Rechlin

Rechlin
Rechlin
Municipality
	Aviation technical museum in Rechlin
	Coat of arms
	Location of Rechlin within Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district
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	Coordinates: 53°20′N 12°43′E / 53.333°N 12.717°E
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
Municipal assoc.	Röbel-Müritz
Government
• Mayor	Wolf-Dieter Ringguth
Area
• Total	77.28 km2 (29.84 sq mi)
Elevation	67 m (220 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	2,086
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	17248
Dialling codes	039823
Vehicle registration	MÜR
Website	www.amt-roebel-mueritz.de

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Rechlin is a municipality in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, around 100 km (60 mi) northwest of Berlin. The town's airport has a long history and was the Luftwaffe's main testing ground for new aircraft designs in Nazi Germany. The Luftfahrttechnisches Museum (Aviation Technology Museum) in Rechlin houses displays of aircraft and related technology from the two World Wars and the Soviet era.^[2]