Parchim
{{short description|Town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany}}
{{For|the class of corvette|Parchim class corvette}}
{{Infobox German place
|type = Stadt
|image_photo = Parchim town hall.jpg
|image_caption = Town hall
|image_coa = Wappen Parchim.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|53|25|N|11|50|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Parchim in LUP.svg
|state = Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
|district = Ludwigslust-Parchim
|elevation = 50
|area = 124.82
|postal_code = 19370
|area_code = 03871
|licence = PCH
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 13 0 76 108
|divisions =
|website = [http://www.parchim.de/ www.parchim.de]
|mayor = Dirk Flörke
|party = CDU
}}
Parchim ({{IPA|de|ˈpaʁçɪm|lang|De-Parchim.ogg}}; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch: Parchen) is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is the capital of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district. It was the birthplace of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, to whom a monument was erected in 1876.
Founded about 1210, it was the seat of the short-lived Lordship of Parchim-Richenberg, a partition of the Duchy of Mecklenburg, from 1226 until 1248 when the lord relocated to Richenberg. Parchim was absorbed into the Lordship of Werle in 1255. In 1277 Werle was partitioned and Parchim became the seat of Werle-Parchim until it was reunited with Werle-Güstrow in 1307. One branch of the family of the duke of Mecklenburg resided in Parchim during part of the 14th century. It became a prosperous industrial town during the 16th century, but this prosperity was destroyed by the Thirty Years' War.
Gallery
Image:Parchim_town_hall_W.jpg|Town Hall
Image:Parchim_town_hall_S.jpg|Town Hall
Parchim St Georgen.jpg|Saint George's Church
Parchim fountain bull s head.jpg|Fountain
Parchim Lindenstr 6.jpg|Timber-framed house
Population development
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Population |
| 1648
|1,300 |
| 1789
|4,000 |
| 1830
|5,800 |
| 1850
|6,270 |
| 1910
|12,804 |
| 1939
|16,000 |
| 1974
|23,000 |
| 1990
|23,800 |
| 2000
|20,048 |
| 2005
|19,348 |
Climate
{{Weather box
| location = Parchim (Marnitz), (1991–2020 normals)
| metric first = Y
| single line = Y
|collapsed = Y
|Jan high C = 3.0
|Feb high C = 4.5
|Mar high C = 8.2
|Apr high C = 14.3
|May high C = 18.8
|Jun high C = 21.8
|Jul high C = 23.9
|Aug high C = 23.8
|Sep high C = 19.1
|Oct high C = 13.4
|Nov high C = 7.5
|Dec high C = 3.9
| year high C = 13.6
|Jan mean C = 0.9
|Feb mean C = 1.6
|Mar mean C = 4.2
|Apr mean C = 8.9
|May mean C = 13.2
|Jun mean C = 16.3
|Jul mean C = 18.4
|Aug mean C = 18.1
|Sep mean C = 14.0
|Oct mean C = 9.4
|Nov mean C = 4.9
|Dec mean C = 2.0
|year mean C = 9.3
|Jan low C = -1.6
|Feb low C = -1.2
|Mar low C = 0.4
|Apr low C = 3.5
|May low C = 7.2
|Jun low C = 10.6
|Jul low C = 12.9
|Aug low C = 12.9
|Sep low C = 9.6
|Oct low C = 6.0
|Nov low C = 2.5
|Dec low C = -0.3
| year low C = 5.2
| precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 59.5
|Feb precipitation mm = 46.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 47.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 35.8
|May precipitation mm = 50.9
|Jun precipitation mm = 60.3
|Jul precipitation mm = 72.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 61.3
|Sep precipitation mm = 51.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 55.3
|Nov precipitation mm = 47.8
|Dec precipitation mm = 56.6
| year precipitation mm = 646.3
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 17.7
|Feb precipitation days = 15.4
|Mar precipitation days = 15.1
|Apr precipitation days = 12.4
|May precipitation days = 13.9
|Jun precipitation days = 13.9
|Jul precipitation days = 15.4
|Aug precipitation days = 14.0
|Sep precipitation days = 12.9
|Oct precipitation days = 15.1
|Nov precipitation days = 15.8
|Dec precipitation days = 18.1
|year precipitation days = 179.4
|Jan sun = 43.2
|Feb sun = 71.5
|Mar sun = 122.1
|Apr sun = 189.1
|May sun = 231.2
|Jun sun = 228.1
|Jul sun = 216.9
|Aug sun = 204.3
|Sep sun = 167.0
|Oct sun = 103.2
|Nov sun = 50.7
|Dec sun = 35.8
|year sun = 1661.6
|Jan humidity = 88.0
|Feb humidity = 84.0
|Mar humidity = 79.1
|Apr humidity = 71.9
|May humidity = 71.5
|Jun humidity = 72.3
|Jul humidity = 73.3
|Aug humidity = 74.2
|Sep humidity = 79.8
|Oct humidity = 85.0
|Nov humidity = 89.4
|Dec humidity = 89.3
|unit snow days = 1.0 cm
|Jan snow days = 8.4
|Feb snow days = 8.4
|Mar snow days = 4.0
|Apr snow days = 0.4
|May snow days = 0
|Jun snow days = 0
|Jul snow days = 0
|Aug snow days = 0
|Sep snow days = 0
|Oct snow days = 0
|Nov snow days = 1.7
|Dec snow days = 5.8
|year snow days =
| source 1 = World Meteorological Organization{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231012163137/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Marnitz_10264.csv
| archive-date = 12 October 2023
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Marnitz_10264.csv
| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020
| work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = 12 October 2023}}
}}
Sport
Motorcycle speedway is held at the Mecklenburgring, in the north west outskirts of the town off the Dammer Weg.{{cite web |url=https://mc-mecklenburgring.de.tl/ |title=Home | website=MC "Mecklenburgring" Parchim e.V im ADMV |access-date=22 March 2024}} The club Motorsportclub Mecklenburgring Parchim e.V. organise race meetings at the site{{cite web |url=https://msc-berghaupten.de/ |title=Home | website=MSC Berghaupten |access-date=22 March 2024}} and between 2002 and 2005, the team merged with Speedway Wolfslake and won the 2004 Bundesliga as RG Parchim/Wolfslake.{{cite web |url=https://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/dmniemiec.php |title=German Team Championship |website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego |access-date=22 March 2024}}
Notable residents
File:Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke.jpg
- Johann Jakob Engel (1741–1802), author.{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Engel, Johann Jakob |volume = 9 |page=405 |short=1}}
- Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800-1891), Prussian general field marshal, honorary citizen.{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Moltke, Helmuth Carl Bernhard, Count von |volume= 18 |last= Wilkinson |first= Spenser |author-link= Spenser Wilkinson |pages=877-881 |short=1}}
- Rudolf Tarnow (1867-1933), low German writer
- Elise Blumann (1897-1990), German-Australian expressionist painter
- Friedrich Hildebrandt (1898–1948), German SS Obergruppenführer, Gauleiter, executed for war crimes
- Ernst Goldenbaum (1898-1990), politician, chairman of the DBD and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of the GDR, 1949-1990
- Éric Weil (1904-1977), self described as a post-Hegelian Kantian philosopher, studied violence
- Heinrich Alexander Stoll (1910-1977), author of adventure and historical novels.
- Hans-Wilhelm Ebeling (1934-2021), Lutheran clergyman and politician, chairman of the DSU, Minister for Economic Cooperation, 1990
- HA Schult (born 1939), object and action artist
- Jana Gerisch (born 1978), volleyball player
- Stefanie Weichelt (born 1983), football player
- Laura Larsson, (DE Wiki) (born 1989), podcast and radio host
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{EB1911|wstitle=Parchim|volume=20|page=798|short=1}}
- http://www.parchim.de
{{Towns and municipalities in Ludwigslust-Parchim (district)}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Mecklenburg