Zepelin

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Zepelin
Zepelin
Coordinates: 53°49′59″N 12°03′00″E / 53.83306°N 12.05000°E / 53.83306; 12.05000Coordinates: 53°49′59″N 12°03′00″E / 53.83306°N 12.05000°E / 53.83306; 12.05000
Country Germany
State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District Rostock
Municipal assoc. Bützow Land
Government
  Mayor Siegfried Warning
Area
  Total 22.36 km2 (8.63 sq mi)
Elevation 5 m (16 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
  Total 435
  Density 19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 18246
Dialling codes 038461
Vehicle registration LRO
Website www.amt-buetzow-land.de

Zepelin is a municipality in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is part of the Amt (administrative division) Bützow Land.

Geography

It is located in the rural region of northern Mecklenburg, on the road from Bützow to Schwaan and Güstrow. The Nebel River flows south of the village, reaching the Warnow at Bützow in the west.

History

Zepelin Chapel

The locality around a village green was founded by German settlers in the 12th century, after the Obotrite area had been conquered by the Saxon duke Henry the Lion. Cepelin in the Duchy of Mecklenburg was first mentioned in a deed issued on 1 May 1246, it was called Zepelin from 1334. A chapel was built in the 14th century, the present-day timber-frame structure was re-built after the devastations in the Thirty Years' War.

One Heynricus (Henry) de Cepelin appeared in a document executed on 17 September 1286. Already in the late 15th century, the Zep(p)elin noble family, raised to Reichsgrafen in 1792, had moved their residence to nearby Thürkow and Appelhagen. In 1910 a memorial was erected in the honour of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838–1917) outside the village.

References

  1. "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 31.12.2012". Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). 14 August 2013. 
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