Demmin (district)

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Demmin
Map of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania highlighting the district of Demmin
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District seat	Demmin
Area	1921 km²
Population	93,700 (2001)
Pop. density	49 /km²
Licence plate code	DM
Web page	http://www.lk-demmin.de

Demmin (IPA: [dɛˈmiːn]) is a district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Müritz, Güstrow, Nordvorpommern, Ostvorpommern and Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

[edit] History

The district was established in 1994 by merging the former districts of Demmin, Altentreptow and Malchin.

[edit] Geography

The Peene river enters the district in the west, runs through a large lake called the Kummerower See (33 km²), and leaves the district to the northeast. The district of Demmin unites parts of the historical regions of Mecklenburg and (Western) Pomerania.

[edit] Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

The bull is the heraldic animal of Mecklenburg
The silver griffin together with the chess pattern have been the arms of Pomerania
The silver castle to the right is from the arms of the city of Demmin

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Amt-free towns
Dargun Demmin

Ämter
1. Demmin-Land [seat: Demmin] Beggerow Borrentin Hohenbollentin Hohenmocker Kentzlin Kletzin Lindenberg Meesiger Nossendorf Sarow Schönfeld Siedenbrünzow Sommersdorf Utzedel Verchen Warrenzin 2. Jarmen-Tutow Alt Tellin Bentzin Daberkow Jarmen^{1, 2} Kruckow Tutow Völschow	3. Malchin am Kummerower See Basedow Duckow Faulenrost Gielow Kummerow Malchin^{1, 2} Neukalen² Remplin 4. Peenetal/Loitz Düvier Görmin Loitz^{1, 2} Sassen-Trantow 5. Stavenhagen Bredenfelde Briggow Grammentin Gülzow Ivenack Jürgenstorf Kittendorf Knorrendorf Mölln Ritzerow Rosenow Stavenhagen^{1, 2} Zettemin	6. Treptower Tollensewinkel Altenhagen Altentreptow^{1, 2} Bartow Breesen Breest Burow Gnevkow Golchen Grapzow Grischow Groß Teetzleben Gültz Kriesow Pripsleben Röckwitz Siedenbollentin Tützpatz Werder Wildberg Wolde
¹seat of the Amt; ²town

Ämter

1. Demmin-Land
[seat: Demmin]

2. Jarmen-Tutow

3. Malchin am Kummerower See

4. Peenetal/Loitz

5. Stavenhagen

6. Treptower Tollensewinkel

¹seat of the Amt; ²town

[edit] External links

Official website (German)

v • d • e Urban and rural districts in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany

Urban districts	Greifswald · Neubrandenburg · Rostock · Schwerin · Stralsund · Wismar

Rural districts	Bad Doberan · Demmin · Güstrow · Ludwigslust · Mecklenburg-Strelitz · Müritz · Nordvorpommern · Nordwestmecklenburg · Ostvorpommern · Parchim · Rügen · Uecker-Randow