Peenemünde

Peenemünde (, ) is a municipality on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in north-eastern Germany. It is part of the Amt (collective municipality) of Usedom-Nord. The community is known for the Peenemünde Army Research Center, where the world's first functional large-scale liquid-propellant rocket, the V-2, was developed.

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Peenemünde is a small municipality located on a Baltic Sea island in northeastern Germany. It is historically significant as the site where the V-2 rocket, the world's first functional large-scale liquid-propellant rocket, was developed during the 20th century.

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German location.image_coa: DEU Peenemünde COA.svg
German location.image_photo: Peenemuende, Hafen, U461.JPG
German location.image_caption: Seaport
German location.image_plan: Peenemünde_in_SVO.svg
German location.state: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
German location.district: Vorpommern-Greifswald
German location.Amt: Usedom-Nord
German location.elevation: 3.0
German location.area: 25.74
German location.postal_code: 17449
German location.area_code: 038371
German location.licence: VG

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Geography
History
Early history
World War II
Post-war period
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==Geography== thumb|left|Peenemünde railway station for service to Zinnowitz The village with its seaport is located on the westernmost extremity of a long sand-spit, where the Peene empties into the Baltic Sea, in the northwestern part of Usedom Island. To the southeast it borders on the sea resort of Karlshagen.