List of cities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

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In the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) there are 84 officially recognised towns and cities.

• 17 cities in Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
• 16 cities in Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim
• 14 cities in Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald
• 13 cities in Landkreis Rostock
• 13 cities in Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen
• 9 cities in Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg

In addition there are the two district-free cities of Rostock and Schwerin.

District capitals

Current districts of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, including capitals

There are 6 district capitals in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:

• Greifswald (Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald) Hanseatic city
• Güstrow (Landkreis Rostock)
• Neubrandenburg (Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte)
• Parchim (Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim)
• Stralsund (Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen) Hanseatic city
• Wismar (Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg) Hanseatic city

Table

You can sort the table by clicking one of the upper columns. Data from 2017 is included for 21 cities and communes in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with a population of at least 10,000 on December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.

City/Town	Coat of Arms	District	first mentioned	Town privileges	Area in km2	Pop. at Dec. 31, 2013 [1]	2017 est [2]	2017 pop. density [2]	Image
Altentreptow		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1245	1245	52,83	5048
Anklam		Vorpommern-Greifswald	1243	1264	56,57	11965	12,521	220.9/km²
Bad Doberan		Rostock	1177	1879	32,74	13108	12,290	374.1/km²
Bad Sülze		Vorpommern-Rügen	1243	1257 [3]	26,37	1652
Barth		Vorpommern-Rügen	1255	1255	40,83	7748
Bergen auf Rügen		Vorpommern-Rügen	1314	1613	51,42	13649	13,555	263.3/km²
Boizenburg/Elbe		Ludwigslust-Parchim	1158	1267	47,26	11087	10,630	224.1/km²
Brüel		Ludwigslust-Parchim	1222	1340 [4]	27,30	2586
Burg Stargard		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1244	1259 [5]	61,68	5138
Bützow		Rostock	1171	1236	39,70	7698
Crivitz		Ludwigslust-Parchim	1302	1302	75,48	4595
Dargun		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1172	1938	117,15	4128
Dassow		Nordwestmecklenburg	1219	1938	66,54	3973
Demmin		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1070	1236 [6]	81,56	9567	10,865	132.4/km²
Dömitz		Ludwigslust-Parchim	1235	1259	60,38	2906
Eggesin		Vorpommern-Greifswald	1216	1966	88,01	4804
Franzburg		Vorpommern-Rügen	1231	1587	15,19	1244
Friedland		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1244	1244	97,64	6073
Gadebusch		Nordwestmecklenburg	1194	1225	47,65	5141
Garz/Rügen		Vorpommern-Rügen	1207	1319	65,44	2188
Gnoien		Rostock	1257	1290	41,08	2733
Goldberg		Ludwigslust-Parchim	1227	1248	64,85	3256
Grabow		Ludwigslust-Parchim	1186	1252	47,68	5416
Greifswald		Vorpommern-Greifswald	1241	1250	50,50	56252	58,886	1,159/km²
Grevesmühlen		Nordwestmecklenburg	1226	1261	52,32	10252	10,410	198.7/km²
Grimmen		Vorpommern-Rügen	1267	1287	50,29	9148
Güstrow		Rostock	1222	1228	70,86	28936	29,429	414.0/km²
Gützkow		Vorpommern-Greifswald	1301	1353	42,68	3045
Hagenow		Ludwigslust-Parchim	1190 [7]	1754	67,44	12031	11,968	177.2/km²
Jarmen		Vorpommern-Greifswald	1269	1720	30,64	2796
Klütz		Nordwestmecklenburg	1188	1938	44,12	3037
Krakow am See		Rostock	1298	1467	87,07	3384
Kröpelin		Rostock	1177	1249	67,26	4825
Kühlungsborn		Rostock	1938 [8]	1938	16,16	8017
Laage		Rostock	1216	1336	81,27	6243
Lassan		Vorpommern-Greifswald	1136	1274	27,98	1231
Loitz		Vorpommern-Greifswald	1242	1242	89,53	4231
Lübtheen		Ludwigslust-Parchim	1363	1938	119,69	4556
Lübz		Ludwigslust-Parchim	1308	1456 [9]	49,12	5902
Ludwigslust		Ludwigslust-Parchim	1754	1876	78,30	12134	12,267	195.7/km²
Malchin		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1236	1236	94,50	6764
Malchow		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1147	1235	44,60	6056
Marlow		Vorpommern-Rügen	1210	1459	139,81	4497
Mirow		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1226	1919	84,08	3803
Neubrandenburg		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1248	1248	85,65	60908	64,259	746.2/km²
Neubukow		Rostock	1260	1435	24,99	3964
Neukalen		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1174 [10]	1253 [11]	46,84	1673
Neukloster		Nordwestmecklenburg	1219	1938	27,49	3954
Neustadt-Glewe		Ludwigslust-Parchim	1248	1248	93,91	6598
Neustrelitz		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1278	1733	138,15	20032	20,135	144.0/km²
Parchim		Ludwigslust-Parchim	1170	1226	106,61	18186	18,074	144.8/km²
Pasewalk		Vorpommern-Greifswald	1121	1251 [12]	54,99	9689	10,281	186.2/km²
Penkun		Vorpommern-Greifswald	1240	1269	78,63	1761
Penzlin		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1170	1263	115,47	4028
Plau am See		Ludwigslust-Parchim	1235	1226	115,99	5953
Putbus		Vorpommern-Rügen	1810	1810	66,60	4445
Rehna		Nordwestmecklenburg	1230	1791	22,52	3582
Rerik		Rostock	1238 [13]	1938 [14]	33,45	2133
Ribnitz-Damgarten		Vorpommern-Rügen	1950	1950	122,20	15241	15,197	123.7/km²
Richtenberg		Vorpommern-Rügen	1231	1297	15,63	1305
Röbel/Müritz		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1226	1261	30,17	4749
Rostock		Kreisfreie Stadt	1161	1218	181,44	204948	208,409	1,149/km²
Sassnitz		Vorpommern-Rügen	1906 [15]	1957	46,45	9040
Schönberg		Nordwestmecklenburg	1219	1822	38,09	4408
Schwaan		Rostock	1276	1276	38,28	4963
Schwerin (state capital)		Kreisfreie Stadt	1018 [16]	1160	130,46	97850	95,797	734.0/km²
Stavenhagen		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1230	1264	40,84	4876
Sternberg		Ludwigslust-Parchim	1248	1248	67,67	3776
Stralsund		Vorpommern-Rügen	1234	1234	38,97	54128	59,517	1,099/km²
Strasburg (Uckermark)		Vorpommern-Greifswald	1250 [17]	1250 [17]	86,83	4317
Tessin		Rostock	1121	1343	24,52	4075
Teterow		Rostock	1215 [18]	1272 [19]	47,17	8231
Torgelow		Vorpommern-Greifswald	1281	1945	49,46	9013
Tribsees		Vorpommern-Rügen	1136	1285	54,75	2566
Ueckermünde		Vorpommern-Greifswald	1178	1260	84,69	8871
Usedom		Vorpommern-Greifswald	1128	1298	38,57	1468
Waren (Müritz)		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1260 [20]	1260 [20]	158,39	20316	21,210	133.0/km²
Warin		Nordwestmecklenburg	1178	1306	44,26	3198
Wesenberg		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1252	1252	89,43	3003
Wismar		Nordwestmecklenburg	1147	1226	41,36	43467	42,906	1,028/km²
Wittenburg		Ludwigslust-Parchim	1154	1230	46,25	6237
Woldegk		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1236 [21]	1298	103,70	4043
Wolgast		Vorpommern-Greifswald	1123	1257	61,52	11047	12,084	195.7/km²
Zarrentin am Schaalsee		Ludwigslust-Parchim	1139	1938	91,89	5343

Former cities on the current territory of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

City	Coat of Arms	District	first mentioned	City from-until
Altkalen	N/A	Rostock	1174	1253–1281	Town privileges given to Neukalen
Damgarten		Vorpommern-Rügen	1258	1258–1950	1950 fusion with Ribnitz to Ribnitz-Damgarten
Feldberg		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1256	1919–1999	on June 13, 1999 incorporated in Feldberger Seenlandschaft
Kummerow		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1222	1255–1671	after depopulation in 30-years-war
Ribnitz		Vorpommern-Rügen	1210	1233–1950	1950 fusion with Damgarten to Ribnitz-Damgarten
Strelitz-Alt		Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1278	1349–1931	1931 incorporation into Neustrelitz

External links

• Cities in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern by population

Sources

1. MV Stats: Census results
2. "Homepage - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)". www.destatis.de.
3. Town privileges between 1255 and 1260
4. 1377 according to other sources
5. 1259 is the date for the town of Stargard; the "Burg" area with the castle was incorporated in 1929, the town renamed to Burg Stargard.
6. Town privileges given between 1236 and 1249
7. Town privileges given between 1190 and 1195
8. Fusion of the former villages/seaside resorts of Fulgen, Brunshaupten and Arendsee
9. exact date not really clear, town privileges received definitely until 1506
10. Altkalen
11. 1281 new foundation 10 km further south
12. unsettled date, definite town privileges at 1276
13. for the village of Alt Gaarz
14. for renaming of Alt Gaarz to Rerik
15. merging of the fishing villages Saßnitz and Crampas
16. around 1018
17. around 1250
18. Construction of the church started
19. probably in 1235 already, unclear
20. between 1260 and 1270
21. between 1236 and 1250