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Zippendorf, Schwerin — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Zippendorf is a district south-east of Schwerin's centre, with the Zoo Schwerin and the Petruskirche Schwerin standing on its ground.
About Zippendorf
Where to stay in Zippendorf
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
The Zoo Schwerin anchors this side. A bed in Zippendorf trades the Schwerin centre for quiet ground, with the Petruskirche Schwerin nearby and the Schwerin-Mueß Open Air Museum a short way on. Families do best here.
If you want the shops and the through routes rather than the Zoo Schwerin, the centre is a better base, though the International Firefighters Museum Schwerin sits on this side of the city.
About Zippendorf
What are the main landmarks in Zippendorf?
Four names carry the district. The Zoo Schwerin takes up the largest ground, and the Petruskirche Schwerin gives the quarter its church. Beyond them the Schwerin-Mueß Open Air Museum and the International Firefighters Museum Schwerin put two collections within the same stretch of the city, both away from the centre.
Zippendorf keeps them all on one side.
What is the history of Zippendorf?
No charter date survives here. The record for Zippendorf runs through its institutions rather than its documents, and the older material sits in the Schwerin-Mueß Open Air Museum, where the collection stands in the open. The Petruskirche Schwerin holds the church name.
Zippendorf itself belongs to Schwerin, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and its written past is thinner than the ground it occupies.
Where is Zippendorf?
Zippendorf lies south-east of Schwerin's centre, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, with the Zoo Schwerin on its ground and Mueß beyond.
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Updated August 2026