Penkun

Coat of arms

Penkun

Location of Penkun within Vorpommern-Greifswald district

Coordinates: 53°17′N 14°15′E / 53.283°N 14.250°ECoordinates: 53°17′N 14°15′E / 53.283°N 14.250°E

Country

Germany

State

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

District

Vorpommern-Greifswald

Municipal assoc.

Löcknitz-Penkun

Government

• Mayor

Bernd Netzel (FDP)

Area

• Total

78.64 km² (30.36 sq mi)

Population (2015-12-31)^[1]

• Total

1,899

• Density

24/km² (63/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

17328

039751

Website

Penkun (German pronunciation: [pɛŋˈkuːn], Kashubian: Piéńkùń) is a town in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 25 km east of Prenzlau, and 23 km southwest of Szczecin.

Penkun is known for its renaissance castle. Due to its proximity to the Szczecin agglomeration, it is a prospering town.

Towns near Penkun

References

↑ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 31.12.2015". Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). July 2016.

External links

Media related to Penkun at Wikimedia Commons

Towns and municipalities in Vorpommern-Greifswald

Geography of Pomerania

Regions

Current	Vorpommern (Western or Hither Pomerania) Zachodniopomorskie Pomerelia Kashubia Pomorskie Pomerania euroregion

Former	Farther Pomerania Circipania Lauenburg and Bütow Land Lands of Schlawe and Stolp

Administration

Towns

Lists

List of towns in Vorpommern
List of towns in Farther Pomerania
Pomeranian cities, towns and villages
List of placenames in the Province of Pomerania
- A–H
- I–P
- Q–Z

Largest

>100,000	Tricity Gdańsk Gdynia Sopot Szczecin Koszalin

>50,000	Słupsk Stargard Szczeciński Stralsund Greifswald

Islands

Peninsulae

Rivers

Lakes

Bays, lagoons

National parks

History of Pomerania

Administrative

Western Pomerania Farther Pomerania (before 1945)	Billung March Northern March Principality of Rügen Duchy of Pomerania House of Pomerania List of Dukes Cammin Gützkow Schlawe-Stolp Lauenburg-Bütow Partitions Pomerania-Stolp Swedish Pomerania Brandenburgian Pomerania (Draheim) Province of Pomerania 1815–1945 Neumark Köslin Region Stettin Region Stralsund Region Posen-West Prussia Region List of placenames Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Zachodniopomorskie (after 1945)	Szczecin Voivodeship Koszalin Voivodeship Słupsk Voivodeship West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomerelia (Kashubia)	Medieval duchies (Samborides) State of the Teutonic Order Royal Prussia (Pomeranian Voivodeship 1466–1772) Free City of Danzig 1807–1814 West Prussia Pomeranian Voivodeship 1919–1939 (Polish Corridor) Free City of Danzig 1920–1939 Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia Pomeranian Voivodeship

Ecclesiastical

Roman Catholic

Historical	Conversion of Pomerania Diocese of Kolberg (Congress of Gniezno) Diocese of Cammin Diocese of Culm Diocese of Roskilde Diocese of Włocławek (Leslau) Prelature of Schneidemühl

Extant	Archdiocese of Berlin Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg Diocese of Pelplin

Protestant

Demography

Archaeological cultures

Peoples

Major demographic events

Languages and dialects

West Germanic	Low German Low Prussian Pomeranian Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch East Pomeranian Standard German

West Slavic	Polabian Polish Pomeranian Kashubian Slovincian

Treaties

1200–1500	Kremmen (1236) Landin (1250) Kępno (1282) Soldin (1309) Templin (1317) Stralsund (1354) Stralsund (1370) Thorn (1411) Soldin (1466) Thorn (1466) Prenzlau (1448 / 1472 / 1479) Pyritz (1493)

1500–1700	Grimnitz (1529) Stettin (1570) Franzburg (1627) Stettin (1630) Westphalia (1648) Stettin (1653) Labiau (1656) Wehlau and Bromberg (1657) Oliva (1660) Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1679) Lund (1679)

1700–present	Stockholm (1719 / 1720) Frederiksborg (1720) Kiel (1814) Vienna (1815) Versailles (1919) Potsdam (1945)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 174431461 GND: 4589688-4

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