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Rostock

Rostock is the largest city in the state of , though not its capital. It is a hub for Baltic Sea ferries, Germany's largest port for cruise ships by number of boardings and pleasant enough for a longer stay mostly due to its Hanseatic heritage.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Rostock Central Station and Ostseestadion.

Railway station
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Rostock Hauptbahnhof, also , is the main railway station in the city of Rostock. It is situated well to the south of the city centre, to which it is linked by tram.

Stadium
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The is the home stadium of FC Hansa Rostock, a association football club, located in the city of Rostock. It has a capacity of 29,000.

Church
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St. Peter's Church, in German Petrikirche, was built in the 13th century and is the oldest of three town churches found in the Hanseatic city of Rostock, in northern .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baltic Sea Coast and Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt.

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The of is a vacation region located in the northern federal states of and . The eastern part of it is known as the German Riviera.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Village
is a municipality in the district, in , . The for the greater Rostock area is located in .

Rostock

Latitude
54.0887° or 54° 5′ 19″ north
Longitude
12.14° or 12° 8′ 24″ east
Population
208,000
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
IATA airport code
RLG
United Nations Location Code
DE RSK
Open location code
9F6J34QR+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1684321651
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2844588
Wiki­data ID
Q2861
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Rostock” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Rostock”
  • Albanian: “Rostock”
  • Albanian: “Rostoku”
  • Arabic: “روستوك”
  • Aragonese: “Rostock”
  • Armenian: “Ռոստոկ”
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  • Bavarian: “Rostock”
  • Belarusian: “Ростак”
  • Bengali: “রসটক”
  • Breton: “Rostock”
  • Bulgarian: “Росток”
  • Bulgarian: “Рощок”
  • Catalan: “Rostock”
  • Cebuano: “Kreisfreie Stadt Rostock”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕۆستۆک”
  • Chinese: “Rostock”
  • Chinese: “汉萨城市罗斯托克”
  • Chinese: “罗斯托克”
  • Chinese: “羅斯托克”
  • Chuvash: “Росток”
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  • Czech: “Rostock”
  • Czech: “Roztoky”
  • Danish: “Rostock”
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  • Dutch: “Rostock”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “روستوك”
  • Esperanto: “Rostock”
  • Estonian: “Rostock”
  • Finnish: “Rostock”
  • French: “Rostock”
  • Friulian: “Rostock”
  • Galician: “Rostock”
  • Georgian: “როსტოკი”
  • German: “Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock”
  • German: “Hansestadt Rostock”
  • German: “Rostock”
  • Greek: “Ρόστοκ”
  • Gujarati: “રોસ્ટોક”
  • Hebrew: “רוסטוק”
  • Hindi: “रोस्टॉक”
  • Hungarian: “Rostock”
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  • Italian: “Rostock”
  • Japanese: “ロストック”
  • Kannada: “ರೊಸ್ಟಾಕ್”
  • Kazakh: “Росток”
  • Kirghiz: “Росток”
  • Kongo: “Rostock”
  • Korean: “로스토크”
  • Kurdish: “Rostock”
  • Ladin: “Rostock”
  • Latin: “Rostochium”
  • Latvian: “Rostoka”
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  • Limburgan: “Rostock”
  • Lithuanian: “Rostokas”
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  • Macedonian: “Росток”
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  • Marathi: “रोस्टोक”
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  • Mingrelian: “როსტოკი”
  • Moksha: “Росток”
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  • Narom: “Rostock”
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  • Occitan (post 1500): “Rostock”
  • Ossetian: “Росток”
  • Persian: “روستوک”
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  • Polish: “Rostock”
  • Polish: “Roztoka”
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  • Scottish Gaelic: “Rostock”
  • Serbian: “Rostock”
  • Serbian: “Росток”
  • Serbian: “Рошток”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rostock”
  • Sicilian: “Rostock”
  • Silesian: “Rostock”
  • Sinhala: “රොස්ටොක්”
  • Slovak: “Rostock”
  • Slovenian: “Rostock”
  • South Azerbaijani: “روستوک”
  • Spanish: “Rostock”
  • Swahili: “Rostock”
  • Swedish: “Rostock”
  • Swiss German: “Rostock”
  • Tamil: “ரோஸ்டாக்”
  • Tamil: “ரோஸ்டோக்”
  • Tatar: “Росток”
  • Telugu: “రోస్టాక్”
  • Thai: “รอสทอค”
  • Thai: “ร็อสท็อค”
  • Tumbuka: “Rostock”
  • Turkish: “Hansestadt Rostock”
  • Turkish: “Rostock”
  • Ukrainian: “Росток”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Roztok”
  • Urdu: “راسٹاک”
  • Urdu: “روستوک”
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  • Waray (Philippines): “Rostock”
  • Welsh: “Rostock”
  • Western Armenian: “Ռոսթոք”
  • Western Frisian: “Rostock (stêd)”
  • Western Frisian: “Rostock”
  • Western Panjabi: “روسٹاک”
  • Wolof: “Rostock”
  • Wu Chinese: “罗斯托克”
  • Yue Chinese: “羅斯托克”
  • Zulu: “Rostock”
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