Waren (Müritz) is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Germany

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, capital of the former Müritz district (Kreis). It is situated on the northern end of Lake Müritz, approximately 40 km west of Neubrandenburg

Neubrandenburg

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Early history

The place is first mentioned by the Greek geographer Claudius Ptolemy

Ptolemy

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 150 A.D. as Virunum. Therefore it is one of the first documented settlements in the area of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The name probably comes from the slavic word for "place of crows or ravens". Another possibility is that it refers to the Germanic tribe of the Warini

Warini

The Varni , Varini , Varinnae , Wærne/Werne and Warnii probably refer to a little known Germanic tribe. The name would have meant the "defenders". They lived in northern Germany...

 who settled in this area.

Medieval times

The medieval town was founded in 1260 by settlers from Westphalia

Westphalia

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 on a trading route from Wismar

Wismar

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 to Burg Stargard

Burg Stargard

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 next to a castle and a Slavic village. The origins of Waren were around Saint George' church which was first mentioned in 1273. In 1292 Waren was described as a civitas and got town privileges. From 1331 on it was called an oppidum. From 1347 to 1425 it was the residence of a branch line of the princes of Werle who were part of the Obodrites family.

Public transport

Waren (Müritz) Station offers fast rail connections to Rostock

Rostock

Rostock -Early history:In the 11th century Polabian Slavs founded a settlement at the Warnow river called Roztoc ; the name Rostock is derived from that designation. The Danish king Valdemar I set the town aflame in 1161.Afterwards the place was settled by German traders...

 at the Baltic Sea

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, Berlin

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, Leipzig

Leipzig

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 and Munich

Munich

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Within the town a network of buses is available. Several regional buses connect the town to almost every village in the district and the towns in the surroundings.

Boat connections

There are also boat connections to Klink

Klink

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, Röbel

Röbel

Röbel is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the western shore of Lake Müritz, 25 km north of Wittstock, and 27 km southwest of Waren.-Sights:...

, Malchow

Malchow

Malchow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.-Geography:It is situated on the river Elde, 25,5 km west of Waren, and 35 km north of Wittstock.-History:...

, Plau

PLAU

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 and Land Fleesensee via the lakes of the lake district.

Twin towns

Waren is twinned

Town twinning

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 with:
Suwałki in Poland

Poland

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 Gorna Oryahovitsa

Gorna Oryahovitsa

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 in Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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Notable people

This is an incomplete list of notable people that were born, lived or contributed to the welfare of the town of Waren:

• Bernhard II (~1320–1382), Prince of Werle-Waren 1347–1382
• Johann Albrecht II (1590–1636), Duke of Mecklenburg
• Carl Henrich Dreyer (1723–1802), jurist and politician
• Henriette von Blissing (1798–1879), novelist
• Richard Wossidlo (1859–1939), folklorist
• Martha Fritsch (1860–1917), publisher and daughter of Theodor Fontane
  Theodor Fontane
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• Klausjürgen Wussow (1929–2007), actor
• Heinz Sarkowski (1925–2006), publisher and author
• Heinz Penzlin (* 1932), zoologist and animal physiologist
• Jürgen Seidel (* 1948), politician, vice state prime minister of the federal state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• Rudolf Borchert (* 1952), politician
• Sylvia Bretschneider (* 1960), politician, president of the state assembly (Landtag) of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• Katrin Borchert (* 1969), canoeist

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