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Plön
Sign in to savePlön (; ) is the district seat of the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and has about 8,700 inhabitants. It lies right on the shores of Schleswig-Holstein's biggest lake, the Great Plön Lake, as well as on several smaller lakes, touching the town on virtually all sides. The town's landmark is Plön Castle, a chateau built in the 17th century on a hill overlooking the town.
Key facts
- German place.type
- Stadt
- German place.image_photo
- Plon.jpg
- German place.image_flag
- Flagge Plön.png
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Plön COA.svg
- German place.image_plan
- Ploen in PLOE.png
- German place.state
- Schleswig-Holstein
- German place.district
- Plön
- German place.elevation
- 26
- German place.area
- 36.76
- German place.postal_code
- 24301–24306
- German place.area_code
- 04522
- German place.licence
- PLÖ
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 01 0 57 057
- German place.website
- www.ploen.de
- German place.mayor
- Lars Winter
- German place.party
- SPD
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 8919
- Area
- 36.76
- Elevation
- 28
- Official website
- www.ploen.de
- Image
- Plöner Schloss.jpg
- Dialing code
- 04522
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- Pn
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20 sectionsContents
- History
- Politics
- Town council
- Mayor
- Coat of arms
- Partnerships
- Transport
- Suburbs
- Culture
- Places of interest
- Plön Castle
- Parnass Tower
- Water tower
- Planet Walk
- Museums
- Krieglstein Puppet Theatre
- Literature: "Wonderful times in Wonderful Plön"
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Plön (; ) is the district seat of the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and has about 8,700 inhabitants. It lies right on the shores of Schleswig-Holstein's biggest lake, the Great Plön Lake, as well as on several smaller lakes, touching the town on virtually all sides. The town's landmark is Plön Castle, a chateau built in the 17th century on a hill overlooking the town.
Plön has a grammar school with a 300-year history, and is home to a German Navy non-commissioned officer school and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology. The town, nestled as it is in the hilly, wooded lake district of Holstein Switzerland (Holsteinische Schweiz), also has importance in the tourism industry.
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