Nordvorpommern

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Nordvorpommern

Map of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania highlighting the district Nordvorpommern
State Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County seat Grimmen
Area 2,168 km²
Population 117,722 (2001)
pop. density 54 inh./km²
Car identification NVP
Web page http://www.lk-nvp.de

Nordvorpommern ("North Western Pomerania") is a Kreis (district) in the northern part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated at the coast of the Baltic Sea, where it encloses the city of Stralsund. Other neighboring districts are (from east clockwise) Ostvorpommern, Demmin, Güstrow and Bad Doberan.

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[edit] Geography

The coast is characterised by an elongated peninsula, the Darß. Between the Darß and the mainland there is a very shallow lagoon, which is a part of the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park, just as the entire peninsula itself.

[edit] History

In history this region was the westernmost part of Pomerania. Until 1819 it was a Swedish, after that Prussian territory called Neuvorpommern. The district was created in 1994 by merging the three previous districts Grimmen, Ribnitz-Damgarten and Stralsund.

[edit] Coat of arms

Coat of arms The coat of arms shows two griffins. The golden griffin to the left is the symbol of Princes of Rostock. The black griffin to the right derives from the coat of arms of Pomerania, which however used a red griffin as their symbol. The territory of the district was ruled by a branch of the Dukes of Pomerania which used a black griffin.

The coat of arms was granted on December 3, 1997.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns Ämter Free Municipalities
  1. Bad Sülze¹
  2. Barth
  3. Franzburg¹
  4. Grimmen
  5. Marlow
  6. Ribnitz-Damgarten
  7. Richtenberg¹
  8. Tribsees ¹

¹ inside a Amt

  1. Ahrenshagen
  2. Altenpleen
  3. Bad Sülze
  4. Barth-Land
  5. Darß/Fischland
  6. Franzberg-Richtenberg
  7. Kronskamp
  8. Miltzow
  9. Niepars
  10. Trebeltal
  11. Tribsees
  1. Süderholz
  2. Zingst

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Flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Urban and rural districts in the
Federal State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany
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Urban
districts

Greifswald | Neubrandenburg | Rostock | Schwerin | Stralsund | Wismar

Rural
districts

Bad Doberan | Demmin | Güstrow | Ludwigslust | Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Müritz | Nordvorpommern
Nordwestmecklenburg | Ostvorpommern | Parchim | Rügen | Uecker-Randow