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Following the Potsdam Agreement, the Western allies handed over Mecklenburg to the Soviets. Mecklenburg-West Pomerania was established on 9 July 1945, by order No. 5 of Red Army Marshal Georgy Zhukov, head of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SMAD), as the Province of Mecklenburg and West Pomerania (zapadnoi Pomeranii). [16]
Current districts of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, including capitals. 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 (pictured) and Greifswald form the urban center of Western Pomerania. Historical Western Pomerania, also called Cispomerania, [1] [2] Fore Pomerania, Front Pomerania or Hither Pomerania (German: Vorpommern; Polish: Pomorze Przednie), is the western extremity of the historic region of Pomerania, located mostly in north-eastern Germany, with a small portion in north-western Poland, at ...
Mecklenburg (German pronunciation: [ˈmeːklənbʊʁk]; Low German: Mękel(n)borg [ˈmɛːkəl(n)bɔrx]) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Wismar and Güstrow.
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Administrative structure: State flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Present-day: Mecklenburg - Western Pomerania - 2011 state elections Historical: Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Land Mecklenburg - Province of Pomerania: 1653–1815 - 1815–1945 - Swedish Pomerania - Barony of Stargard - Districts: Neubrandenburg - Rostock - Schwerin
Pages in category "Municipalities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 640 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
Bergen auf Rügen is the capital of the former district of Rügen in the middle of the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.Since 1 January 2005, Bergen has moreover been the administrative seat of the Amt of Bergen auf Rügen, which with a population of over 23,000 is Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's most populous Amt.