Zepelin

Basic data
State :	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County :	Rostock
Office :	Bützow-Land
Height :	5 m above sea level NHN
Area :	22.39 km 2
Residents:	456 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	20 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	18246
Area code :	038461
License plate :	LRO, BÜZ, DBR, GÜ, ROS, TET
Community key :	13 0 72 120
Office administration address:	Am Markt 1 ; 18246 Bützow
Website :	www.amt-buetzow-land.de
Mayor :	Hans Liesegang
Location of the municipality of Zepelin in the Rostock district

Zepelin 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

The municipality of Zepelins between Bützow and Güstrow is bordered by the Nebel river in the south and the Warnow in the north . Zepelin is located on the Bützow-Güstrow Canal (built 1894 to 1896), which runs parallel to the Nebel. The terrain is flat and reaches 29 m above sea level near the Oettelin district. NN. Zepelin is characterized by agriculture.

The districts of the municipality are Zepelin, Oettelin and Zepelin expansion. Between 1990 and 2001 the district of Oettelin was an independent municipality.

history

The place name Cepelin appears for the first time in 1246, but the place was founded by German settlers as an anger village about 100 years earlier . It was the eponymous ancestral seat of the von Zeppelin family . The cemetery with the chapel and the pond date from the 14th century. After major fires at the end of the 19th century, the outdoor area of Zepelin was heavily developed. The district of Oettelin (incorporated on August 1, 2001) was first mentioned in 1285.

Attractions

→ See also the list of architectural monuments in Zepelin

Half-timbered chapel in Zepelin from the 17th century with a pulpit from 1682
Half-timbered chapel in Oettelin from 1887
Dutch windmill in Zepelin
Memorial stone for Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin from 1910 in the forest to the west of the village

Chapel in Zepelin
Chapel in Oettelin
Zeppelin memorial stone

Transport links

The connecting roads from Bützow to Schwaan and Güstrow lead through the municipality . The closest train station is in the town of Bützow.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ 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 ).
↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 2001

[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] StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 2001