Kröpelin

Town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Kröpelin within Rostock district

54°04′N 11°47′E / 54.067°N 11.783°E / 54.067; 11.783CountryGermanyStateMecklenburg-VorpommernDistrictRostock Government

• MayorThomas GutteckArea

• Total67.26 km² (25.97 sq mi)Elevation

60 m (200 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total4,829 • Density72/km² (190/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

18236

Dialling codes038292, 038294Vehicle registrationLROWebsitewww.kroepelin.de

Kröpelin is a town in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 9 km southwest of Bad Doberan, and 23 km west of Rostock.

Kröpelin first appears in the written record in 1177 as Crapelin a settlement with Wendish origins. The town's name probably derives from the Slavic word crepelice meaning the place of quail. Kröpelin was granted Lubeck rights in 1249. Granted a town charter on 25 August 1250 by Heinrich Borwin III of Rostock it was known as a shoemakers' town based on the number of people who worked in that profession.

The town has experienced a number of devastating fires during its history, in 1377, 1560, 1580, 1738 and 1774.^[2]

The early nineteenth century saw Jewish immigration into Kröpelin. The Jewish community built a cemetery outside the town in 1821. During the 1938 November pogrom it was desecrated by the Nazis and then fell until ruin. After the Second World War a memorial stone was erected to those members of the town's Jewish community who had died in the holocaust. In 2012, the cemetery was the subject to a number of anti-Semitic attacks, including criminal damage and racist graffiti.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
^ Kröpelin Council (1999) The History of Kröpelin, Part I, Kröpelin P241-242
^ "Rostock, Germany - Swastikas Sprayed On Tombstones In Kroepelin Cemetery". VINNews.com. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
^ "Jewish cemetery defaced". CFCA. Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2012.