Demmin is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in northeastern Germany, at the confluence of the Peene, Tollense and Trebel rivers, an area promoted for tourism as the Three Streams Land. Originally a Slavic settlement, it became capital of the small Duchy of Pomerania-Demmin in 1160 and was fought over repeatedly in the following centuries, captured by Henry the Lion in 1164 and taken by King Valdemar II of Denmark in 1211. When Soviet forces reached the town on April 30, 1945, the violence and destruction that followed triggered a mass suicide of hundreds of residents and left much of the old town burned.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) FAQs
When was the town of Demmin laid out in its present form?
Around 1236 as a planned grid town with a wall and five gates.
Around 1236 Demmin was laid out as a planned town with a grid of streets, and it was surrounded by a town wall with five gates. The Slavic settlement that came before it had a very different, unplanned shape.
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1. Demmin (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 10,001 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 53.905, longitude 13.043889
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 8 m
P2046 (area)
area 81.62 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 10001 (2025)
View the Source2. Wikipedia (German): Demmin
Wikipedia (German)Article text: founding statementQuote, Article text: founding statement
Um 1236 wurde die Stadt planmäßig mit gitterförmigem Straßennetz angelegt, die zudem mit einem Mauerring und fünf Toren umgeben wurde.
Demmin (Wikipedia)
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