Vorpommern-Greifswald District – DE80N

EU regions: Germany > Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania > Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania > Vorpommern-Greifswald District

More on wikipedia wikidata Q2917 on OpenStreetMap Vorpommern-Greifswald District slovensky: DE80N

Demographics

From Wikipedia: Vorpommern-Greifswald (German: Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald, Polish: Powiat Vorpommern-Greifswald) is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland (West Pomeranian Voivodeship) and the state of Brandenburg. The district seat is Greifswald. A lake called Berliner See is found in the district.

History

Vorpommern-Greifswald District was established by merging the former districts of Ostvorpommern and Uecker-Randow; along with the subdivisions of Jarmen-Tutow and Peenetal/Loitz (from the former district of Demmin), and the former district-free town Greifswald, as part of the local government reform of September 2011. The name of the district was decided by referendum on 4 September 2011. The project name for the district was Südvorpommern.

Geography

The district has a number of lakes including:

The island of Usedom within the district also has a number of lakes.

Other: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte District, Rostock District, Vorpommern-Rügen District, Schwerin, Rostock, Vorpommern-Greifswald District, Ludwigslust-Parchim District, Nordwestmecklenburg District

Neighbours: Uckermark District, Vorpommern-Rügen District, Szczeciński, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte District

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: EU regions - Vorpommern-Greifswald District – DE80N, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​en/projects/eu-regions/DE80N