Dargun

Dargun

Dargun

Town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

For the village in Iran, see Dargun, Iran.

Dargun is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.[2] It is situated 12 km (7 mi) km west of Demmin.[3] It is famous for Dargun Palace, a former Cistercian abbey.[4]

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History

From 1815 to 1918 Dargun was part of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.[5] The Palace was burned down by Red Army soldiers after the conquest of the town in late April 1945.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Dargun, Germany Weather Conditions | Weather Underground". www.wunderground.com. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  3. [3]
    "Demmin - Dargun route planner - distance, time and costs – ViaMichelin". www.viamichelin.com. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  4. [4]
    "Monastery: Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Baden-Württemberg". www.salem.de. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  5. [5]
    www.ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1167/. Retrieved 2020-10-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. [6]
    Joachim Schultz-Naumann (1990), Universitas Verlag (ed.), Mecklenburg 1945 (in German), Universitas, p. 199, ISBN 3-8004-1215-2

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