Ludwigslust is a former Kreis (district) in the southwest of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Neighboring districts were Nordwestmecklenburg, the district-free city Schwerin, Parchim, Prignitz in Brandenburg, Lüchow-Dannenberg and Lüneburg in Lower Saxony and the district Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein. The district was disbanded at the district reform of September 2011. Its territory has been part of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district since.
Gammelin is a municipality in the administrative the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The municipality is administered by the Ludwigslust district office of Hagenow Land, which is situated in Hagenow.
Groß Krams is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is part of the collective municipality of Hagenow-Land.
Pritzier is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The Pritzier municipality consists of three villages: Pritzier, Pritzier Bahnhof, and Schwechow.
Strohkirchen is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district of the German state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Administratively it is part of the collective municipality of Amt Hagenow-Land.
Hagenow-Land is an Amt in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The seat of the Amt is in Hagenow, itself not part of the Amt.
The Hagenow–Schwerin railway is a double track electrified mainline railway in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is the second oldest railway in Mecklenburg after the Berlin-Hamburg railway and one of the oldest railways in Germany, opened in 1847 by the Mecklenburg Railway Company.
The Mecklenburg Railway Company was founded in 1845 to build a railway line from Hagenow to Rostock and to Güstrow, now in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It was nationalised in 1873 and combined with the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway.
Rögnitz is a river located in the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Lower Saxony. The river is a tributary of the Sude, which it joins in the village of Sückau. It is part of the Elbe river basin and contributes to the hydrological system of the region.
The Stepenitz is a right-hand tributary of the Trave in the northwest of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and within the borough of Lübeck in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.
Boize is a river of Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It flows into the Sude in Boizenburg.
The Krainke is a river of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Lower Saxony, Germany. It flows into the Sude near Besitz.
The Schaale is a river of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is the southern outflow of the Schaalsee. It flows into the Sude near Teldau.
The Zare is a river in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It flows into the Sude near Walsmühlen.
The region of Griese Gegend lies in southwestern Mecklenburg in Germany. In the northwest and north the region is bordered by the River Sude, the stream of the Strohkirchener Bach and its continuation as the New Canal. The region's southeastern border runs roughly from the town of Ludwigslust to Dömitz, in the southwest the River Rögnitz forms the boundary of the Griese Gegend from Woosmer to Lübtheen. The region forms a large triangle.
The Mecklenburg Elbe Valley Nature Park is part of the UNESCO biosphere reserve of Elbe River Landscape. At over 400 river kilometres long, the Elbe River Landscape Biosphere Reserve 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 created in 1990 and legally established by act of state in 1998. It has an area of 426 km2 (164 sq mi).
Schilde is a river of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Schaale. The Schaale flows into the Sude which is a tributary to the Elbe.
The Sude is a river in 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.
Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I is an electoral constituency represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 12. It is located in western Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, comprising the city of Schwerin and western parts of the districts of Ludwigslust-Parchim and Nordwestmecklenburg.
