Vorpommern-Greifswald

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 the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald.[2] A lake called Berliner See is found in the district.

Vorpommern-Greifswald
District
Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Capital	Greifswald
Area
• Total	3,927 km^2 (1,516 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2019)[1]
• Total	235,623
• Density	60/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	VG, ANK, GW, PW, SBG, UEM, WLG Greifswald: HGW
Website	www.kreis-vg.de

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.[2] The name of the district was decided by referendum on 4 September 2011.[3] The project name for the district was Südvorpommern.

Geography

The district has a number of lakes including:

Lake Name	Elevation	Surface Area
Berliner See	7.5 m (25 ft)	0.062 km^2 (0.024 sq mi)
Demenzsee	49 m (161 ft)	0.18 km^2 (0.069 sq mi)
Großer Mützelburger See	4.5 m (15 ft)	1.14 km^2 (0.44 sq mi)
Großer See (Pinnow)	10 m (33 ft)	0.64 km^2 (0.25 sq mi)
Hoher See	10.8 m (35 ft)	0.102 km^2 (0.039 sq mi)
Küchensee	11.6 m (38 ft)	0.094 km^2 (0.036 sq mi)
Ludwigshofer See	2.8 m (9.2 ft)	0.18 km^2 (0.069 sq mi)
Pulower See	10.9 m (36 ft)	0.103 km^2 (0.040 sq mi)
Putzarer See	7.3 m (24 ft)	1.68 km^2 (0.65 sq mi)
Schloßsee	−0.5 m (−1.6 ft)	0.1 km^2 (0.039 sq mi)
Straßensee	10.9 m (36 ft)	0.131 km^2 (0.051 sq mi)
Zarrenthiner Kiessee	7.2 m (24 ft)	0.54 km^2 (0.21 sq mi)

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

Towns and municipalities

Map of municipalities and towns in Vorpommern-Greifswald

The Szczecin agglomeration includes various municipalities in Vorpommern-Greifswald

Amt-free towns	Amt-free municipalities
Anklam Greifswald Pasewalk Strasburg Ueckermünde	Heringsdorf

Ämter
1. Am Peenestrom Buggenhagen Krummin Lassan^2 Lütow Sauzin Wolgast^1, 2 Zemitz 2. Am Stettiner Haff Ahlbeck Altwarp Eggesin^1, 2 Grambin Hintersee Leopoldshagen Liepgarten Lübs Luckow Meiersberg Mönkebude Vogelsang-Warsin 3. Anklam-Land Bargischow Blesewitz Boldekow Bugewitz Butzow Ducherow Iven Krien Krusenfelde Medow Neetzow-Liepen Neu Kosenow Neuenkirchen Postlow Rossin Sarnow Spantekow^1 Stolpe an der Peene	4. Jarmen-Tutow Alt Tellin Bentzin Daberkow Jarmen^1, 2 Kruckow Tutow Völschow 5. Landhagen Behrenhoff Dargelin Dersekow Hinrichshagen Levenhagen Mesekenhagen Neuenkirchen^1 Wackerow Weitenhagen 6. Löcknitz-Penkun Bergholz Blankensee Boock Glasow Grambow Krackow Löcknitz^1 Nadrensee Penkun^2 Plöwen Ramin Rossow Rothenklempenow 7. Lubmin Brünzow Hanshagen Katzow Kemnitz Kröslin Loissin Lubmin^1 Neu Boltenhagen Rubenow Wusterhusen	8. Peenetal/Loitz Görmin Loitz^1, 2 Sassen-Trantow 9. Torgelow-Ferdinandshof Altwigshagen Ferdinandshof Hammer an der Uecker Heinrichswalde Rothemühl Torgelow^1, 2 Wilhelmsburg 10. Uecker-Randow-Tal [seat: Pasewalk] Brietzig Fahrenwalde Groß Luckow Jatznick Koblentz Krugsdorf Nieden Papendorf Polzow Rollwitz Schönwalde Viereck Zerrenthin 11. Usedom-Nord Karlshagen Mölschow Peenemünde Trassenheide Zinnowitz^1	12. Usedom-Süd Benz Dargen Garz Kamminke Korswandt Koserow Loddin Mellenthin Pudagla Rankwitz Stolpe auf Usedom Ückeritz Usedom^1, 2 Zempin Zirchow 13. Züssow Bandelin Gribow Groß Kiesow Groß Polzin Gützkow^2 Karlsburg Klein Bünzow Murchin Rubkow Schmatzin Wrangelsburg Ziethen Züssow^1
^1seat of the Amt; ^2town

References

1. "Statistisches Amt M-V – Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2019". Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). July 2020.
2. "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern government reform". Retrieved 5 September 2011.
3. "Referendum results Mittleres Mecklenburg". Retrieved 5 September 2011.

External links

• Official website of Vorpommern-Greifswald district (includes translator)