Sternberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Infobox German Location
Name = Sternberg
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen_Sternberg.pnglat_deg = 53 | lat_min = 42
lon_deg = 11 | lon_min = 49
Lageplan = Sternberg_in_PCH.pngLageplanbeschreibung =
Bundesland = Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Landkreis = Parchim
Amt = Sternberger Seenlandschaft
Höhe = 40
Fläche = 67.67
Einwohner = 4694
Stand = 2006-06-30
PLZ = 19406
Vorwahl = 03847
Kfz = PCH
Gemeindeschlüssel = 13 0 60 073
Adresse = Am Markt 1
19406 Sternberg
Website = [http://www.stadt-sternberg.de/ www.stadt-sternberg.de/]
Bürgermeister = Jochen Quandt
Partei =

Sternberg (IPA2|ˈʃtɛʁnbɛʁk) is a town in the Parchim district of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

History

A recent excavation of a Slavic settlement from the 9th or 10th Century demonstrates that this area has been inhabited for at least the last millennium. In 1248, Prince Pribislaw von Parchim-Richenberg granted cityhood to the Sternberg settlement. Ownership was transferred to the Prince of Mecklenburg in fiefdom of the Principality of Saxony. Sternberg became the favorite residence of duke Heinrich II. ("the Lion") in 1310. In 1492, 27 Jews were burned on the Judenberg after being charged with Eucharistic Sacrilege - a fictitious crime used in Jewish pogroms throughout medieval and renaissance Europe. On June 20, 1549, the Reformation was introduced in Mecklenburg as a result of a special council (Landtag) on the Sagsdorfer Bridge in Sternberg. In 1628, during the Thirty Years' War Albrecht von Wallenstein held council here.

There was a small labour camp, housing both Jewish and non-Jewish prisoners, in Sternberg during the Third Reich.

Geography

The city is located southwest of Rostock, southeast of Wismar, and northeast of Schwerin. It is located near the Warnow River.

External links

*commonscat|Sternberg (Mecklenburg)
*de icon [http://www.sternberg.m-vp.de/ Official Sternberg Website]