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This article is about the town in Germany. For the village in Wisconsin, see Crivitz, Wisconsin. For the crater, see Crivitz (crater).

Crivitz
Town
Church
Coat of arms
Location of Crivitz within Ludwigslust-Parchim district
Location of Crivitz
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Coordinates: 53°35′N 11°39′E
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Ludwigslust-Parchim
Municipal assoc.	Crivitz
Subdivisions	6
Government
• Mayor	Britta Busch-Gramm
Area
• Total	75.87 km2 (29.29 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)
• Total	4,601
• Density	60.64/km2 (157.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	19089
Dialling codes	03863
Vehicle registration	PCH, LUP, LBZ, HGN, STB, LWL
Website	www.crivitz.de

Crivitz (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁiːvɪts]) is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 18 km east of Schwerin. The founder of the town Crivitz, Wisconsin named it after his hometown Crivitz. It has a friendship link with Seaford, East Sussex. The lake Barniner See is located nearby.

Sons and daughters of the city

• Kurt Dunkelmann (1906–1983), shipbuilder
• Lutz Dettmann (born 1961), writer
• Christoph Schulze (born 1965), politician (BVB/FW)
• Heiko Mathias Förster (born 1966), conductor, conducted the Munich Symphony Orchestra from 1999 to 2006,

Sport

• Karla Roffeis (born 1958), volleyball player, team silver medallist at the 1980 Summer Olympics
• Torsten Schmitz (born 1964), boxing coach and former amateur boxer
• Armin Kremer (born 1968), rally driver
• Matthias Breitkreutz (born 1971), soccer player, played 266 games
• Kevin Wölbert (born 1989), speedway driver

Villages within the municipality

• Augustenhof
• Badegow
• Basthorst
• Gädebehn
• Kladow
• Muchelwitz
• Radepohl
• Wessin