Mecklenburg

Mecklenburg is a geographical area located in Northern Germany. Its borders are the Baltic Sea to the north, the rivers of Recknitz and Trebel to the east, the Elbe river to the southwest, and Lower Saxony and Holstein to the west.

People from Mecklenburg

Ethnically, people from Mecklenburg are a mix of early settlers from Westphalia, the Rhineland and Saxony on the one hand and West Slavic people on the other. A considerable number of Scandinavians have settled over the centuries, particularly in the Hanseatic towns like Wismar and Rostock.

Related Topics:
West Slavic - Scandinavians - Hanse - Wismar - Rostock

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Famous people from Mecklenburg include:

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• Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian army leader
• Jan Ullrich, cyclist
• Gottlob Frege, logician
• Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Müller, Australian botanist
• Siegfried Marcus, automobile pioneer