Editing Mecklenburg-Strelitz (district) (section)

==History==
The name of this district traces back to the [[Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]. This duchy was established in 1701 after the former duchy of [[Mecklenburg-Güstrow]] ceased to exist. The area of the district is roughly identical with the old duchy's main territory, the [[Stargarder Land]]. The old duchy included an exclave around [[Ratzeburg]], which is today situated in [[Schleswig-Holstein]]. Southern parts of the older Mecklenburg-Strelitz, including the town of [[Fürstenberg/Havel|Fürstenberg]], today belong to [[Brandenburg]]'s [[Oberhavel]] district. The capital of the duchy was the town of Strelitz, which was completely destroyed in a fire in 1712. After this disaster the duke ordered a new town built at the shore of a small lake called the Zierker See. This town became Neustrelitz (= "New Strelitz").

Mecklenburg-Strelitz District was established by merging the three previous districts of Neubrandenburg, Neustrelitz and Strasburg in 1994. On 4 September 2011, it was merged into [[Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district)|Mecklenburgische Seenplatte]].