Mestlin is a "rural central community"
in the administrative centre "Goldberg-Mildenitz" in the district Parchim.

Mestlin is situated about 20 kilometres north of the district town Parchim and about 45 kilometres west of Schwerin. The community Mestlin consists of the villages Mestlin itself, Ruest, Kadow and Vimfow. About 1.100 people live here.

Mestlin lies on the crossroads of two important roads. They are the "district road" from Sternberg to Parchim (leading to the motorway A 24 Berlin - Hamburg) and the "district road" from Crivitz (federal highway B 321) to Goldberg (federal highway B 192). The federal highway B 192 connects the town Neubrandenburg with the federal capital Schwerin. You can also visit Mestlin by coach.

There are a nursery, two schools and some youth clubs in Mestlin. About 400 students attend the Primary School and the Secondary School in Mestlin.

The church ist part of our cultural heritage. It consists of the choir, the nave and the tower. The choir has a square form and was built of giant stones. The nave is a beautiful high building with a pointed arch. It had been built of very big bricks. Two pillars divide the nave into two parts.

The "House of Culture" (illustration opposite, in the background the church) is an impressive building. To keep up this house is an obligation, a duty, because it is a sign for the cultural heritage of the history of the G.D.R. But it is a burden because of the low financial power of the community. Well, it is very difficult to keep up this building. The "House of Culture", built from 1954 till 1957, had been the cultural centre of the communiy and the region until the political changing in 1989/1990.
For some years it had been the home of a disco then, but after 1996 there were neither trustworthy runners nor money, nor conceptions for saving and using this house. In May 1997 a club was founded to save this building and stop its dilapidation. It is a "supporters' and sponsor club Kulturhaus Mestlin e.V." - Förderverein.
See under "House of Culture"