Uckermark

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This article is about a district in Germany. For information about the Nazi concentration camp with the same name, see Uckermark concentration camp.

Uckermark
Map of Brandenburg highlighting the district of Uckermark
State	Brandenburg
District seat	Prenzlau
Area	3,058.2 km²
Population	146,434 (2002)
Pop. density	48 /km²
Licence plate code	UM
Web page	http://www.uckermark.de

Uckermark is a Kreis (district) in the northeastern part of Brandenburg, Germany. The district has the biggest area of any district in Germany.

The current district Uckermark was made in 1993 by joining the old districts of Angermünde, Prenzlau and Templin, as well as the previously district-free city of Schwedt.

[change] Coat of arms

The main feature of the coat of arms are the brick buildings of the district - the churches of Prenzlau and Angermünde. The city wall below remembers the many wars of medieval times. The two circular windows in the church tower symbolizes the division into two districts before the reform of 1817, the three gothic windows represent this division. On the city wall are two shields - one with the griffin of Pomerania, the other with the eagle of Brandenburg. The wavy lines in the upper part represent the main rivers in the district, Oder, Randow and Ucker. The yellow color of the background represents the agriculture of the district, as the Uckermark was the "granary" of Brandenburg. The coat of arms were created by Hans Benthin, and were officially granted on November 8, 1995.

[change] Towns and municipalities

Amt-free towns	Ämter
Angermünde Lychen Prenzlau Schwedt Templin Amt-free municipalities Boitzenburger Land Nordwestuckermark Uckerland	1. Brüssow (Uckermark) Brüssow^{1, 2} Carmzow-Wallmow Göritz Schenkenberg Schönfeld 2. Gartz (Oder) Casekow Gartz^{1, 2} Hohenselchow-Groß Pinnow Mescherin Tantow 3. Gerswalde Flieth-Stegelitz Gerswalde¹ Milmersdorf Mittenwalde Temmen-Ringenwalde	4. Gramzow Gramzow¹ Grünow Oberuckersee Randowtal Uckerfelde Zichow 5. Oder-Welse Berkholz-Meyenburg Mark Landin Passow Pinnow¹ Schöneberg
¹seat of the Amt; ²town

Amt-free towns

Ämter

Angermünde
Lychen
Prenzlau
Schwedt
Templin

Amt-free municipalities

Boitzenburger Land
Nordwestuckermark
Uckerland

1. Brüssow (Uckermark)

Brüssow^{1, 2}
Carmzow-Wallmow
Göritz
Schenkenberg
Schönfeld

2. Gartz (Oder)

Casekow
Gartz^{1, 2}
Hohenselchow-Groß Pinnow
Mescherin
Tantow

3. Gerswalde

Flieth-Stegelitz
Gerswalde¹
Milmersdorf
Mittenwalde
Temmen-Ringenwalde

4. Gramzow

Gramzow¹
Grünow
Oberuckersee
Randowtal
Uckerfelde
Zichow

5. Oder-Welse

Berkholz-Meyenburg
Mark Landin
Passow
Pinnow¹
Schöneberg

¹seat of the Amt; ²town

[change] Other websites

Official website (German)
Touristical website (German)
city-map and Internet Market Place (German)
online-shop for specialities and arts and crafts (German)

v • d • e Urban and rural districts in the state of Brandenburg in Germany
Urban districts	Brandenburg an der Havel · Cottbus · Frankfurt · Potsdam
Rural districts	Barnim · Dahme-Spreewald · Elbe-Elster · Havelland · Märkisch-Oderland · Oberhavel · Oberspreewald-Lausitz · Oder-Spree · Ostprignitz-Ruppin · Potsdam-Mittelmark · Prignitz · Spree-Neiße · Teltow-Fläming · Uckermark