Vorpommern-Greifswald Explained

Vorpommern-Greifswald
Image Coa:	Wappen Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald.svg
State:	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Capital:	Greifswald
Area:	3927
Kreisschlüssel:	13075
District Admin:	Michael Sack
Admin Party:	CDU
Carsign:	VG, ANK, GW, PW, SBG, UEM, WLG Greifswald: HGW
Url:	www.kreis-vg.de

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.^[1] 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.^[1] The name of the district was decided by referendum on 4 September 2011.^[2] The project name for the district was Südvorpommern.

Geography

The district has a number of lakes including:

Lake Name	Elevation	Surface Area
	7.5m (24.6feet)	0.062km2
	49m (161feet)	0.18km2
	4.5m (14.8feet)	1.14km2
	10m (30feet)	0.64km2
	10.8m (35.4feet)	0.102km2
	11.6m (38.1feet)	0.094km2
	2.8m (09.2feet)	0.18km2
	10.9m (35.8feet)	0.103km2
	7.3m (24feet)	1.68km2
	-0.5m (-01.6feet)	0.1km2
	10.9m (35.8feet)	0.131km2
	7.2m (23.6feet)	0.54km2

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

Towns and municipalities

Amt-free towns	Amt-free municipalities
valign=top	Anklam Greifswald Pasewalk Strasburg Ueckermünde	valign=top	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

External links

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

53.8333°N 53°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern government reform. 5 September 2011.
2. Web site: Referendum results Mittleres Mecklenburg. 5 September 2011.