Zarrentin

Zarrentin
Zarrentin
Location of the town of Zarrentin within Ludwigslust-Parchim district
Coordinates	53°32′N 10°55′E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Ludwigslust-Parchim
Municipal assoc.	Zarrentin
Town subdivisions	12
Mayor	Marian Borowkoff
Basic statistics
Area	91.89 km2 (35.48 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m  (131 ft)
Population	4,661 (31 December 2011)
- Density	51 /km2 (131 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	LWL
Postal code	19246
Area code	038851
Website	www.zarrentin.de

Examination building of a former monastery, today the building serves as the seat of Zarrentin, a museum, library and an event hall.

Queues of East German cars at the Zarrentin border crossing on 12 November 1989, three days after the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

Zarrentin is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the Schaalsee lake, 19 km southeast of Ratzeburg, and 34 km west of Schwerin.

History

Between 1982 and 1990 Zarrentin served as East German inner German border crossing for cars travelling along today's Bundesautobahn 24 between the East German Democratic Republic, or West Berlin and the West German Federal Republic of Germany. The traffic was subject to the Interzonal traffic regulations, that between West Germany and West Berlin followed the special regulations of the Transit Agreement (1972).