Jarmen

Jarmen
Old Marketplace
Coat of arms
Jarmen
Location of Jarmen within Vorpommern-Greifswald district
Coordinates: 53°55′N 13°20′E / 53.917°N 13.333°E / 53.917; 13.333Coordinates: 53°55′N 13°20′E / 53.917°N 13.333°E / 53.917; 13.333
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Vorpommern-Greifswald
Municipal assoc.	Jarmen-Tutow
Government
• Mayor	Arno Karp
Area
• Total	30.64 km2 (11.83 sq mi)
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	3,015
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	17126
Dialling codes	039997
Vehicle registration	DM
Website	www.amt-jarmen-tutow.de

Jarmen is a town in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the southern bank of the river Peene, 20 km south of Greifswald. Founded during the Ostsiedlung in the medieval terrae Miserez and Ploth, Jarmen remained a rural town at an important Peene crossing. Jarmen was in the Duchy of Pomerania from its foundation until the Thirty Years' War, in Swedish Pomerania until the Great Northern War, in Prussian Pomerania until World War II, in the East German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and later Bezirk Neubrandenburg until the peaceful revolution in 1989 and in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern within reunited Germany since 1990. The Autobahn 20 crosses the Peene at Jarmen.

In addition to the town itself, the following villages are within the Jarmen city limits:

The municipality is within the Amt Jarmen-Tutow of Kreis Vorpommern-Greifswald.