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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.
Sometimes, Mecklenburg is pronounced [ˈmɛklənbʊʁk], because the digraph ck marks a preceding short vowel in High German. However, Mecklenburg is within the historical Low German language area, and the c appeared in its name during the period of transition to Standard, High German usage (Low German authors wrote the name Meklenborg or ...
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.
View of the Bay of Mecklenburg from Salzhaff looking towards Fehmarn. Map of Mecklenburg Bay. The Bay of Mecklenburg (German: Mecklenburger Bucht or Mecklenburgische Bucht; Danish: Mecklenburg Bugt), also known as the Mecklenburg Bay or Mecklenburg Bight, is a long narrow basin making up the southwestern finger-like arm of the Baltic Sea, between the shores of Germany to the south and the ...
The rulers of Mecklenburg were styled Duke of (from 1815 Grand Duke of) Mecklenburg, Prince of the Wends, Schwerin and Ratzeburg, and Count of Schwerin, Lord of the Lands of Rostock and Stargard (Herzog zu / Großherzog von Mecklenburg, Fürst zu Wenden, Schwerin und Ratzeburg, auch Graf zu Schwerin, der Lande Rostock und Stargard Herr). [5]
Mecklenburg cuisine is typically northeast German. Many dishes in the region today, whilst retaining their original characteristics, frequently add new facets, whilst old dishes are being rediscovered and combined with current recipes. Mecklenburg food has traditionally been considered as rather down-to-earth and hearty.
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.
Lancken, as the oldest village of the municipality of Rom, was first mentioned in 1229 in a document. [3] From a former Meierhof (around 1700) of the estate of Greven emerged an estate of the families of Hammerstein (from 1800) of Soden (1806), Knights of Henckel (after 1824) and of the families Blanck, Stucken and until 1945, Wesendorf.