Kessin

For Kessin in Western Pomerania, see Groß Kiesow.

Kessin
Ortsteil of Dummerstorf
Medieval village church in Kessin
Location of Kessin within the former district of Bad Doberan
Kessin Show map of Germany Kessin Show map of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Coordinates: 54°4′N 12°11′E
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Rostock
Municipality	Dummerstorf
Area
• Total	10.97 km^2 (4.24 sq mi)
Elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Population  (2006-12-31)
• Total	1,494
• Density	140/km^2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	18196
Dialling codes	0381, 038208
Vehicle registration	DBR

Kessin is a village and a former municipality in the district of Rostock, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

History

Since 7 June 2009, it is part of the municipality Dummerstorf. Before this, it was within the Warnow-Ost Amt.

A group of West Slavic people affiliated with the Veleti tribe settled Kessini in the 8th century. Known as the Kessinians, linguistically, they belonged to the Polabian Slavs.

In popular culture

A large part of the plot of Theodor Fontane's realist novel Effi Briest takes place in a fictional town named Kessin, which is said to be in Farther Pomerania.

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