Passentin

This article describes the Mecklenburg town of Passentin. For the place in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland with the German name Passentin, see Paszęcin

Passentin City of Penzlin Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 42 ″  N , 13 ° 7 ′ 19 ″  E
Incorporation :	January 1, 1960
Incorporated into:	Mallin
Postal code :	17217
Area code :	03962
Location of Passentin in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Passentin is a district of the city of Penzlin in the Mecklenburg Lake District in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). Until January 1, 2012, Passentin was part of the Mallin community .

geography

The village of Passentin is located west of Lake Tollensee . The Aalbach , a left tributary of the Tollense, flows near the village . Not far south of the village is the Malliner See . The city of Penzlin is eight kilometers from Passentin, the center of the district town of Neubrandenburg about ten kilometers.

history

The name of the place can be derived from the Slavic word pacetin (= strong) and could thus refer to the castle ramparts near Passentin. Another possibility would be the derivation from the Old Slavic locator Pačuta or Pačęta, ie " place of Pačuta / Pačęta ".

Since January 1, 2012, Passentin, which was part of the previously independent municipality of Mallin, has belonged to the city of Penzlin.

Culture and sights

Chapel Passentin

Slavic village Passentin

• Half-timbered chapel in Passentin
• Slawendorf Passentin, a historical site

societies

• Förderverein Slawendorf Passentin eV

Regular events

• Easter fire
• Jutrofest in Slavic village
• Parkfest
• Harvest Festival

Transport links

Passentin is not far from the federal highway 192 from Neubrandenburg to Waren (Müritz) . The next larger train station is in Neubrandenburg.

Personalities

• Dorothee Rätsch (* 1940) German sculptor, studio in Passentin

literature

• Friedrich Schlie, The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin: The district courts, Teterow, Malchin, Stavenbagen, Penzlin, Waren, Malchow and Röbel , p.280ff The estate in Filial-Kirchdorf Passentin

Web links

Commons : Passentin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature on Passentin in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

1. ^ Paul Kühnel: The Slavic place names in Meklenburg. In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology. Vol. 46, 1881, ISSN  0259-7772 , pp. 3-168, here p. 104, ( digitized version ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
3. ^ Website of the Slavic village Passentin