Editing Mecklenburg (section)

===History since 1934===
After three centuries of partition, Mecklenburg was united on 1 January 1934 by the German government. During World War II the [[Wehrmacht]] assigned Mecklenburg and [[Pomerania]] to Wehrkreis II under the command of ''General der Infanterie'' [[Werner Kienitz]], with the headquarters at [[Stettin]]. Mecklenburg was assigned to an Area headquartered at [[Schwerin]], which was responsible for military units in [[Schwerin]], [[Rostock]], [[Parchim]], and [[Neustrelitz]].

After [[World War II]], the Soviet government occupying eastern Germany merged Mecklenburg with the smaller neighbouring region of [[Vorpommern|Western Pomerania]] (German ''Vorpommern'') to form the [[States of Germany|state]] of [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]]. Mecklenburg contributed about two-thirds of the geographical size of the new state and the majority of its population. Also, the new state became temporary or permanent home for many refugees expelled from former German territories seized by the Soviet Union and Poland after the war. The Soviets changed the name from "Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania" to "Mecklenburg" in 1947.

In 1952, the [[German Democratic Republic|East German]] government ended the independent existence of Mecklenburg, creating three districts ("Bezirke") out of its territory: Rostock, Schwerin and Neubrandenburg.

During [[German reunification]] in 1990, the state of [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]] was revived, and is now one of the 16 states of the [[Germany|Federal Republic of Germany]].