Nordvorpommern ("North Western Pomerania") was a ''
Kreis'' (district) in the northern part of
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...
,
Germany
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. It was situated at the coast of the
Baltic Sea
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The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
, where it enclosed the city of
Stralsund
Stralsund (; Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin, Neub ...
. Further to the northeast, separated from Stralsund and Nordvorpommern by the
Strelasund, lies the island of
Rügen
Rügen (; la, Rugia, ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic city of Stralsund, where ...
, administratively part of the
eponymous district. Other neighboring districts are (from east clockwise)
Ostvorpommern
Ostvorpommern was a ''Kreis'' (district) in the eastern part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Neighboring districts were (from east clockwise) Uecker-Randow, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Demmin and Nordvorpommern. The Hanseatic city of Greifswa ...
,
Demmin,
Güstrow
Güstrow (; la, Gustrovium) is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is capital of the Rostock district; Rostock itself is a district-free city and regiopolis.
It has a population of 28,999 (2020) and is the seventh largest town in Me ...
and
Bad Doberan.
Geography
The coast is characterised by an elongated peninsula, the
Darß. Between the Darß and the mainland there is a very shallow lagoon, which is a part of the
Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park, just as the entire peninsula itself.
History
In history this region was the westernmost part of
Pomerania
Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...
. Until 1819 it was a Swedish, after that Prussian territory called Neuvorpommern.
Nordvorpommern District was established in 1994 by merging the three previous districts of Grimmen, Ribnitz-Damgarten and Stralsund. On 4 September 2011, it was merged into
Vorpommern-Rügen.
Coat of arms
Towns and municipalities
The subdivisions of the district were (situation August 2011):
References
External links
Official website
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Former districts of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania