Nordwestmecklenburg

Nordwestmecklenburg (Northwestern Mecklenburg) is a Kreis (district) in the north-western part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea and borders on Schleswig-Holstein to the west. Neighboring districts are (from east clockwise) Rostock, Ludwigslust-Parchim and the district-free city Schwerin, and the district Lauenburg and the district-free city Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein. The district seat is the town Wismar.^[2]

Geography

The district is roughly situated in a triangle between the towns of Lübeck, Rostock 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, as well as one smaller lake, Mechower See (1.6 km²).

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. In the 2011 district reform, it was merged with the formerly district-free town Wismar.^[2] The name of the district was decided by referendum on 4 September 2011.^[3]

Coat of arms

Coat of arms

“Party per pale Or and Azure, dexter the half crowned bull's head Sable of Mecklenburg, sinister a bishopric staff Or”. The staff symbolizes the diocese of Ratzeburg, which in 1648 became the Principality of Ratzeburg. It also stands for the diocese of Schwerin. Also the Hanseatic city of Wismar is represented in red-white.

The coat of arms was designed by the designer and heraldic Heinz Kippnick, and was granted on July 1, 1996.

Towns and municipalities

Amt-free towns	Amt-free municipalities
Grevesmühlen Wismar	Insel Poel

Ämter
1. Dorf Mecklenburg-Bad Kleinen Bad Kleinen Barnekow Bobitz Dorf Mecklenburg¹ Groß Stieten Hohen Viecheln Lübow Metelsdorf Ventschow 2. Gadebusch Dragun Gadebusch^{1, 2} Kneese Krembz Mühlen Eichsen Roggendorf Rögnitz Veelböken 3. Grevesmühlen-Land [seat: Grevesmühlen] Bernstorf Börzow Gägelow Mallentin Papenhusen Plüschow Roggenstorf Rüting Testorf-Steinfort Upahl Warnow	4. Klützer Winkel Boltenhagen Damshagen Hohenkirchen Kalkhorst Klütz^{1, 2} Zierow 5. Lützow-Lübstorf Alt Meteln Brüsewitz Cramonshagen Dalberg-Wendelstorf Gottesgabe Grambow Klein Trebbow Lübstorf Lützow¹ Perlin Pingelshagen Pokrent Schildetal Seehof Zickhusen 6. Neuburg Benz Blowatz Boiensdorf Hornstorf Krusenhagen Neuburg¹	7. Neukloster-Warin Bibow Glasin Jesendorf Lübberstorf Neukloster^{1, 2} Passee Warin² Zurow Züsow 8. Rehna Carlow Dechow Groß Molzahn Holdorf Königsfeld Nesow Rehna^{1, 2} Rieps Schlagsdorf Thandorf Utecht Vitense Wedendorfersee 9. Schönberger Land Dassow² Grieben Groß Siemz Lockwisch Lüdersdorf Menzendorf Niendorf Roduchelstorf Schönberg^{1, 2} Selmsdorf
¹seat of the Amt; ²town

Ämter

1. Dorf Mecklenburg-Bad Kleinen

2. Gadebusch

3. Grevesmühlen-Land

[seat: Grevesmühlen]

4. Klützer Winkel

5. Lützow-Lübstorf

6. Neuburg

7. Neukloster-Warin

8. Rehna

9. Schönberger Land

¹seat of the Amt; ²town

References

↑ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 31.12.2012". Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). 14 August 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern government reform". Retrieved 5 September 2011.
↑ "Referendum results Nordwestmecklenburg". Retrieved 5 September 2011.

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v t e Urban and rural districts in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany

Urban districts	Rostock Schwerin

Rural districts	Ludwigslust-Parchim Mecklenburgische Seenplatte Nordwestmecklenburg Rostock Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Rügen

Coordinates: 53°50′N 11°10′E / 53.83°N 11.17°E / 53.83; 11.17

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