Stavenhagen was founded in the middle of the 13th century on the edge of the knight's castle Stove and since 1949 it is called "Reuterstadt Stavenhagen" after its famous son
Worth seeing are the historic market place with the Reuter monument, the old castle (today civic and administrative center) with the well-kept park, the town church and the "Reuter graves". The Fritz Reuter Literature Museum is a memorial and research center, shows in a modern literary exhibition "Fritz Reuter - life, work and effect", development of the Low German language and reception of the Reuter works until today.