Liepen Explained

Type:Ortsteil
Municipality:Neetzow-Liepen
Coordinates:53.8833°N 41°W
State:Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District:Vorpommern-Greifswald
Elevation:12
Area:18.00
Population:305
Stand:2013-12-31
Postal Code:17391
Area Code:039723
Licence:VG
Website:www.amt-anklam-land.de

Liepen is a village and a former municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Since 1 January 2014, it is part of the municipality Neetzow-Liepen.

History

From 1648 to 1720, Liepen was part of Swedish Pomerania. From 1720 to 1945, it was part of the Prussian Province of Pomerania, from 1945 to 1952 of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Neubrandenburg of East Germany and since 1990 again of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.