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Rerik (; formerly Alt-Gaarz) is a town in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the Baltic Sea coast, 19 km west of Bad Doberan, and 27 km northeast of Wismar. In 1938, Rerik was named after the old Slavic-Scandinavian settlement Reric, that was believed to have been situated near present Rerik.

Key facts

German location.type
Stadt
German location.image_flag
Flag of Rerik.svg
German location.image_coa
Wappen Rerik.svg
German location.image_photo
Rerik I.JPG
German location.image_caption
Church
German location.image_plan
Rerik_in_LRO.svg
German location.state
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
German location.district
Rostock
German location.Amt
Neubukow-Salzhaff
German location.elevation
10
German location.area
34.22
German location.postal_code
18230
German location.area_code
038296
German location.licence
LRO, BÜZ, DBR, GÜ, ROS, TET
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
13 0 72 085
German location.website
www.rerik.de
German location.mayor
Wolfgang Gulbis
German location.party
SPD

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
seaside resort
Country
Germany
Population
2186
Area
34.22
Elevation
9
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Official website
www.rerik.de
Image
Rerik I.JPG
Dialing code
038296
Licence plate code
TET
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postal code
18230
Commons category
Rerik
inception
1938-01-01
different from
Rarog Gord
hashtag
Rerik
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Rerik West
  • Notable people
  • External links
  • References

Rerik (; formerly Alt-Gaarz) is a town in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the Baltic Sea coast, 19 km west of Bad Doberan, and 27 km northeast of Wismar. In 1938, Rerik was named after the old Slavic-Scandinavian settlement Reric, that was believed to have been situated near present Rerik.

It is the setting for Alfred Andersch's debut novel, Flight to Afar (1957).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rerik” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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