Rerik

Rerik
Church
Coat of arms
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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  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,169
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	18230
Dialling codes	038296
Vehicle registration	LRO, BÜZ, DBR, GÜ, ROS, TET
Website	www.rerik.de

Rerik (pronunciation (help·info), 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]

Rerik West[]

Rerik West, on a peninsula separated from the town itself by a small isthmus, was a barracks town for Soviet forces during the time of the German Democratic Republic. Following German reunification in 1992, it was abandoned and declared a restricted area due to contamination by unexploded munitions. It is now a ghost town, and has become a haven for wildlife.

Sons and daughters of the town[]

• Wolfgang Hillebrandt (born 1944), astrophysicist

External links[]

Media related to Rerik at Wikimedia Commons

• Commons category:Rerik-West

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