Vorpommern-Rügen
District
Flag of Vorpommern-Rügen
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Coat of arms of Vorpommern-Rügen
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CountryGermany
StateMecklenburg-Western Pomerania
CapitalStralsund
Area
 • Total3,188 km2 (1,231 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2021)[1]
 • Total225,900
 • Density71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationVR, GMN, NVP, RDG, RÜG
Stralsund: HST
Websitewww.lk-vr.de

Vorpommern-Rügen is a district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the Baltic Sea and the districts Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Rostock. The district seat is the Hanseatic city of Stralsund.[2]

Vorpommern-Rügen is characterized by diverse shore line landscapes with many lagoons, beaches and cliff lines, part of them protected in the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park and in the Jasmund National Park.

The area is also a very popular destination for national and international tourism, including Rügen, the biggest island of Germany, the island of Hiddensee, the Fischland-Darss-Zingst peninsula and its adjacent town of Barth with the Stralsund Barth Airport, the port of Sassnitz and the UNESCO World Heritage city of Stralsund.

The Vorpommern-Rügen district is one of the most popular places for national and international tourism in Germany, thanks to its unique protected nature, good infrastructure, popular resort architecture spas, historical towns and vast beaches at the shores of the Baltic Sea.

History

Vorpommern-Rügen District was established by merging the former districts of Nordvorpommern and Rügen; along with the former district-free city of Stralsund as part of the local government reform of September 2011.[2] The name of the district was decided by referendum on 4 September 2011.[3] The project name for the district was Nordvorpommern.

Geography

Sailing at the cliff shores of Jasmund National Park, island of Rügen.

The district has a number of lakes, which include:

NameElevationSurface area
Günzer See0.3 m (0.98 ft)0.157 km2 (0.061 sq mi)
Nonnensee16.1 m (53 ft)0.7 km2 (0.27 sq mi)
Prohner Stausee2.6 m (8.5 ft)0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi)
Pütter See13 m (43 ft)0.052 km2 (0.020 sq mi)
Schmachter See1.1 m (3.6 ft)1.18 km2 (0.46 sq mi)
Selliner See (Rügen)0 m (0 ft)1.38 km2 (0.53 sq mi)

Towns and municipalities

Constituent Ämter of Vorpommern-Rügen
Amt-free townsAmt-free municipalities
  1. Grimmen
  2. Marlow
  3. Putbus
  4. Sassnitz
  5. Stralsund
  1. Binz
  2. Süderholz
  3. Zingst
Ämter
  1. Altenpleen1
  2. Groß Mohrdorf
  3. Klausdorf
  4. Kramerhof
  5. Preetz
  6. Prohn
  1. Barth1, 2
  2. Divitz-Spoldershagen
  3. Fuhlendorf
  4. Karnin
  5. Kenz-Küstrow
  6. Löbnitz
  7. Lüdershagen
  8. Pruchten
  9. Saal
  10. Trinwillershagen
  1. Bergen auf Rügen1, 2
  2. Buschvitz
  3. Garz/Rügen2
  4. Gustow
  5. Lietzow
  6. Parchtitz
  7. Patzig
  8. Poseritz
  9. Ralswiek
  10. Rappin
  11. Sehlen
  1. Ahrenshoop
  2. Born1
  3. Dierhagen
  4. Prerow
  5. Wieck auf dem Darß
  6. Wustrow
  1. Franzburg1, 2
  2. Glewitz
  3. Gremersdorf-Buchholz
  4. Millienhagen-Oebelitz
  5. Papenhagen
  6. Richtenberg2
  7. Splietsdorf
  8. Velgast
  9. Weitenhagen
  10. Wendisch Baggendorf
  1. Elmenhorst
  2. Sundhagen1
  3. Wittenhagen
  1. Baabe1
  2. Göhren
  3. Lancken-Granitz
  4. Mönchgut
  5. Sellin
  6. Zirkow
  1. Groß Kordshagen
  2. Jakobsdorf
  3. Lüssow
  4. Niepars1
  5. Pantelitz
  6. Steinhagen
  7. Wendorf
  8. Zarrendorf
  1. Altenkirchen
  2. Breege
  3. Dranske
  4. Glowe
  5. Lohme
  6. Putgarten
  7. Sagard1
  8. Wiek
  1. Bad Sülze2
  2. Dettmannsdorf
  3. Deyelsdorf
  4. Drechow
  5. Eixen
  6. Grammendorf
  7. Gransebieth
  8. Hugoldsdorf
  9. Lindholz
  10. Tribsees1, 2
  1. Ahrenshagen-Daskow
  2. Ribnitz-Damgarten1, 2
  3. Schlemmin
  4. Semlow
  1. Altefähr
  2. Dreschvitz
  3. Gingst
  4. Insel Hiddensee
  5. Kluis
  6. Neuenkirchen
  7. Rambin
  8. Samtens1
  9. Schaprode
  10. Trent
  11. Ummanz
1 - seat of the Amt; 2 - town

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern government reform". Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Referendum results Nordvorpommern". Retrieved 5 September 2011.

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