| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | |
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| the schwerin castle | |
| Information | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| Area | 23 174 km² |
| Population | 1 609 675 hab. () |
| Density | 69,46 inhab./km² |
| Spindle | UTC 01:00, UTC 02:00 |
| Location | |
 53 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ N 12 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Touristic site | |
the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a federal state of Northern Germany, located between the Brandenburg, the Baltic Sea, and the Poland neighbor. It is a plain region and it is also the least populated part of the country. Historically, Pomerania continues east into Poland following the Baltic coast.
Understand
There are a large number of lakes formed by the action of glaciers.
Regions
Cities
- 1 Rostock – It is the largest city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the second largest port in the Baltic after Lübeck
- 2 Schwerin – Capital of the Land and second city of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania behind Rostock. It originated around its castle, which until 1918 was the princely residence of the Dukes and Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg.
- 3 Stralsund – The city lies on the Strelasund, an arm of the Baltic Sea between the island of Rügen and the mainland. It has many attractions and lives mainly from tourism.
- 4 Greifswald – Hanseatic city and university city, it is located between the two largest German islands: Usedom and Rügen
- 5 Wismar – Charming harbor on the Baltic Sea. The old town of Wismar was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list on
- 6 Neubrandenburg (Neubrandenburg) – The city was founded in 1248 and still has its medieval fortifications with four access gates.
- 7 Bad doberan – Popular spa resort in the vicinity of Rostock. The city was chosen to be the seat of the G8 summit in 2007
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- 8 Sassnitz – Seaside resort and marina near the Jasmund national park.
- 9 Peenemünde – Small port located on theUsedom island. Between 1936 and 1943 it was both a manufacturing center and a missile test site.
- 10 Binz – Seaside resort on the east coast ofisland of Rügen.
- 11 Neuenkirchen (on the island of Rügen) – on the edges of the Naturschutzgebiet Spyckerscher See und Mittelsee (lake and nature reserve)
Other destinations
To speak
To go
- Rostock Airport (IATA : RLG) – Some international lines. Airports of Berlin and Hamburg are often preferred to him.
- 1 Heringsdorf Airport (IATA : HDF, ICAO: ADHD, Flughafen Heringsdorf) in Garz (10 km south of the seaside resort of Heringsdorf, on the German-Polish island of Usedom)
