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|image_plan = Dierhagen_in_VR.svg|state = Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|district = Vorpommern-Rügen|Amt = Darß/Fischland|elevation = 3|area = 27.47|postal_code = 18347|area_code = 038226|licence = NVP|Gemeindeschlüssel = 13 0 73 017weblink}}|mayor = Christiane Müller|party = Linke}}Dierhagen is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Location

Dierhagen is on the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula. The district is surrounded by the Baltic Sea to the north and northwest and the Saaler Bodden to the east and southeast.WEB,weblink Dierhagen - Ostseebad Dierhagen, Dierhagen has six districts:

• Dierhagen Dorf
• Dierhagen Strand, a 7-km-long beach with fine white sand
• Dierhagen Ost
• Neuhaus
• Dändorf
• Körkwitz

History

Dierhagen was founded in 1311 when German settlers expanded their territory into the area of Ribnitz (moved eastward).WEB,weblink Home, dierhagen1311.de,

Notable residents

• Egon Krenz, who briefly served as the leader of East Germany in 1989, has lived in the town since 2003.

References

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External links

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• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20010217133802weblink">Dierhagen website, accessed 20. December 2017

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