Zarrentin am Schaalsee
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![Examination building of a former monastery, today the building serves as the seat of Zarrentin, a museum, library and an event hall.](/Images/godic/202502/22/Zarrentin_Klausurgebauede1129.jpg")
![Queues of East German cars at the Zarrentin border crossing on 12 November 1989, three days after the Fall of the Berlin Wall.](/Images/godic/202502/22/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1989-1112-009,_Zarrentin,_Grenzübergang1129.jpg")
Zarrentin am Schaalsee, until 2004 simply Zarrentin, is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the Schaalsee lake, 19 km southeast of Ratzeburg, and 34 km west of Schwerin.