Parchim (district)

Former districts of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Parchim is a former Kreis (district) in the southwestern part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Neighboring districts were (from the north clockwise) Nordwestmecklenburg, Güstrow, Müritz, the district Prignitz in Brandenburg, the district Ludwigslust and the district-free city Schwerin. The district was disbanded at the district reform of September 2011. Its territory has been part of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district since.

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Parchim (district)
K 117, Eldenburg Lübz

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N 53.5 °	E 11.92 °

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K 117
19386 Eldenburg Lübz
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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Rom, Germany

Rom is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Obere Warnow

Obere Warnow is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2012 by the merger of the former municipalities Grebbin and Herzberg. It takes its name from the river Warnow, that has its source near Grebbin.

Grebbin

Grebbin is a village and a former municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Since 1 January 2012, it is part of the municipality Obere Warnow.

Wockersee

Wockersee is a lake in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. At an elevation of 44.1 m, its surface area is 0.6 km2.

Wocker

Wocker is a river of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It flows into the Elde in Parchim.

Parchim station

Parchim station (German: Bahnhof Parchim) is a railway station in the municipality of Parchim, located in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Siggelkow

Siggelkow is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Parchim

Parchim (German: [ˈpaʁçɪm] ; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch: Parchen) is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is the capital of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district. It was the birthplace of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, to whom a monument was erected in 1876. Founded about 1210, it was the seat of the short-lived Lordship of Parchim-Richenberg, a partition of the Duchy of Mecklenburg, from 1226 until 1248 when the lord relocated to Richenberg. Parchim was absorbed into the Lordship of Werle in 1255. In 1277 Werle was partitioned and Parchim became the seat of Werle-Parchim until it was reunited with Werle-Güstrow in 1307. One branch of the family of the duke of Mecklenburg resided in Parchim during part of the 14th century. It became a prosperous industrial town during the 16th century, but this prosperity was destroyed by the Thirty Years' War.

Zölkow

Zölkow is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Moosterbach

Moosterbach is a river of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It flows into a branch of the Elde near Siggelkow.

Parchimer Umland

Parchimer Umland is an Amt in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The seat of the Amt is in Parchim, itself not part of the Amt. It consists of the following municipalities:

Gehlsbach (river)

Gehlsbach is a river of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is a tributary of the Elde.