Sternberg (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtɛʁnbɛʁk]) is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

In 1492, 27 Jews were burned on the Judenberg after being charged with Eucharistic Sacrilege, a fictitious crime used in Jewish pogroms throughout medieval and renaissance Europe.

On June 20, 1549, the Reformation was introduced in Mecklenburg as a result of a special council (Landtag) on the Sagsdorfer Bridge in Sternberg.

In 1628, during the Thirty Years' War Albrecht von Wallenstein held council here.

The city is located southwest of Rostock, southeast of Wismar, and northeast of Schwerin.