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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.

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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Commons category
Plön
short name
Pn
postal code
24301–24306
Commons gallery
Plön
P6482
Plön
hashtag
Plön
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20 sections
Contents
  • 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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