Nordwestmecklenburg

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Nordwestmecklenburg
Map of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania highlighting the district Nordwestmecklenburg
State	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
County seat	Grevesmühlen
Area	2,075 km²
Population	121,153 (2001)
pop. density	58 inh./km²
Car identification	NWM
Web page	http://www.nordwestmecklenburg.de

Nordwestmecklenburg (Northwestern Mecklenburg) is a Kreis (district) in the north-western part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea and border on Schleswig-Holstein. Neighboring districts are (from east clockwise) Bad Doberan, Güstrow, Parchim, the district-free city Schwerin, the district Ludwigslust, and the district Lauenburg and the district-free city Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein. The district-free city Wismar north of the district is nearly surrounded by it.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links

[edit] Geography

The district is roughly situated in a triangle between the towns of Lübeck, Wismar and Schwerin. In the north there is the coast of the Baltic Sea with the small island of Poel; two large lakes are partially situated in Nordwestmecklenburg: the eastern half of the Schaalsee (23 km²) at the western border; and the northern half of the Schweriner See (63 km²) in the south.

[edit] History

The district was created in 1994 by merging the previous districts Gadebusch, Grevesmühlen and Wismar, and also smaller parts of the districts Sternberg and Schwerin-Land.

[edit] Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows the bull's head of Mecklenburg to the left, and a bishopric staff to the right. The staff symbolizes the diocese of Ratzeburg, which in 1648 became the Principality of Ratzeburg. It also stands for the diocese of Schwerin. The coat of arms was designed by the designer and heraldic Heinz Kippnick, and was granted on July 1, 1996.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Ämter	Free Municipalities
Dassow¹ Gadebusch Grevesmühlen Klütz¹ Neukloster¹ Rehna¹ Schönberg Warin¹ ¹ inside a Amt	Bad Kleinen Dorf Mecklenburg Gadebusch-Land Grevesmühlen-Land Gägelow Klützer Winkel Lübstorf / Alt Meteln Lützow Neuburg Neukloster Ostseestrand Rehna Schönberg-Land Warin	Boltenhagen Insel Poel

[edit] External links

• Official website (German)

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