Crivitz () is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 18km 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

• (1906–1983), shipbuilder

• (born 1961), writer

• (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

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