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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is a federal state in northern Germany. Whics capital city is Schwerin.
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The coastline of the Baltic Sea features dramatic cliffs and white sandy beaches, while in the interior romantic lakes nestle in a landscape of gently undulating hills. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s towns have a charming maritime character, historic buildings, appealing shops and impressive cultural highlights. There’s a perfect holiday waiting for you in Germany’s northern state!

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the sixth largest German state by area, and the least densely populated. The coastline of the Baltic Sea, including islands such as Rügen and Usedom, as well as the Mecklenburg Lake District, features many holiday resorts and unspoilt nature, are making Mecklenburg-Vorpommern one of Germany's leading /Province destinations. Three of Germany's fourteen national parks are in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

The major cities include Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald, Wismar and Güstrow.

Almost two thousand kilometres of coastline connect the state to Scandinavia and the Baltic Nations.

Geography, topography and borders
Mecklenburg Pomerania is a coastal country in the northeast of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its geography is determined by the affiliation to the North German Plain, characteristic landscape form is the hilly flat land with forests and lakes.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is bordered to the east by the Republic of Poland (78 km), to the south by the state of Brandenburg (448 km), to the southwest by Lower Saxony (79 km) and to the west by Schleswig-Holstein (137 km). In the north, the Baltic Sea forms a natural border. The coastal region is highly articulated in 337 km of outer coast and 1,568 km of lagoon and coast. Five Baltic islands are larger than 15 square kilometers, including the island of Rügen, which is the largest island in Germany with 930 square kilometers.

Tourism in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Apart from being a location for industry, Agriculture, culture and higher education, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is a perfect holiday destination as well. Marvelous sandy beaches on the North Sea and the Baltic and the deep blue sky with its mighty, towering clouds are just as typical of the Land between the seas as its rolling, green countryside and its lakes surrounded by forests.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is an ideal place for holidays for the whole family. The clear waters of the Baltic, its gentle waves and white beaches mainly attract families with children to the many seaside resorts along the entire eastern coast.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is a federal state in northern Germany. Whics capital city is Schwerin. The state was formed through the merger of the regions of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania after the Second World War, dissolved in 1952 and recreated at the time of the German reunification in 1990.

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The islands have several moraine cores surrounded by marine sand deposits. In the coastal region, besides Rostock, the towns of Wismar and Stralsund, from ancient hanseatic cities, have evolved into modern port towns with shipyards and follow-up industries.

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Otherwise, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) is the industrial least developed region in Germany. Along the coast there are beaches, previously preferred by wealthy Berliners, and there is a network of narrow-gauge railways. Tourism has developed dramatically during the DDR period and today it is the dominant business with fisheries and horticulture.

The Moraine landscape to the south is from the last ice age. It is low and drained by the Peene, Recknitz and Warnow rivers to the Baltic Sea and Elde to the Elbe. Two edge moors cross the area; The north passes through the state and reaches in 179 m at Helpter Berge; The southern reaches in Ruhner Berge in 178 m and stretches into Brandenburg.

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Between the two ridges lies one of the largest contiguous freshwater lake areas in Central Europe with over 2000 lakes, the largest of which is the Müritzsee (117 km2). The landscape has emerged as a huge area of ​​death; Melting water deposited sand surfaces, giving the country its mosaic character of meadows, mosses, peas, indian cliffs, forests and rows of lakes.

The lake area is one of northern Germany's most important natural areas, where large parts of the 4500 km2 forest are laid out for nature reserves with limited access, including Under a bird's eye. Between the coastal region and the north ridge there are fertile lands with intensive farming and cattle breeding, where the production forms have changed several times after the ruling regime.

There is a niche production of fruit and vegetables. In this area there are dispersed cities, but no big cities. The food and beverage industry with local produce is widely used; In addition, there are many brickworks and light industry like the electronics and plastics industry.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) had after the reunification an obsolete road network, which has been expanded to the increased traffic. There is a motorway from Rostock and Schwerin to Berlin, and the motorway link between Berlin and Hamburg goes through the state. Furthermore, there is a motorway from Lübeck along the Baltic Sea east.

History
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) was formed on the basis of the so-called Ländereinführungsgesetz 22.7.1990. The state was established on 3.10.1990, while the GDR disappeared and became part of the Federal Republic of Germany. It consists of Mecklenburg and the largest part of Pommern (Vorpommern), located west of the river Oder; A smaller area west of Szczecin, Poland, after 1945.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) existed as a state under the name of Mecklenburg 1947-52, after which the DDR was transformed from a federal state to a centralist state.

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