Pasewalk () is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

in the

Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland (West Pomeranian Voiv ...

district, in the state of

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a Federated state, state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's States of Germany, sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpom ...

in north-eastern

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. Located on the

Uecker The Uecker () or Ucker () is a river in the northeastern German states of Brandenburg, where it is known as the ''Ucker'', and of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It flows northward from Uckermark to the Szczecin Lagoon. Path Its source lies in the U ...

river, it is the capital of the former Uecker-Randow district, and the seat of the Uecker-Randow-Tal '' Amt'', of which it is not part.

History

Pasewalk became a town during the 12th century and was soon a member of the

Hanseatic League The Hanseatic League was a Middle Ages, medieval commercial and defensive network of merchant guilds and market towns in Central Europe, Central and Northern Europe, Northern Europe. Growing from a few Northern Germany, North German towns in the ...

. In 1359 it passed to the

Duke of Pomerania This is a list of the duchies and dukes of Pomerania. Dukes of the Slavic Pomeranian tribes (All Pomerania) The lands of Pomerania were firstly ruled by local tribes, who settled in Pomerania around the 10th and 11th centuries. Non-dynastic ...

. Frequently ravaged during the wars which devastated the district, it was plundered several times by Imperial troops during the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ...

. In the

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in 1648 it was given to

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. In 1657 it was burned down by the

Poles Pole or poles may refer to: People *Poles (people), another term for Polish people, from the country of Poland * Pole (surname), including a list of people with the name * Pole (musician) (Stefan Betke, born 1967), German electronic music artist ...

, in 1676 it was conquered by

Brandenburg Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of Ger ...

, and in 1713 it was burned down by the

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ns. In 1720, in the Peace of Stockholm, it passed from Sweden to

Prussia Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, ...

. In the early 18th century, a commune of French

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was established in the town. It was part to the Prussian Province of Pomerania from 1720 until 1945. In 1760, the Battle of Pasewalk was fought, won by the Swedes. The town is famous for having been surrendered to the French without a fight during the

War of the Fourth Coalition The War of the Fourth Coalition () was a war spanning 1806–1807 that saw a multinational coalition fight against Napoleon's First French Empire, French Empire, subsequently being defeated. The main coalition partners were Kingdom of Prussia, ...

, despite them being far less numerous than the defenders of the city. On the day

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

ended,

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...

, the future dictator of

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, was being treated here after being wounded by a gas attack. During the

Battle of Berlin The Battle of Berlin, designated as the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War II. After the Vistula–Od ...

, part of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, Pasewalk was captured by troops of the

2nd Belorussian Front The 2nd Belorussian Front (, ''Vtoroi Belorusskiy front'', also romanized "Byelorussian SSR, Byelorussian"), was a Front (military formation), major formation of the Soviet Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army group. I ...

of the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People ...

on 28 April 1945. From 1945 to 1952, Pasewalk was part of the State of

, from 1952 to 1990 of the

Bezirk Neubrandenburg The Bezirk Neubrandenburg was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Neubrandenburg. History The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. A ...

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and since 1990 again of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Mayors of Pasewalk

*1905–1917 Wilhelm Prüter *1917–1937 Dr. Willy Peppler (1880–1957) *1937–1942 Malsfey *1942 Klingbeil *1942–? Hans-Heinrich Wentzlaff-Eggebert (born 1894, died ?) *1945–? Hermann Bülow *1945–1949 Erich Pretzer (1882–1968) *1950–1961 Helene Medrow (1902–1976) *1961–1974 Eberhard Schmidt (1924–2010) *around 1982 Börner *1986–1990 Bärbel Steinmüller (born 1948) *1990–1994 Heinz-Georg Eckleben (born 1945), independent *1994–2002 Wilfried Sieber (born 1941), CDU *2002–2014 Rainer Dambach (1952–2013), independent *November 2013–May 2014 Gudrun Baganz, temporary *May 2014 – May 2022 Sandra Nachtweih (born 1975), independent *since May 2022 Danny Rodewald (born 1979), independent

Population over time

Born in Pasewalk

* Wilhelm von Tümpling (1809–1884), Prussian General of the Infantry *

Georg von Kameke Arnold Karl Georg von Kameke (14 April 1817, in Pasewalk – 12 October 1893, in Berlin) was a Prussian General of the Infantry and Minister of War. Life Arnold Karl Georg von Kameke was the son of Prussian army officer Georg Christian Fried ...

(1817–1893), Prussian General of the Infantry and War Minister * Erich Paulun (1862–1909), former naval surgeon, founded the Tongji Hospital in

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* Oskar Picht (1871–1945), German teacher and inventor of the first braille typewriter * Erich Hamann (born 1944), German footballer (265 games) and player of the GDR national football team * Rainer Knaak (born 1953), German chess Grandmaster * Sabine Zimmermann (born 1960), German politician * Chris Gueffroy (1968–1989), penultimate death victim on the Berlin Wall

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as oceanic (Cfb).

International relations

Pasewalk is twinned with: * :

Halen Halen (), formerly Haelen (), is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of Limburg, to the west of Hasselt. On January 1, 2018, Halen had a total population of 9,461. The total area is 36.29 km2 which gives a population de ...

* :

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* :

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External links

References

* {{Authority control Vorpommern-Greifswald Members of the Hanseatic League Populated places established in the 13th century 1250s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire 1251 establishments in Europe