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Gelbensande
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Location of Gelbensande within Rostock district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| District | Rostock |
| Mayor | Lutz Koppenhöle |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 34.05 km2 (13.15 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population | 1,723 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 51 /km2 (131 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | DBR |
| Postal code | 18182 |
| Area code | 038201 |
| Website | www.amt-rostocker-heide.de |
Gelbensande is a municipality in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is located in the Rostock district, near Rostock, Ribnitz-Damgarten and Stralsund. Four other villages are part of Gelbensande.
Gelbensande is about 8 km (5.0 mi) from the Baltic Sea coast. It can be reached by car on B 105 as well as by train (Rostock-Stralsund).
The Jagdschloss Gelbensande (Gelbensande Hunting Castle) was erected between 1880 and 1885 as a summer residence for Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After 1887, it was used as a base for hunting in the surrounding forest, the Rostocker Heide. Because of the duke's marriage to one of the Russian Tsar's granddaughters, the Mecklenburg-Russian relationships can still be seen inside the castle today. The Jagdschloss remained in the Grand Duke's use until 1944. It was subsequently used as an army hospital, a sanatorium for tuberculosis, public library, veteran's club and a sort of hostel for construction workers. Since the German reunification in 1989/1990, it is owned by the town of Gelbensande and open to the public as a museum.
Wilhelm von Preußen, son of Kaiser Willhelm II of Germany got enganged to Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in the Jagdschloss.