Country Germany District Rostock Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 10.97 km² Postal code 18196 | State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Elevation 27 m (89 ft) Postal codes 18196 Local time Sunday 4:38 PM Municipality Dummerstorf | |
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Kessin is a village and a former municipality in the district of Rostock, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Since 7 June 2009, it is part of the municipality Dummerstorf.
Map of Kessin, Germany
A group of West Slavic people affiliated with the Veleti tribe settled Kessini in the 8th century. Known as the Kessinians, linguistically, they belonged to the Polabian Slavs.
A large part of the plot of Theodor Fontane’s realist novel "Effi Briest" takes place in a fictional town named Kessin, which is said to be in Farther Pomerania.
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