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In the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) there are 84 officially recognised towns and cities.
- 17 cities in Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
- 16 cities in Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim
- 14 cities in Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald
- 13 cities in Landkreis Rostock
- 13 cities in Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen
- 9 cities in Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg
In addition there are the two district-free cities of Rostock and Schwerin.
District capitals
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There are 6 district capitals in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:
- Greifswald (Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald) Hanseatic city
- Güstrow (Landkreis Rostock)
- Neubrandenburg (Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte)
- Parchim (Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim)
- Stralsund (Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen) Hanseatic city
- Wismar (Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg) Hanseatic city
Table
[edit]You can sort the table by clicking one of the upper columns. Data from 2017 is included for 21 cities and communes in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with a population of at least 10,000 on December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.
City/Town | Coat of Arms | District | first mentioned | Town privileges | Area in km2 | Pop. at Dec. 31, 2013[1] | 2017 est[2] | 2017 pop. density[2] | Image |
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Altentreptow | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1245 | 1245 | 52,83 | 5263 | ||||
Anklam | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1243 | 1264 | 56,57 | 12312 | 12,521 | 220.9/km² | |
Bad Doberan | ![]() |
Rostock | 1177 | 1879 | 32,74 | 12954 | 12,290 | 374.1/km² | ![]() |
Bad Sülze | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1243 | 1257[3] | 26,37 | 1796 | ![]() | ||
Barth | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1255 | 1255 | 40,83 | 8777 | ![]() | ||
Bergen auf Rügen | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1314 | 1613 | 51,42 | 13689 | 13,555 | 263.3/km² | ![]() |
Boizenburg/Elbe | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1158 | 1267 | 47,26 | 10829 | 10,630 | 224.1/km² | ![]() |
Brüel | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1222 | 1340[4] | 27,30 | 2626 | ![]() | ||
Burg Stargard | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1244 | 1259[5] | 61,68 | 5289 | |||
Bützow | Rostock | 1171 | 1236 | 39,70 | 8181 | ![]() | |||
Crivitz | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1302 | 1302 | 75,48 | 4778 | ![]() | ||
Dargun | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1172 | 1938 | 117,15 | 4371 | ![]() | ||
Dassow | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1219 | 1938 | 66,54 | 4038 | ||||
Demmin | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1070 | 1236[6] | 81,56 | 10395 | 10,865 | 132.4/km² | ![]() |
Dömitz | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1235 | 1259 | 60,38 | 2981 | |||
Eggesin | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1216 | 1966 | 88,01 | 4748 | |||
Franzburg | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1231 | 1587 | 15,19 | 1367 | ||||
Friedland | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1244 | 1244 | 97,64 | 6478 | ||||
Gadebusch | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1194 | 1225 | 47,65 | 5457 | ![]() | |||
Garz/Rügen | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1207 | 1319 | 65,44 | 2264 | ![]() | |||
Gnoien | Rostock | 1257 | 1290 | 41,08 | 2838 | ![]() | |||
Goldberg | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1227 | 1248 | 64,85 | 3364 | ![]() | ||
Grabow | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1186 | 1252 | 47,68 | 5615 | ![]() | ||
Greifswald | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1241 | 1250 | 50,50 | 59691 | 58,886 | 1,159/km² | ![]() |
Grevesmühlen | ![]() |
Nordwestmecklenburg | 1226 | 1261 | 52,32 | 10538 | 10,410 | 198.7/km² | ![]() |
Grimmen | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1267 | 1287 | 50,29 | 9586 | ![]() | ||
Güstrow | ![]() |
Rostock | 1222 | 1228 | 70,86 | 29556 | 29,429 | 414.0/km² | |
Gützkow | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1301 | 1353 | 42,68 | 2974 | ![]() | ||
Hagenow | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1190[7] | 1754 | 67,44 | 12399 | 11,968 | 177.2/km² | ![]() |
Jarmen | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1269 | 1720 | 30,64 | 2914 | |||
Klütz | ![]() |
Nordwestmecklenburg | 1188 | 1938 | 44,12 | 3153 | ![]() | ||
Krakow am See | ![]() |
Rostock | 1298 | 1467 | 87,07 | 3442 | |||
Kröpelin | ![]() |
Rostock | 1177 | 1249 | 67,26 | 4829 | ![]() | ||
Kühlungsborn | ![]() |
Rostock | 1938[8] | 1938 | 16,16 | 8037 | |||
Laage | Rostock | 1216 | 1336 | 81,27 | 6549 | ||||
Lassan | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1136 | 1274 | 27,98 | 1491 | ![]() | ||
Loitz | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1242 | 1242 | 89,53 | 4262 | ![]() | ||
Lübtheen | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1363 | 1938 | 119,69 | 4715 | ![]() | ||
Lübz | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1308 | 1456[9] | 49,12 | 6183 | ![]() | ||
Ludwigslust | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1754 | 1876 | 78,30 | 12270 | 12,267 | 195.7/km² | ![]() |
Malchin | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1236 | 1236 | 94,50 | 7272 | ||||
Malchow | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1147 | 1235 | 44,60 | 6543 | ![]() | |||
Marlow | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1210 | 1459 | 139,81 | 4694 | ![]() | |||
Mirow | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1226 | 1919 | 84,08 | 3887 | ![]() | ||
Neubrandenburg | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1248 | 1248 | 85,65 | 63989 | 64,259 | 746.2/km² | ![]() |
Neubukow | ![]() |
Rostock | 1260 | 1435 | 24,99 | 4037 | |||
Neukalen | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1174[10] | 1253[11] | 46,84 | 1747 | ![]() | |||
Neukloster | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1219 | 1938 | 27,49 | 4014 | ![]() | |||
Neustadt-Glewe | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1248 | 1248 | 93,91 | 6931 | ![]() | ||
Neustrelitz | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1278 | 1733 | 138,15 | 20340 | 20,135 | 144.0/km² | ![]() |
Parchim | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1170 | 1226 | 106,61 | 18278 | 18,074 | 144.8/km² | ![]() |
Pasewalk | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1121 | 1251[12] | 54,99 | 9811 | 10,281 | 186.2/km² | ![]() |
Penkun | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1240 | 1269 | 78,63 | 1815 | ![]() | ||
Penzlin | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1170 | 1263 | 115,47 | 4094 | ![]() | ||
Plau am See | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1235 | 1226 | 115,99 | 6231 | ![]() | ||
Putbus | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1810 | 1810 | 66,60 | 4531 | |||
Rehna | ![]() |
Nordwestmecklenburg | 1230 | 1791 | 22,52 | 3605 | ![]() | ||
Rerik | ![]() |
Rostock | 1238[13] | 1938[14] | 33,45 | 2192 | ![]() | ||
Ribnitz-Damgarten | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1950 | 1950 | 122,20 | 15721 | 15,197 | 123.7/km² | ![]() |
Richtenberg | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1231 | 1297 | 15,63 | 1351 | |||
Röbel/Müritz | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1226 | 1261 | 30,17 | 5075 | ![]() | ||
Rostock | ![]() |
Kreisfreie Stadt | 1161 | 1218 | 181,44 | 209920 | 208,409 | 1,149/km² | ![]() |
Sassnitz | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1906[15] | 1957 | 46,45 | 9199 | ![]() | ||
Schönberg | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1219 | 1822 | 38,09 | 4711 | ||||
Schwaan | ![]() |
Rostock | 1276 | 1276 | 38,28 | 5070 | ![]() | ||
Schwerin (state capital) | ![]() |
Kreisfreie Stadt | 1018[16] | 1160 | 130,46 | 98596 | 95,797 | 734.0/km² | ![]() |
Stavenhagen | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1230 | 1264 | 40,84 | 5803 | ||||
Sternberg | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1248 | 1248 | 67,67 | 4023 | ![]() | ||
Stralsund | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1234 | 1234 | 38,97 | 59363 | 59,517 | 1,099/km² | |
Strasburg (Uckermark) | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1250[17] | 1250[18] | 86,83 | 4451 | ![]() | ||
Tessin | ![]() |
Rostock | 1121 | 1343 | 24,52 | 4012 | ![]() | ||
Teterow | Rostock | 1215[19] | 1272[20] | 47,17 | 8434 | ![]() | |||
Torgelow | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1281 | 1945 | 49,46 | 9307 | ![]() | ||
Tribsees | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1136 | 1285 | 54,75 | 2669 | |||
Ueckermünde | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1178 | 1260 | 84,69 | 8598 | ![]() | ||
Usedom | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1128 | 1298 | 38,57 | 1725 | ![]() | ||
Waren (Müritz) | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1260[21] | 1260[22] | 158,39 | 21267 | 21,210 | 133.0/km² | |
Warin | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1178 | 1306 | 44,26 | 3195 | ![]() | |||
Wesenberg | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1252 | 1252 | 89,43 | 3057 | ![]() | ||
Wismar | ![]() |
Nordwestmecklenburg | 1147 | 1226 | 41,36 | 43878 | 42,906 | 1,028/km² | ![]() |
Wittenburg | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1154 | 1230 | 46,25 | 6400 | |||
Woldegk | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1236[23] | 1298 | 103,70 | 4196 | ||||
Wolgast | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1123 | 1257 | 61,52 | 12055 | 12,084 | 195.7/km² | |
Zarrentin am Schaalsee | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1139 | 1938 | 91,89 | 5484 | ![]() |
Former cities on the current territory of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
[edit]City | Coat of Arms | District | first mentioned | City from-until |
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Altkalen | N/A | Rostock | 1174 | 1253–1281 | Town privileges given to Neukalen |
Damgarten | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1258 | 1258–1950 | 1950 fusion with Ribnitz to Ribnitz-Damgarten |
Feldberg | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1256 | 1919–1999 | on June 13, 1999 incorporated in Feldberger Seenlandschaft |
Kummerow | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1222 | 1255–1671 | after depopulation in 30-years-war |
Ribnitz | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1210 | 1233–1950 | 1950 fusion with Damgarten to Ribnitz-Damgarten |
Strelitz-Alt | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1278 | 1349–1931 | 1931 incorporation into Neustrelitz |
External links
[edit]Sources
[edit]- ^ MV Stats: Census results
- ^ a b "Homepage - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)". www.destatis.de.
- ^ Town privileges between 1255 and 1260
- ^ 1377 according to other sources
- ^ 1259 is the date for the town of Stargard; the "Burg" area with the castle was incorporated in 1929, the town renamed to Burg Stargard.
- ^ Town privileges given between 1236 and 1249
- ^ Town privileges given between 1190 and 1195
- ^ Fusion of the former villages/seaside resorts of Fulgen, Brunshaupten and Arendsee
- ^ exact date not really clear, town privileges received definitely until 1506
- ^ Altkalen
- ^ 1281 new foundation 10 km further south
- ^ unsettled date, definite town privileges at 1276
- ^ for the village of Alt Gaarz
- ^ for renaming of Alt Gaarz to Rerik
- ^ merging of the fishing villages Saßnitz and Crampas
- ^ around 1018
- ^ around 1250
- ^ around 1250
- ^ Construction of the church started
- ^ probably in 1235 already, unclear
- ^ between 1260 and 1270
- ^ between 1260 and 1270
- ^ between 1236 and 1250