Altkalen
Sign in to saveleft|thumb|150px|A Windmill near Altkalen Altkalen (, , in contrast to "New Kalen") is a municipality in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Key facts
- German place.image_plan
- Altkalen_in_LRO.svg
- German place.state
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- German place.district
- Rostock
- German place.Amt
- Gnoien
- German place.elevation
- 37
- German place.area
- 45.74
- German place.postal_code
- 17179
- German place.area_code
- 039971
- German place.licence
- LRO
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 13 0 72 004
- German place.mayor
- Renate Awe
- German place.Bürgermeistertitel
- Bürgermeisterin
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left|thumb|150px|A Windmill near Altkalen Altkalen (, , in contrast to "New Kalen") is a municipality in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
==History== Kalen was first mentioned in a document from 1174. The name "Kalen" is of Slavic origin and means "marsh" or "morass". After 1236, Kalen was expanded as a city with a strong fortification.