Quiet street in Parchim town centre, Mecklenburg, Germany.

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Parchim 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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Size: 4287px × 2848px
Location: Parchim, Mecklenburg, Germany.
Photo credit: © David Davies / Alamy / Afripics
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