Editing Parchim (section)

{{short description|Town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany}}
{{For|the class of corvette|Parchim class corvette}}
{{Infobox German place
|type              = Stadt
|image_photo       = Parchim town hall.jpg
|image_caption     = Town hall
|image_coa         = Wappen Parchim.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|53|25|N|11|50|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan        = Parchim in LUP.svg
|state             = Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
|district          = Ludwigslust-Parchim
|elevation         = 50
|area              = 124.82
|postal_code       = 19370
|area_code         = 03871
|licence           = PCH
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 13 0 76 108
|divisions         = 
|website           = [http://www.parchim.de/ www.parchim.de]
|mayor             = Dirk Flörke
|party             = CDU
}}

'''Parchim''' ({{IPA|de|ˈpaʁçɪm|lang|De-Parchim.ogg}}; [[Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch dialect|Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch]]: ''Parchen'') is a town in [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]], [[Germany]]. It is the capital of the [[Ludwigslust-Parchim]] district. It was the birthplace of [[Helmuth von Moltke the Elder]], to whom a monument was erected in 1876.

Founded about 1210, it was the seat of the short-lived [[Lordship of Parchim-Richenberg]], a partition of the [[Duchy of Mecklenburg]], from 1226 until 1248 when the lord relocated to Richenberg. Parchim was absorbed into the [[Lordship of Werle]] in 1255. In 1277 Werle was partitioned and Parchim became the seat of Werle-Parchim until it was reunited with Werle-Güstrow in 1307. One branch of the family of the [[duke of Mecklenburg]] resided 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]].