Rerik

Rerik
Church

Coat of arms
Rerik
Location of Rerik within Rostock district
Coordinates: 54°6′N 11°37′E / 54.100°N 11.617°E / 54.100; 11.617Coordinates: 54°6′N 11°37′E / 54.100°N 11.617°E / 54.100; 11.617
Country Germany
State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District Rostock
Municipal assoc. Neubukow-Salzhaff
Government
 • Mayor Wolfgang Gulbis (SPD)
Area
 • Total 33.45 km2 (12.92 sq mi)
Elevation 10 m (30 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 2,161
 • Density 65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 18230
Dialling codes 038296
Vehicle registration LRO, BÜZ, DBR, GÜ, ROS, TET
Website www.rerik.de

Rerik (apparently formerly Alt-Gaarz) is a town in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the Baltic Sea coast, 19 km west of Bad Doberan, and 27 km northeast of Wismar. In 1938, Rerik was named after the old Slavic settlement Reric, that was believed to have been situated near present Rerik.

It is the setting for Alfred Andersch's debut novel, Sansibar oder der letzte Grund (1957).[2]

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Wolfgang Hillebrandt (born 1944), astrophysicist

Media related to Rerik at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 31.12.2017". Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). October 2018.
  2. ↑ https://www.rerik.de/Sansibar.73.html
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