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Nordwestmecklenburg
District
Mecklenburg wp nwm.png
Country  Germany
State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Capital Grevesmühlen
Area
 • Total 2,075 km2 (801 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total 121,153
 • Density 58.387/km2 (151.22/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration NWM
Website http://www.nordwestmecklenburg.de

Nordwestmecklenburg (Northwestern Mecklenburg) is a Kreis (district) in the north-western part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea and border on Schleswig-Holstein. The district-free city Wismar north of the district is nearly surrounded by it.

The district was madein 1994 by joining the old districts Gadebusch, Grevesmühlen and Wismar, and also smaller parts of the districts Sternberg and Schwerin-Land.

Coat of arms

Coat of arms The coat of arms shows the bull's head of Mecklenburg to the left, and a bishop's crosier to the right. The staff is for the diocese of Ratzeburg, which in 1648 became the Principality of Ratzeburg. It also stands for the diocese of Schwerin.

The coat of arms was designed by the designer and heraldic Heinz Kippnick, and was granted on July 1, 1996.

Towns and municipalities

Amt-free towns Amt-free municipalities
  1. Grevesmühlen
  1. Boltenhagen
  2. Insel Poel
Ämter
  • 1. Dorf Mecklenburg-Bad Kleinen
  1. Bad Kleinen
  2. Barnekow
  3. Bobitz
  4. Dorf Mecklenburg1
  5. Groß Stieten
  6. Hohen Viecheln
  7. Lübow
  8. Metelsdorf
  9. Schimm
  10. Ventschow
  • 2. Gadebusch
  1. Dragun
  2. Gadebusch1, 2
  3. Kneese
  4. Krembz
  5. Mühlen Eichsen
  6. Roggendorf
  7. Rögnitz
  8. Veelböken
  • 3. Grevesmühlen-Land

[seat: Grevesmühlen]

  1. Bernstorf
  2. Börzow
  3. Gägelow
  4. Hanshagen
  5. Mallentin
  6. Plüschow
  7. Roggenstorf
  8. Rüting
  9. Testorf-Steinfort
  10. Upahl
  11. Warnow
  • 4. Klützer Winkel
  1. Damshagen
  2. Hohenkirchen
  3. Kalkhorst
  4. Klütz1, 2
  5. Moor-Rolofshagen
  6. Zierow
  • 5. Lützow-Lübstorf
  1. Alt Meteln
  2. Badow
  3. Brüsewitz
  4. Cramonshagen
  5. Dalberg-Wendelstorf
  6. Gottesgabe
  7. Grambow
  8. Klein Trebbow
  9. Lübstorf
  10. Lützow1
  11. Perlin
  12. Pingelshagen
  13. Pokrent
  14. Renzow
  15. Seehof
  16. Zickhusen
  • 6. Neuburg
  1. Benz
  2. Blowatz
  3. Boiensdorf
  4. Hornstorf
  5. Krusenhagen
  6. Neuburg1
  • 7. Neukloster-Warin
  1. Bibow
  2. Glasin
  3. Jesendorf
  4. Lübberstorf
  5. Neukloster1, 2
  6. Passee
  7. Warin2
  8. Zurow
  9. Züsow
  • 8. Rehna
  1. Carlow
  2. Dechow
  3. Groß Molzahn
  4. Holdorf
  5. Köchelstorf
  6. Königsfeld
  7. Nesow
  8. Rehna1, 2
  9. Rieps
  10. Schlagsdorf
  11. Thandorf
  12. Utecht
  13. Vitense
  14. Wedendorf
  • 9. Schönberger Land
  1. Dassow2
  2. Grieben
  3. Groß Siemz
  4. Lockwisch
  5. Lüdersdorf
  6. Menzendorf
  7. Niendorf
  8. Papenhusen
  9. Roduchelstorf
  10. Schönberg1, 2
  11. Selmsdorf
1seat of the Amt; 2town

See also

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