Röbel

Röbel
Town
Aerial view
Aerial view
Flag of Röbel
Flag
Coat of arms of Röbel
Coat of arms
Location of Röbel within Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district
Röbel is located in Germany
Röbel
Röbel
Röbel is located in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Röbel
Röbel
Coordinates: 53°22′34″N 12°36′22″E / 53.37611°N 12.60611°E / 53.37611; 12.60611
CountryGermany
StateMecklenburg-Vorpommern
DistrictMecklenburgische Seenplatte
Municipal assoc.Röbel-Müritz
Government
 • MayorAndreas Sprick (CDU)
Area
 • Total
30.17 km2 (11.65 sq mi)
Elevation
65 m (213 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[1]
 • Total
5,012
 • Density170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
17207
Dialling codes039931
Vehicle registrationMÜR
Websitewww.stadt-roebel.de
Lake Müritz in Röbel

Röbel (German: [ˈʁøːbl̩] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the western shore of Lake Müritz, 25 km north of Wittstock, and 27 km southwest of Waren. It is part of the Amt Röbel-Müritz.

Sights

The museum Engelscher Hof and the half-timbered former synagogue provide a permanent exhibition on Mecklenburg's Jewish history, commemorating – among other things – the life and work of Israel Jacobson, formerly consistorial president in the Kingdom of Westphalia and feudal landlord in Jördenstorf.

Röbel's historical Jewish centre, the synagogue.
Windmill

Notable people

Grit Breuer (82), Katrin Schreiter, Petra Krug
  • Franz Engel (1834–1920), ethnologist, biologist, and research traveler
  • Gustav Melkert (1890–1943), secretary of the agricultural workers' union in the then district of Müritz and member of the SPD. Used as a Nazi resister. A street in the district of Gildekamp is named after him.
  • Julius Runge (1843–1922), painter
  • Grit Breuer (born 1972), athlete
  • Otto Strack (1856-1935), architect who worked in Chicago, Milwaukee and New York City. Designed Pabst Hotel in New York. Noted for using steel beams in theaters and early sky scrapers.

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2023" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.

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