Peenemunde
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 Peenemünde
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Location of Peenemünde within Vorpommern-Greifswald district
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| Coordinates: 54°08′0″N 13°46′0″E / 54.13333°N 13.76667°ECoordinates: 54°08′0″N 13°46′0″E / 54.13333°N 13.76667°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
| District | Vorpommern-Greifswald | |
| Municipal assoc. | Usedom-Nord | |
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| • Mayor | Rainer Barthelmes | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 24.97 km2 (9.64 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 249 | |
| • Density | 10.0/km2 (26/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 17449 | |
| Dialling codes | 038371 | |
| Vehicle registration | VG (Vorpommern-Greifswald) | |
| Website | (German) AMT USEDOM-NORD | |
Peenemünde (German pronunciation: [peːnəˈmʏndə], English: "Peene [River] Mouth") is a municipality on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is part of the Amt (municipal confederation) of Usedom-Nord. The community is known for the Peenemünde Army Research Center, where the world's first functional large-scale liquid-propellant rocket, the V-2, was developed.
The village with its seaport is located on the westernmost extremity of a long sand-spit, where the Peene empties into the Baltic Sea, in the northwestern part of Usedom Island. To the southeast it borders on the sea resort of Karlshagen.
Peenemünde harbour can be reached by ferry boat across the Peene from Kröslin, liners also run along the Baltic coast to Rügen Island. The local railway station is the northern terminus of the Usedomer Bäderbahn line to Zinnowitz. Air service for the village is available at the Peenemünde Airfield.
During the 10th and 11th centuries, Peenemünde was part of the region of Circipania, an area settled by the Circipanes, a West Slavic tribe constituent of the Lutici federation. Circipania was incorporated into the Billung March of the Holy Roman Empire in 936, but the Empire's influence in the region decayed by the end of that century after a successful Slavic uprising. During the late 12th century, in the aftermath of the Wendish Crusade, the region fell under the rule of the Duchy of Pomerania. After the Treaty of Kremmen in 1236, most of Circipania was transferred to the Margraviate of Brandenburg.
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