Rerik (pronunciationⓘ, formerly Alt-Gaarz) is a town in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.

It is the setting for Alfred Andersch's debut novel, Flight to Afar (1957).

[2] Rerik West, on a peninsula separated from the town itself by a small isthmus, was a barracks town for Soviet forces during the time of the German Democratic Republic.

Following German reunification, it was abandoned in 1992 and declared a restricted area due to contamination by unexploded munitions.

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