Parchim

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Parchim
Town hall
Parchim
Location of the town of Parchim within Ludwigslust-Parchim district
Coordinates	53°25′N 11°50′E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Ludwigslust-Parchim
Town subdivisions	6
Mayor	Bernd Rolly (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	106.61 km2 (41.16 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m  (164 ft)
Population	18,242 (31 December 2011)
- Density	171 /km2 (443 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	PCH
Postal code	19370
Area code	03871
Website	www.parchim.de

Parchim (German pronunciation: [ˈpaʁçɪm]) is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is the capital of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district. It was the birthplace of Helmuth Moltke the Elder, to whom a monument was erected in 1876. Founded about 1210, one branch of the family of the duke of Mecklenburg residence 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.

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External links

Saint George's church

• http://www.parchim.de

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.