Parchim

Town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

For the class of corvette, see Parchim class corvette.

Town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Parchim

Town

Town hall

Coat of arms

Location of Parchim within Ludwigslust-Parchim district

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Coordinates: 53°25′N 11°50′E﻿ / ﻿53.417°N 11.833°E﻿ / 53.417; 11.833
Country| Germany
State| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District| Ludwigslust-Parchim
Government

• Mayor| Dirk Flörke (CDU)
Area

• Total| 124.49 km2 (48.07 sq mi)
Elevation

| 50 m (160 ft)
Population

(2022-12-31)[1]

• Total| 18,278
• Density| 150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes|

19370

Dialling codes| 03871
Vehicle registration| PCH
Website| www.parchim.de

Parchim (German: [ˈpaʁçɪm] ⓘ; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch: Parchen) is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is the capital of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district. It was the birthplace of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, to whom a monument was erected in 1876.

Founded about 1210, it was the seat of the short-lived Lordship of Parchim-Richenberg, a partition of the Duchy of Mecklenburg, from 1226 until 1248 when the lord relocated to Richenberg. Parchim was absorbed into the Lordship of Werle in 1255. In 1277 Werle was partitioned and Parchim became the seat of Werle-Parchim until it was reunited with Werle-Güstrow in 1307. One branch of the family of the duke of Mecklenburg resided in Parchim during part of the 14th century. It became a prosperous industrial town during the 16th century, but this prosperity was destroyed by the Thirty Years' War.

## Gallery

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* Town Hall

* Town Hall

* Saint George's Church

* Fountain

* Timber-framed house

## Population development

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* 1648 – 1,300
* 1789 – 4,000
* 1830 – 5,800
* 1850 – 6,270
* 1910 – 12,804
* 1939 – 16,000
* 1974 – 23,000
* 1990 – 23,800
* 2000 – 20,048
* 2005 – 19,348

## Climate

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Climate data for Parchim (Marnitz), (1991–2020 normals)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 3.0
(37.4)  | 4.5
(40.1)  | 8.2
(46.8)  | 14.3
(57.7)  | 18.8
(65.8)  | 21.8
(71.2)  | 23.9
(75.0)  | 23.8
(74.8)  | 19.1
(66.4)  | 13.4
(56.1)  | 7.5
(45.5)  | 3.9
(39.0)  | 13.6
(56.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 0.9
(33.6)  | 1.6
(34.9)  | 4.2
(39.6)  | 8.9
(48.0)  | 13.2
(55.8)  | 16.3
(61.3)  | 18.4
(65.1)  | 18.1
(64.6)  | 14.0
(57.2)  | 9.4
(48.9)  | 4.9
(40.8)  | 2.0
(35.6)  | 9.3
(48.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | −1.6
(29.1)  | −1.2
(29.8)  | 0.4
(32.7)  | 3.5
(38.3)  | 7.2
(45.0)  | 10.6
(51.1)  | 12.9
(55.2)  | 12.9
(55.2)  | 9.6
(49.3)  | 6.0
(42.8)  | 2.5
(36.5)  | −0.3
(31.5)  | 5.2
(41.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 59.5
(2.34)  | 46.7
(1.84)  | 47.6
(1.87)  | 35.8
(1.41)  | 50.9
(2.00)  | 60.3
(2.37)  | 72.0
(2.83)  | 61.3
(2.41)  | 51.0
(2.01)  | 55.3
(2.18)  | 47.8
(1.88)  | 56.6
(2.23)  | 646.3
(25.44)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 17.7  | 15.4  | 15.1  | 12.4  | 13.9  | 13.9  | 15.4  | 14.0  | 12.9  | 15.1  | 15.8  | 18.1  | 179.4
Average snowy days (≥ 1.0 cm) | 8.4  | 8.4  | 4.0  | 0.4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1.7  | 5.8  | 28.7
Average relative humidity (%)  | 88.0  | 84.0  | 79.1  | 71.9  | 71.5  | 72.3  | 73.3  | 74.2  | 79.8  | 85.0  | 89.4  | 89.3  | 79.8
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 43.2  | 71.5  | 122.1  | 189.1  | 231.2  | 228.1  | 216.9  | 204.3  | 167.0  | 103.2  | 50.7  | 35.8  | 1,661.6
Source: World Meteorological Organization[2]

## Sport

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Motorcycle speedway is held at the Mecklenburgring, in the north west outskirts of the town off the Dammer Weg.[3] The club Motorsportclub Mecklenburgring Parchim e.V. organise race meetings at the site[4] and between 2002 and 2005, the team merged with Speedway Wolfslake and won the 2004 Bundesliga as RG Parchim/Wolfslake.[5]

## Notable residents

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Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke

* Johann Jakob Engel (1741–1802), author.[6]
* Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800-1891), Prussian general field marshal, honorary citizen.[7]
* Rudolf Tarnow (1867-1933), low German writer
* Elise Blumann (1897-1990), German-Australian expressionist painter
* Friedrich Hildebrandt (1898–1948), German SS Obergruppenführer, Gauleiter, executed for war crimes
* Ernst Goldenbaum (1898-1990), politician, chairman of the DBD and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of the GDR, 1949-1990
* Éric Weil (1904-1977), self described as a post-Hegelian Kantian philosopher, studied violence
* Heinrich Alexander Stoll (1910-1977), author of adventure and historical novels.
* Hans-Wilhelm Ebeling (1934-2021), Lutheran clergyman and politician, chairman of the DSU, Minister for Economic Cooperation, 1990
* HA Schult (born 1939), object and action artist
* Jana Gerisch (born 1978), volleyball player
* Stefanie Weichelt (born 1983), football player
* Laura Larsson, (DE Wiki) (born 1989), podcast and radio host

## See also

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* Wockersee

## References

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1. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
2. ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
3. ^ "Home". MC "Mecklenburgring" Parchim e.V im ADMV. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
4. ^ "Home". MSC Berghaupten. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
5. ^ "German Team Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
6. ^ "Engel, Johann Jakob" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 405.
7. ^ Wilkinson, Spenser (1911). "Moltke, Helmuth Carl Bernhard, Count von" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). pp. 877–881.

## External links

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* This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Parchim". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 798.
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