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Warnemünde

Warnemünde (meaning Warnow mouth) is a sea resort and northmost district of Rostock in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, situated on the Baltic Sea in the northeast of Germany at the estuary of the river Warnow.

Located at 54.1667, 12.0833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.805 miles away.
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Villages in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rostock, Spa towns in Germany, Tourism in Germany

Warnow

The Warnow is a river in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. It flows into the Baltic Sea near the town of Rostock, in its borough Warnemünde. The source of the Warnow is in Grebbin, a small village 10 km north of Parchim, at the western end of the Mecklenburg Lake District. It flows north through Sternberg, Bützow and Schwaan before reaching Rostock.

Located at 54.1817, 12.0922 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.806 miles away.
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Rivers of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Warnow (river), Warnow basin, Federal waterways in Germany

Kontek

The Kontek HVDC is a 170-kilometre long, monopolar 400 kV high-voltage direct current cable between Germany and the Danish island Zealand. Its name comes from "continent" and the name of the former Danish power transmission company "Elkraft", which operated the power grid on the Danish islands Lolland, Falster and Zealand and had the abbreviation "ek". As of today, the cable is operated by Energinet. dk in Denmark and 50Hertz Transmission GmbH in Germany.

Located at 54.1009, 12.2171 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.802 miles away.
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Submarine power cables, HVDC transmission lines, Electric power infrastructure in Denmark, Electric power transmission systems in Germany, Denmark–Germany relations, Energy infrastructure completed in 1995

Warnow Tunnel

The Warnow Tunnel (also known as the Warnow River Crossing and the Warnowquerung in German) is a road tunnel 790 m long which connects the east and west bank of the Warnow river in the Hanseatic city of Rostock in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is Germany's first toll road in modern times and was opened on 12 September 2003 by Federal Transport Minister Dr. Manfred Stolpe.

Located at 54.135, 12.0936 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.803 miles away.
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Tunnels in Germany, Buildings and structures in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Toll tunnels, Rostock, Tunnels completed in 2003, Warnow (river), Transport infrastructure completed in 2003, Transport in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Rostock Power Station

Rostock Power Station is a bituminous coal-fired combined heat and power plant operated by Kraftwerks- und Netzgesellschaft mbH (KNG), located in Rostock, Germany. Construction on the plant began in June 1991, and test firing and Grid connection were carried out from March to September, 1994. In October of that year it entered normal service. In addition to a generating capacity of 553 MWe, the station also feeds the Rostock district heating net.

Located at 54.1414, 12.1319 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.804 miles away.
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Coal-fired power stations in Germany, E.ON, Vattenfall, RWE, Rostock, Buildings and structures in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Companies based in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

St. Peter's Church, Rostock

St. Peter's Church, in German Petrikirche, is the oldest of three town churches found in the Hanseatic city of Rostock, in northern Germany. The other two are St. Mary`s Church (Marienkirche) and St. Nicholas (Nikolaikirche). A fourth, St. Jakobi, was heavily damaged during the Second World War and subsequently demolished.

Located at 54.0906, 12.1481 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.801 miles away.
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Churches in Rostock, Lutheran churches in Germany, 14th-century Roman Catholic church buildings, Lutheran church buildings converted from Roman Catholicism

German submarine U-3519

German submarine U-3519 was a Type XXI U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The Elektroboote submarine was laid down on 19 September 1944 at the Schichau-Werke yard at Danzig, launched on 23 November 1944, and commissioned on 6 January 1945 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Richard von Harpe.

Located at 54.1833, 12.0833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.806 miles away.
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World War II submarines of Germany, Type XXI submarines, U-boats sunk by mines, World War II shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea, U-boats commissioned in 1945, U-boats sunk in 1945, 1944 ships, Ships built in Danzig, Ships built by Schichau

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) is located in Rostock, Germany. It was founded in 1996 and moved into new buildings in Rostock in 2002. It is one of approximately 80 institutes of the Max Planck Society. The MPIDR is jointly led by founding director James Vaupel and Joshua S. Goldstein, who joined the institute in 2007 following the retirement of Jan Hoem and took over Executive Directorship in May 2009.

Located at 54.0939, 12.1111 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.801 miles away.
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Max Planck Society, Research institutes in Germany, Social science institutes, University of Rostock

Rostock Central Station

Rostock Central Station (Rostock Hauptbahnhof) is the main railway station in the German city of Rostock. The station was first opened in 1886 by the Deutsch-Nordischer Lloyd, operating a combined railway/ferry line to Nykøbing Falster in Denmark. In 1894, the station was renamed to Central-Bahnhof and finally to Rostock Hauptbahnhof at the turn of the 20th century. The station saw further expansion in 1913 and 1922, but was heavily damaged in World War II.

Located at 54.0781, 12.1308 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.800 miles away.
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Rostock, Railway stations in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Hauptbahnhof in Germany

Force Attack

Force Attack is a music festival, which is organized every year on the last July weekend in Behnkenhagen in the municipality Süderholz near Rostock. Approximately 50 bands mainly from the genres Punk, Ska, Oi!, Hardcore, Psychobilly and Metal are performing for three days on two stages. As multicolored as the program are the visitors of the festival. The event is claimed to be the biggest punk party in the world.

Located at 54.18, 12.2975 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.808 miles away.
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Music festivals in Germany, Rock festivals in Germany, Heavy metal festivals, Concert tours, Recurring events established in 1996

Carbäk

Carbäk is an Amt in the district of Rostock, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The seat of the Amt is in Broderstorf. The Amt Carbäk consists of the following municipalities: Broderstorf Klein Kussewitz Poppendorf Roggentin

Located at 54.1, 12.3 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.803 miles away.
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Ämter in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rostock (district)

Rostocker Heide

Rostocker Heide is an Amt in the district of Rostock, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The seat of the Amt is in Gelbensande. The Amt Rostocker Heide consists of the following municipalities: Bentwisch Blankenhagen Gelbensande Mönchhagen

Located at 54.167, 12.233 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.807 miles away.
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Ämter in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rostock (district)

Riot of Rostock-Lichtenhagen

From August 22–24, 1992 violent xenophobic riots took place in the Lichtenhagen district of Rostock, Germany; these were the worst mob attacks against migrants in postwar Germany. Despite stones and petrol bombs being thrown at an apartment block where asylum seekers lived, no one was killed. At the height of the riots, several hundred militant right-wing extremists were involved, and about 3,000 neighbourhood onlookers stood by, applauding them.

Located at 54.153, 12.066 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.804 miles away.
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Protests in Germany, 1992 in Germany, Riots and civil disorder in Germany, 1992 riots, Ethnic riots, Racism in Germany, Romani-related controversies, Antiziganism

Hanseatic University Rostock

The Hanseatic University (HU) in Rostock-Warnemünde was a private university in Rostock, Germany. Founded in 2007, it was the second private institution of higher education in Germany to be granted university status by the government. In August 2008, when it had three students, it ceased activities, and it finally closed down March 2009.

Located at 54.171, 12.079 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.806 miles away.
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Universities and colleges in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

St. Mary's Church, Rostock

St. Mary's Church, Rostock, in German Marienkirche, is the biggest of three town churches found in the Hanseatic city of Rostock, in northern Germany. The other two are St. Peter's (Petrikirche) and St. Nicholas (Nikolaikirche). A fourth, St. James' (Jakobikirche), was heavily damaged during the Second World War and subsequently demolished. St.

Located at 54.09, 12.139 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.801 miles away.
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Churches in Rostock, Lutheran churches in Germany, Lutheran church buildings converted from Roman Catholicism

Dierkow

Dierkow near Rostock, Mecklenburg, was a Viking Age Slavic-Scandinavian settlement at the southern Baltic coast in the late 8th and early 9th century. Neither the site itself, nor the adjacent Slavic burghs Kessin and Fresendorf have yet been sufficiently researched.

Located at 54.1167, 12.1667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.803 miles away.
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Viking Age, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Viking Age populated places, Former populated places in Germany

Rostock University of Music and Theatre

The Rostock University of Music and Theatre (Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock in German) is a college of music in Rostock, Germany. The Hochschule opened in 1994 and is situated in a former cloister named Katharinenkloster in the hanseatic city of Rostock. The Hochschule is a member of the Association of Baltic Academies of Music.

Located at 54.0917, 12.1444 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.801 miles away.
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Rostock University of Music and Theatre, Music schools in Germany, Public universities, Universities in Germany, Rostock

Unterwarnow

Unterwarnow is the estuary of the Warnow River in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. Connected with the Baltic Sea in Warnemunde. On the coasts of the estuary, the City of Rostock is located.

Located at 54.0833, 12.1333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.800 miles away.
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Rivers of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Bays of the Baltic Sea, Bays of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rostock, Warnow (river), Warnow basin, Federal waterways in Germany

Warnemünde Church

Warnemünde Church is a neogothic building in Warnemünde, which is a part of the hanseatic city of Rostock. Construction of the current brick building began in 1866 and the church was consecrated in 1871. The church of Warnemünde stands for over one hundred years in the middle of the town and is the center of the Evangelical Lutheran congregation. For the community along with many guests it is a place of rest and prayer. But it has also even given protection from flooding.

Located at 54.1769, 12.085 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.806 miles away.
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Churches in Rostock, Lutheran churches in Germany

Abbey of the Holy Cross, Rostock

The Abbey of the Holy Cross (German: Kloster zum Heiligen Kreuz) in Rostock was founded in the 13th century by Cistercian nuns. It is the only fully preserved abbey in the city. The complex includes the former abbey church which is used today as the University Church (Universitätskirche). The remaining abbey buildings house the Museum of Cultural History (Kulturhistorische Museum) for the city of Rostock.

Located at 54.0872, 12.1325 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.801 miles away.
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Cistercian nunneries in Germany, Monasteries in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brick Gothic, Museums in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 13th-century architecture, Pipe organs, Rostock, 13th-century establishments in Germany

Frieden (museum ship)

The Frieden (known in German as the Traditionsschiff Typ Frieden) is the former German motor vessel Dresden operated by the VEB Deutsche Seereederei Rostock. Since 1970 it has been used as a museum ship. The Dresden was built in 1956/57 at the Warnow Shipyard. It was the fifth Type IV ship in the first batch of 10,000 tonne piece-goods freighters that were built in East Germany's shipyards after the Second World War.

Located at 54.1433, 12.0856 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.804 miles away.
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Museum ships, Museums in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 1957 ships, Merchant ships of Germany, Ships built in Rostock, Ships built in East Germany

Breitling (Warnow)

The Breitling is a bodden-like, roughly 2,500 metre wide opening in the lower Warnow just before its mouth on the Baltic Sea in Germany. Its north to south extent is about 1,500 metres. The Breitling is only linked to the Baltic itself through a narrow access channel in Warnemünde, the Seekanal . For these reasons the Breitling is a perfect natural harbour. On the Baltic side the Breitling is bordered by the Rostock quarter of Hohe Düne.

Located at 54.1667, 12.1167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.806 miles away.
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Bays of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, River bays, Warnow basin, Rostock, Warnow (river)

Fischland

Fischland is an isthmus on the southern Baltic Sea coast on the Bay of Mecklenburg in northeastern Germany. It is part of the peninsula of Fischland-Darß-Zingst. Fischland was an island until the 14th century and was bounded by the navigable estuarine branches of the River Recknitz: the Permin in the south and the Loop in the north.

Located at 54.3325, 12.3789 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.819 miles away.
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Peninsulas of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Peninsulas of the Baltic Sea, Fischland-Darss-Zingst

Rostock Heath

Rostock Heath is a wood and heathland region northeast of the German city of Rostock. It has a total area of about 6000 hectares and, since 1252, has been owned by the Hanseatic city of Rostock. As a result of its ownership of the Rostock Heath, Rostock is today one of the five largest communal woodland owners in Germany. In the district of Rostock is the sub-district of Rostocker Heide with its head office in the village of Gelbensande.

Located at 54.1922, 12.1864 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.808 miles away.
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Rostock, Geography of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Forests and woodlands of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Trams in Rostock

The Rostock tramway network is the centrepiece of the public transport system in Rostock, the largest city in the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Opened in 1881 as a horsecar system, the network was converted to electrical operation in 1904. It is currently operated by Rostocker Straßenbahn AG  (RSAG).

Located at 54.0858, 12.1411 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.801 miles away.
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Transport in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Tram transport in Germany