Lassan
Lassan (De-Lassan.ogg) is a town in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.
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Lassan (De-Lassan.ogg) is a town in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.
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• Name — Lassan • Type — Stadt • Image Photo — Lassan Marktplatz Nordost.jpg • Image Caption — Lassan Marketplace • Image Coa — Wappen Lassan.svg • Image Plan — Lassan_in_VG.svg • State — Mecklenburg-Vorpommern • District — Vorpommern-Greifswald • Amt — Amt am Peenestrom • Elevation — 5 • Area — 28.21 • Postal Code — 17440 • Area Code — 038374 • Licence — VG • Gemeindeschlussel — 13 0 75 074 • Website — www.lassan.de • Mayor — Fred Gransow Lassan (De-Lassan.ogg) is a town in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.
Etymology
Etymology
The name possibly derives from an Old Polabian word, Lěšane, meaning "forest dweller" or "forest dwelling".
Location
Location
• Illustration — The medieval town church The town is situated on the Peenestrom river, a branch of the Oder, between the larger towns of Anklam and Wolgast. Both Anklam in the southwest and Wolgast in the north are approximately 15 km from Lassan. Part of the municipality are also the villages of Pulow, Papendorf, Klein Jasedow and Waschow. Lassan has a small marina for sailboats and yachts. There is also a campsite for visitors in the town. A museum dedicated to the town is housed in a former watermill in the town.
History
History
Lassan was mentioned in written sources for the first time in 1136, when it was a German settlement with a castle. However this settlement was predated by a Polabian fishing village with a fortification. The Dukes of Pomerania regulated the layout of the town around 1200. Lassan received town privileges in 1274. The town still retains much of its medieval character, with the old street grid and the remains of a town wall. The town church, St. Johannis zu Lassan, is also medieval. Construction started around 1300 and the oldest parts are in a transitional style between Romanesque and Gothic. With its spire, it is 57 m tall, 37 m long and 24 m broad. The church was renovated during the 1990s.
Notable people
Notable people
• Bernt Notke (c. 1440 – c. 1509), late Gothic artist • Johann Joachim Spalding (1714 – 1804), Protestant theologian and philosopher, living and working as pastor in Lassan from 1749 to 1757 • Balzer Peter Vahl (1718 – 1792), merchant and mayor of Greifswald • Theodor Bartus (1858 – 1941), sailor, museum technician, and conservator • Alfred Roloff (1879 – 1951), painter and illustrator of dime novels
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