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Nordwestmecklenburg - Wikipedia

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

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Nordwestmecklenburg
District
Flag Coat of arms

Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Capital	Wismar
Government
• District admin.	Tino Schomann (CDU)
Area
• Total	2,117 km² (817 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2023)^[1]
• Total	160,206
• Density	76/km² (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	NWM, GDB, GVM, WIS Wismar: HWI
Website	nordwestmecklenburg.de

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.

Lakes

Two large lakes are partially situated in Nordwestmecklenburg: the eastern half of the Schaalsee (23 km² (8.9 sq mi)) at the western border; and the northern half of the Schweriner See (63 km² (24 sq mi)) in the south, as well as two smaller lakes, Bibowsee (0.79 km² (0.31 sq mi)) and Mechower See (1.6 km² (0.62 sq mi)).

History

Nordwestmecklenburg District was established in 1994 by merging the previous districts of Gadebusch, Grevesmühlen and Wismar; along with smaller parts of the districts of 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

“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 Gägelow Roggenstorf Rüting Stepenitztal 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 Rehna^{1, 2} Rieps Schlagsdorf Thandorf Utecht Wedendorfersee 9. Schönberger Land Dassow² Grieben Lüdersdorf Menzendorf Roduchelstorf Schönberg^{1, 2} Selmsdorf Siemz-Niendorf
¹ - seat of the Amt; ² - town

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

¹ - seat of the Amt; ² - town

Former municipalities

The following municipalities that were independently administrative within the district were (situation August 2011):

Börzow - formerly part of Grevesmühlen-Land Amt; now part of Stepenitztal since 25 May 2014
Mallentin - formerly part of Grevesmühlen-Land Amt; now part of Stepenitztal since 25 May 2014
Nesow - formerly part of Rehna Amt; now part of Rehna since 25 May 2014
Papenhusen - formerly part of Schönberger Land Amt; now part of Stepenitztal since 25 May 2014
Vitense - formerly part of Rehna Amt; now part of Rehna since 25 May 2014

References

^ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2023" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern government reform". Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
^ "Referendum results Nordwestmecklenburg". Retrieved 5 September 2011.

External links

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Official website (German)

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
Pre-2011 districts	Bad Doberan Demmin Güstrow Ludwigslust Mecklenburg-Strelitz Müritz Nordvorpommern Ostvorpommern Parchim Rügen Uecker-Randow
Districts of German states (Full list) Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Brandenburg Bremen Hesse Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia

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