Parchim Rural District

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Parchim
Map of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania highlighting the district of Parchim
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District seat	Parchim
Area	2,233 km²
Population	107,996 (2001)
Pop. density	48 /km²
Licence plate code	PCH
Web page	http://www.kreis-pch.de/

Parchim is a Kreis (district) in the southwestern part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 Other websites

[change] Geography

Most of the district is now used for farming, but in the easternmost part there are several lakes, the largest of them being the Plauer See (39 km²). The Plauer See marks the western end of the Müritz lakeland.

[change] History

Until 1994 the present-day district was divided into the three districts of Parchim, Sternberg and Lübz.

[change] Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a bull's head, which is both the symbol of the former Estate of Parchim, as well as of Mecklenburg. The two blue corners symbolize the two biggest lakes of the district - the Schweriner See and the Plauer See.

[change] Towns and municipalities

Amt-free town
Parchim

Ämter
1. Banzkow Banzkow¹ Goldenstädt Plate Sukow 2. Crivitz Barnin Bülow Crivitz^{1, 2} Demen Friedrichsruhe Göhren Tramm Wessin Zapel 3. Eldenburg Lübz Broock Gallin-Kuppentin Gischow Granzin Herzberg Karbow-Vietlübbe Kreien Kritzow Lübz^{1, 2} Lutheran Marnitz Passow Siggelkow Suckow Tessenow Wahlstorf Werder	4. Goldberg-Mildenitz Diestelow Dobbertin Goldberg^{1, 2} Langenhagen Mestlin Neu Poserin Techentin Wendisch Waren 5. Ostufer Schweriner See Cambs Dobin am See Gneven Godern Langen Brütz Leezen¹ Pinnow Raben Steinfeld 6. Parchimer Umland (seat: Parchim) Damm Domsühl Grebbin Groß Godems Groß Niendorf Karrenzin Klinken Matzlow-Garwitz Raduhn Rom Severin Spornitz Stolpe Ziegendorf Zölkow	7. Plau am See Barkhagen Buchberg Ganzlin Karow Plau am See^{1, 2} Wendisch Priborn 8. Sternberger Seenlandschaft Blankenberg Borkow Brüel² Dabel Hohen Pritz Kobrow Kuhlen-Wendorf Langen Jarchow Mustin Sternberg^{1, 2} Weitendorf Witzin Zahrensdorf
¹seat of the Amt; ²town

Ämter

1. Banzkow

Banzkow¹
Goldenstädt
Plate
Sukow

2. Crivitz

Barnin
Bülow
Crivitz^{1, 2}
Demen
Friedrichsruhe
Göhren
Tramm
Wessin
Zapel

3. Eldenburg Lübz

Broock
Gallin-Kuppentin
Gischow
Granzin
Herzberg
Karbow-Vietlübbe
Kreien
Kritzow
Lübz^{1, 2}
Lutheran
Marnitz
Passow
Siggelkow
Suckow
Tessenow
Wahlstorf
Werder

4. Goldberg-Mildenitz

Diestelow
Dobbertin
Goldberg^{1, 2}
Langenhagen
Mestlin
Neu Poserin
Techentin
Wendisch Waren

5. Ostufer Schweriner See

Cambs
Dobin am See
Gneven
Godern
Langen Brütz
Leezen¹
Pinnow
Raben Steinfeld

6. Parchimer Umland
(seat: Parchim)

Damm
Domsühl
Grebbin
Groß Godems
Groß Niendorf
Karrenzin
Klinken
Matzlow-Garwitz
Raduhn
Rom
Severin
Spornitz
Stolpe
Ziegendorf
Zölkow

7. Plau am See

Barkhagen
Buchberg
Ganzlin
Karow
Plau am See^{1, 2}
Wendisch Priborn

8. Sternberger Seenlandschaft

Blankenberg
Borkow
Brüel²
Dabel
Hohen Pritz
Kobrow
Kuhlen-Wendorf
Langen Jarchow
Mustin
Sternberg^{1, 2}
Weitendorf
Witzin
Zahrensdorf

¹seat of the Amt; ²town

[change] Other websites

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