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Friedland, Mecklenburg Vorpommern

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Country
  
Germany

Municipal assoc.
  
Friedland

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
6,772 (31 Dec 2008)

Postal code
  
17098

State
  
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Elevation
  
25 m (82 ft)

Area
  
97.64 km²

Local time
  
Friday 6:23 PM

Dialling code
  
039601

Friedland, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

District
  
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte

Weather
  
5°C, Wind SW at 35 km/h, 79% Humidity

Friedland is a town in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.

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Map of 17098 Friedland, Germany

It is only 22 km from the district seat and bigger town Neubrandenburg, but still Friedland remains a local center for surrounding communities like Galenbeck (Kotelow, Lübbersdorf, Schwichtenberg), Brunn and Boldekow, and has approximately 6,800 citizens.

It was founded in 1244 by the Prince-electors Otto and Johann of Brandenburg, then having the name Vredeland.

Sons and daughters of the city

  • Andreas Helvigius (1572-1643), philologist, educator
  • Friederike Krüger (1789-1858), participant of the Liberation War
  • Emilie Mayer (1812-1883), composer
  • Rudolf Berlin (1833-1897), ophthalmologist

    • People who have worked here

  • Ernst Boll (1817-1868), natural scientist, was a house teacher in Friedland
  • Fritz Reuter (1810-1874), low German poet, studied the school in Friedland
  • Daniel Runge (1804-unknown), theologian and parliamentarian, attended the scholar's school here
  • Wilhelm Sauer (1831-1916), organ builder, spent his youth in Friedland
  • Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783-1850), agriculturist and economist, led the Liepen family in 1806 and married the Friedlander mayor and estate owner Helena Sophia Berlin.

    • References

    Friedland, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Wikipedia
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