout medieval and renaissance Europe. On June 20, 1549, the

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was introduced in

Mecklenburg Mecklenburg (; ) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Wismar and Güstrow. ...

as a result of a special council (Landtag) on the Sagsdorfer Bridge in Sternberg. In 1628, during the

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held council here.

Geography

The city is located southwest of

Rostock Rostock (; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Roztoc''), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (), is the largest city in the German States of Germany, state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the sta ...

, southeast of

Wismar Wismar (; ), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar () is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city of Mecklenburg after Rostock, Schwerin and ...

, and northeast of

Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch dialect, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch Low German: ''Swerin''; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Zwierzyn''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Germ ...

. It is located near the

Warnow The Warnow () is a river in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. It flows into the Baltic Sea near the town of Rostock Rostock (; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Roztoc''), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock ( ...

River.

People

Albrecht Tischbein Johann Heinrich Albrecht Tischbein (15 November 1803 in Sternberg – 22 March 1881 in Rostock) was a German engineer and shipbuilder; one of the designers of the first German iron screw steamers. Biography His father was the painter and art ...

(1803-1881), German shipbuilder *

Alexander Behm Alexander Behm (11 November 1880, in Sternberg ( Mecklenburg) – 22 January 1952, in Tarp ( Schleswig-Flensburg)) was a German physicist who developed working ocean echo sounder in Germany at the same time Reginald Fessenden was doing so ...

(1880-1952), German inventor and physicist

References

External links

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Official Sternberg Website
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