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3 unusual facts about Parchim


Nachtjagdgeschwader 5

/NJG 5 was again operating from bases in Germany, selocating to Parchim and Erfurt.

Parchim-class corvette

The electronic defense suite was very basic, and consisted of an IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) receiver and transmitter, and an 'ELOKA' multiband passive RWR antenna slaved to a double 16-cell chaff dispenser.

In case of an all-out NATO-Warsaw Pact war in Europe their prime targets would have been the small U-206 coastal submarines of the West German navy.


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Blankenberg

Blankenberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, part of the Amt Sternberger Seenlandschaft, district of Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld

He and his crew, Oberfeldwebel Josef Renette and Unteroffizier Kurt Röber, were killed in a flying accident on 12 March 1944 on a routine flight from Parchim to Athies-sous-Laon.

Friedrich Hildebrandt

Friedrich Hildebrandt (19 September 1898, Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin – 5 November 1948, Landsberg am Lech) was an SS Obergruppenführer, a Gauleiter and judged for war crimes in the time of the Third Reich.

Giant sequoias near Kölpin

The two giant sequoias near Kölpin in the parish of Demen in the district of Ludwigslust-Parchim in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, are a natural monument.

Guardian stones

On the mainland, only a stone block at the enclosure of Kritzow, Parchim, reaches such a height.

Ruhn Hills

The ridge lies around 15 kilometres south-southeast of the town of Parchim and runs in a sickle-shape around the main village in the municipality of Marnitz and about 2 kilometres from it.

Sternberger

Sternberger Seenlandschaft, Amt in the district of Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Tramm

Tramm, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a municipality in the district of Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Werle

In 1277 it was divided among the sons of the first lord, or Herr in German, into Werle-Güstrow and Werle-Parchim.

Wolin Castle

By then, the house was the seat of Pribislaw I, Lord of Parchim-Richenberg, an early prince in Mecklenburg.


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