The Federal Republic of Germany is a federal republic consisting of sixteen partly-sovereign states. Since the German nation state was formed from an earlier collection of several states, it has a federal constitution, and the constituent states retain a measure of sovereignty. With an emphasis on geographical conditions, Berlin and Hamburg are frequently called Stadtstaaten (“City-states”), as is the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, which in fact includes the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The remaining 13 states are called Flächenländer.
Niendorf may refer to the following places in Germany:
Nienhagen may refer to the following places in Germany:
Herzberg is German for "heart mountain" and may refer to:
Steinfeld is a name of German origin, meaning "stone field". A variant spelling is Steinfeldt. It may refer to:
Löcknitz is a river in northern Germany.
The Landesliga is a tier of football in some states of the German football league system.
Wustrow may refer to the following places in Germany:
Germany's federal system comprises 16 state parliaments, each including directly elected representatives.
Ludwigslust-Parchim is a district in the west of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bordered by the state Schleswig-Holstein, the district Nordwestmecklenburg, the district-free city Schwerin, the districts Rostock and Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and the states Brandenburg and Lower Saxony. The district seat is the town Parchim.
Rögnitz is a river of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Lower Saxony, Germany. It flows into the Sude in Sückau.
The Mecklenburg Elbe Valley Nature Park is part of the UNESCO biosphere reserve of Elbe River Landscape, which is over 400 river kilometres long and which runs through the five German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein. It lies in the district of Ludwigslust-Parchim in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The nature park was called into existence in 1990 and legally established by act of state in 1998. It has an area of 426 km2 (164 sq mi).
Western Pomerania, also called Hither Pomerania, is the western extremity of the historic region of the Duchy, later Province of Pomerania, nowadays divided between the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Poland.
The Sude is a river of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Lower Saxony, Germany. Its source is near Renzow in western Mecklenburg. It flows through the lake Dümmer See, and continues past Hagenow and Lübtheen. It flows into the Elbe in Boizenburg.
