Kessin

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Medieval village church in Kessin
Location of Kessin within the former district of Bad Doberan
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Kessin
Coordinates: 54°4′N12°11′E / 54.067°N 12.183°E / 54.067; 12.183 Coordinates: 54°4′N12°11′E / 54.067°N 12.183°E / 54.067; 12.183
Country Germany
State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District Rostock
Municipality Dummerstorf
Area
  Total10.97 km2 (4.24 sq mi)
Elevation
27 m (89 ft)
Population
 (2006-12-31)
  Total1,494
  Density140/km2 (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.

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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.

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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