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Güstrow (district)

Statistics
State:Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Capital:Güstrow
Area:2058 km²
Inhabitants:111,200 (2001)
pop. density:54 inh./km²
Car identification:
Website:landkreis-guestrow.de/
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Güstrow is a district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Bad Doberan, Nordvorpommern, Demmin, Müritz, Parchim and Nordwestmecklenburg.

Table of contents
1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

History

From 1621 to 1695 the present-day district was occupied by the small duchy of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. Afterwards large parts belonged to the duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, a small portion to the duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (see Mecklenburg).

The district of Güstrow was established in 1994 by merging the former districts of Güstrow, Teterow and Bützow.

Geography

This district is situated in the centre of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The Warnow river runs through the district from the southwest to the north. In the southern part of the district there are several lakes constituting the northern edge of the Müritz lakeland.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:
  • the bull from the arms of Mecklenburg
  • two crosiers representing the former bishopric of Schwerin
The colours are derived from the arms of the dissolved district of Bützow.

Towns and municipalities

  1. Bützow
  2. Güstrow
  3. Laage
  4. Teterow
    Ämter
  1. Bützow Land
  2. Gnoien
  3. Güstrow Land
  4. Jördenstorf
  5. Krakow
  6. Laage Land
  7. Lalendorf
  8. Steintanz-Warnowtal
  9. Teterow Land
 

External links

Official website (German)