| Lichtenhagen | |
| Stadtteil of Rostock | |
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Lichtenhagen
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Location of Lichtenhagen within Rostock
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| District | Urban district |
| City | Rostock |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 5.9 km2 (2.3 sq mi) |
| Population | 13,506 (31 December 2009) |
| - Density | 2,289 /km2 (5,929 /sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Lichtenhagen is a borough of Rostock in the federal state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
It is a Plattenbau housing estate built from 1974 to 1976. It derives its name from the adjacent village of Elmenhorst/Lichtenhagen. Its population peaked in 1988 with 20,276 inhabants, which had fallen continuously to 13,467 by 2006.
The borough became infamous in August 1992 for the Riot of Rostock-Lichtenhagen