Kröpelin
Sign in to saveKröpelin () is a town in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 9 km southwest of Bad Doberan, and 23 km west of Rostock.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Kroepelin Windmuehle.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Windmill in Kröpelin
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen Kröpelin.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Kröpelin in MME.svg
- German location.state
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- German location.district
- Rostock
- German location.elevation
- 60
- German location.area
- 67.54
- German location.postal_code
- 18236
- German location.area_code
- 038292, 038294
- German location.licence
- LRO
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 13 0 72 058
- German location.website
- www.kroepelin.de
- German location.mayor
- Thomas Gutteck
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 4816
- Area
- 67.54
- Elevation
- 60
- Official website
- www.kroepelin.de
- Image
- Kroepelin Windmuehle.jpg
- Dialing code
- 038294
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- Kröpelin
- postal code
- 18236
- inception
- 1201-01-01
- hashtag
- Kröpelin
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Kröpelin () is a town in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 9 km southwest of Bad Doberan, and 23 km west of Rostock.
Kröpelin first appears in the written record in 1177 as Crapelin a settlement with Wendish origins. The town's name probably derives from the Slavic word crepelice meaning the place of quail. Kröpelin was granted Lubeck rights in 1249. Granted a town charter on 25 August 1250 by Heinrich Borwin III of Rostock it was known as a shoemakers' town based on the number of people who worked in that profession.
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