Mecklenburg Castle
Mecklenburg Castle was a medieval castle and a residential capital of the Nakonid and Nikloting dynasties of the Obotrites. It was located just south of the modern village Dorf Mecklenburg, seven kilometres south of the Bay of Wismar in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Castle in Dorf Mecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- Also known as: “Burg Mecklenburg”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church in Dorf Mecklenburg and Dorf Mecklenburg station.
Church in Dorf Mecklenburg
Church
Church in Dorf Mecklenburg is situated 530 metres north of Mecklenburg Castle.
Dorf Mecklenburg station
Railway station
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Dorf Mecklenburg station is a railway station in the municipality of Dorf Mecklenburg, located in the Nordwestmecklenburg district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Dorf Mecklenburg station is situated 680 metres north of Mecklenburg Castle.
Fischteich
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Fischteich is a lake in the Nordwestmecklenburg district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. At an elevation of 6.8 m, its surface area is 0.266 km². Fischteich is situated 3½ km north of Mecklenburg Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Groß Stieten and Metelsdorf.
Groß Stieten
Village
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Groß Stieten is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Groß Stieten is situated 2½ km southwest of Mecklenburg Castle.
Metelsdorf
Village
Metelsdorf is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Metelsdorf is situated 3 km northwest of Mecklenburg Castle.
Lübow
Village
Photo: Chpagenkopf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lübow is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Lübow is situated 4 km northeast of Mecklenburg Castle.
Mecklenburg Castle
- Categories: castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dorf Mecklenburg, Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
53.83706° or 53° 50′ 13″ northLongitude
11.47125° or 11° 28′ 17″ eastOpen location code
9F5HRFPC+RGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1312840512OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q318146
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Slovenian—“Mecklenburg Castle” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Мэкленбург”
- Catalan: “castell de Mecklenburg”
- Czech: “Mecklenburg”
- Dutch: “Mecklenburg Castle”
- French: “château de Mecklembourg”
- French: “Château de Mecklembourg”
- German: “Mecklenburg”
- Greek: “Κάστρο του Μεκλεμβούργου”
- Italian: “Meclemburgo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mecklenburg slott”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Mecklemburgo”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Mecklenburg”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Meclemburgo”
- Portuguese: “Mikilenburg”
- Russian: “Мекленбург (крепость)”
- Russian: “Мекленбург”
- Slovenian: “grad Mecklenburg”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include FFW Dorf Mecklenburg and Pfarrscheune.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Stein ‘Burg Mecklenburg’ 995 n. Chr. and slawisch-obotrische Burganlage der Mecklenburg.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mecklenburg Castle”. Photo: Niteshift, CC BY 2.5.