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Waren (Müritz) Panorama
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Location of Waren (Müritz) within Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district
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| Coordinates: 53°31′N 12°41′E / 53.517°N 12.683°ECoordinates: 53°31′N 12°41′E / 53.517°N 12.683°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
| District | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | |
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| • Mayor | Norbert Möller (SPD) | |
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| • Total | 158.39 km2 (61.15 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 73 m (240 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 21,153 | |
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 17192 | |
| Dialling codes | 03991 | |
| Vehicle registration | MSE, AT, DM, MC, MST, MÜR, NZ, RM, WRN | |
| Website | www |
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Waren (Müritz) (also Waren an der Müritz) is a town and climatic spa in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It was the capital of the former district of Müritz (Kreis Müritz) until the district reform of 2011. It is situated at the northern end of Lake Müritz, approximately 40 kilometres west of Neubrandenburg. Waren is home to the offices of the sub-district (Amt) of Seenlandschaft Waren, although the town itself is independent of any Amt. Its borough is the second largest in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania by area.
Waren lies on Lake Müritz, the largest inland lake lying entirely within Germany, which has an area of 117 square kilometres (45 square miles). It also lies on the shores of several smaller lakes: the Kölpinsee, the Tiefwarensee, the Feisnecksee, the Melzer See and the Waupacksee. In the middle of the town is the Herrensee.
The town's borough includes the town of Waren (Müritz) itself, as well as the villages of Warenshof, Alt Falkenhagen, Neu Falkenhagen, Jägerhof, Rügeband, Schwenzin, Eldenholz and Eldenburg.
The town is divided into the following quarters:
Waren (along with Gnoien, Bützow and several other settlements that cannot be placed) was mentioned as early as 150 A.D. by the Alexandrine geographer, Claudius Ptolemy, (as Virunum) and is thus one of the first places on the territory of the modern-day state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to be recorded.
The name of the town could be derived from the Slavic language and mean place of crows or ravens.
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