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Rüterberg
Sign in to save200px|thumbnail|Flag of the "village-republic" of Rüterberg Rüterberg is a Stadtteil of Dömitz in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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- Dömitz
- Region
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Country
- Deutschland
- Population
- 167
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200px|thumbnail|Flag of the "village-republic" of Rüterberg Rüterberg is a Stadtteil of Dömitz in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
The community lies in the former East Germany on a portion of the Elbe River that formed part of the border with the former West Germany. By the end of the communist era, Rüterburg was surrounded by a wall that completely cut the community off from the rest of East Germany. From 1988 to 1989, the local residents, led by Hans Rasenberger, raised the idea of creating a free town, with the powers of establishing their own laws, breaking their ties with East Germany. The "Republic" was proclaimed by an assembly of 90 citizens on 8 November 1989, just a day before the fall of the Berlin Wall. On 14 July 1991, the secretary of state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern acknowledged the right of the people of Rüterberg to use the title of Dorfrepublik (Village Republic).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rüterberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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