Penzin

Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Rostock
Office :	Bützow-Land
Height :	18 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.08 km 2
Residents:	136 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	22 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	18249
Area code :	038464
License plate :	LRO, BÜZ, DBR, GÜ, ROS, TET
Community key :	13 0 72 078
Office administration address:	Am Markt 1 ; 18246 Bützow
Website :	www.amt-buetzow-land.de
Mayoress :	Bärbel Kraatz
Location of the municipality of Penzin in the Rostock district

Penzin is a municipality in the Rostock district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany). The community is administered by the Bützow-Land office , based in the city of Bützow .

geography

View of Penzin

The municipality of Penzin - in terms of area the smallest municipality in the district - is located between the cities of Bützow and Kröpelin , about 30 km southwest of Rostock . The predominantly flat and northeast of Penzin z. T. marshy terrain reaches a maximum of 19 m above sea level. NN.

Penzin is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Klein Belitz in the north and east and Bernitt in the south and west.

history

Penzin was first mentioned in 1318. The community is characterized by agriculture (grain and livestock farming) and crafts.

The name comes from the Old Slavic name pąk based on the locator , i.e. place of Pęča .

Penzin increased its population by eleven percent in 2007.

Attractions

Büdnerei in Dorfstrasse 3

→ See also the list of architectural monuments in Penzin

Transport links

The community is on the road connecting Bützow to Kröpelin. The A 20 passes seven kilometers away (junction Kröpelin ). The nearest train station is in Bützow, eight km away.

Personalities

Friedrich Scharf (1897–1974), lawyer, politician (NSDAP) and SS-Oberführer; during the time of National Socialism Prime Minister of Mecklenburg
Christel Bachmann (* 1946), painter, ceramist and graphic artist

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↑ Statistisches Amt MV - population status of the districts, offices and municipalities 2019 (XLS file) (official population figures in the update of the 2011 census) ( help ).
^ 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. 105.

Web links

Commons : Penzin - Collection of Images

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-MV-1] Statistisches Amt MV - population status of the districts, offices and municipalities 2019 (XLS file) (official population figures in the update of the 2011 census) ( help ).

[2] 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. 105.