Breest
municipality of Germany
Breest (German pronunciation: [bʁeːst]) is a village and a former municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The municipality comprised the villages Bittersberg, Breest and Klempenow. Since 9 June 2024, it is part of the municipality Bartow. The 13th century Klempenow Castle is located in the municipality.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 16, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q699215. VIAF identifies the subject as 247417671. Authority coordinates are 53.783, 13.333. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2024.
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