Editing Nordvorpommern

{{Short description|District in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany}}
{{Infobox District DE
| name = Nordvorpommern
| state = Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
| capital = [[Grimmen]]
| area = 2168
| population = 105547
| population_as_of = 2010-12-31
| Kreisschlüssel = 
| carsign = NVP
| founded = 1994
| dissolved = 2011
|image_coa=File:DEU Landkreis Nordvorpommern COA.svg|image_flag=File:DEU_Landkreis_Nordvorpommern_Flag.svg| url = http://www.lk-nvp.de
| map = File:Locator map NVP in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.svg
| Landrat = 
}}

'''Nordvorpommern''' ("North Western Pomerania") was a ''[[Districts of Germany|Kreis]]'' (district) in the northern part of [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]], [[Germany]]. It was situated at the coast of the [[Baltic Sea]], where it enclosed the city of [[Stralsund]]. Further to the northeast, separated from Stralsund and Nordvorpommern by the [[Strelasund]], lies the island of [[Rügen]], administratively part of the [[Rügen (district)|eponymous district]]. Other neighboring districts are (from east clockwise) [[Ostvorpommern]], [[Demmin (district)|Demmin]], [[Güstrow (district)|Güstrow]] and [[Bad Doberan (district)|Bad Doberan]].

==Geography==
The coast is characterised by an elongated peninsula, the [[Darß]]. Between the Darß and the mainland there is a very shallow lagoon, which is a part of the [[Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park]], just as the entire peninsula itself.

==History==
In history this region was the westernmost part of [[Pomerania]]. Until 1819 it was a Swedish, after that Prussian territory called '''Neuvorpommern'''.

Nordvorpommern District was established in 1994 by merging the three previous districts of Grimmen, Ribnitz-Damgarten and Stralsund. On 4 September 2011, it was merged into [[Vorpommern-Rügen]].

==Coat of arms==
{|
|- valign=top
||[[Image:DEU Landkreis Nordvorpommern COA.svg|100px|Coat of arms]]
||The coat of arms shows two [[griffin]]s. The golden griffin to the left is the symbol of Princes of [[Rostock]]. The black griffin to the right derives from the coat of arms of Pomerania, which however used a red griffin as their symbol. The territory of the district was ruled by a branch of the Dukes of Pomerania which used a black griffin.

The coat of arms was granted on December 3, 1997.
|}

==Towns and municipalities==
The subdivisions of the district were (situation August 2011): 
{|
|-----
!''Amt''-free towns||''Amt''-free municipalities
|-
|valign=top|
#[[Grimmen]]
#[[Marlow, Germany|Marlow]]
|valign=top|
#[[Süderholz]]
#[[Zingst, Germany|Zingst]]
|}
{|
! colspan=3|[[Amt (country subdivision)|Ämter]]
|- valign=top
||
*'''1. [[Altenpleen (Amt)|Altenpleen]]'''
#[[Altenpleen]]<sup>1</sup>
#[[Groß Mohrdorf]]
#[[Klausdorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|Klausdorf]]
#[[Kramerhof]]
#[[Preetz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|Preetz]]
#[[Prohn]]
*'''2. [[Barth (Amt)|Barth]]'''
#[[Bartelshagen]]<sup>3</sup>
#[[Barth, Germany|Barth]]<sup>1, 2</sup>
#[[Divitz-Spoldershagen]]
#[[Fuhlendorf]]
#[[Karnin]]
#[[Kenz-Küstrow]]
#[[Löbnitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|Löbnitz]]
#[[Lüdershagen]]
#[[Pruchten]]
#[[Saal, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|Saal]]
#[[Trinwillershagen]]
*'''3. [[Darß/Fischland]]'''
#[[Ahrenshoop]]
#[[Born, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|Born]]<sup>1</sup>
#[[Dierhagen]]
#[[Prerow]]
#[[Wieck am Darß]]
#[[Wustrow, Nordvorpommern|Wustrow]]
||
*'''4. [[Franzburg-Richtenberg]]'''
#[[Franzburg]]<sup>1, 2</sup>
#[[Glewitz]]
#[[Gremersdorf-Buchholz]]
#[[Millienhagen-Oebelitz]]
#[[Papenhagen]]
#[[Richtenberg]]<sup>2</sup>
#[[Splietsdorf]]
#[[Velgast]]
#[[Weitenhagen, Nordvorpommern|Weitenhagen]]
#[[Wendisch Baggendorf]]
*'''5. [[Miltzow (Amt)|Miltzow]]'''
#[[Elmenhorst, Nordvorpommern|Elmenhorst]]
#[[Sundhagen]]<sup>1</sup>
#[[Wittenhagen]]
*'''6. [[Niepars (Amt)|Niepars]]'''
#[[Groß Kordshagen]]
#[[Jakobsdorf]]
#[[Kummerow, Nordvorpommern|Kummerow]]
#[[Lüssow, Nordvorpommern|Lüssow]]
#[[Neu Bartelshagen]]
#[[Niepars]]<sup>1</sup>
#[[Pantelitz]]
#[[Steinhagen, Nordvorpommern|Steinhagen]]
#[[Wendorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|Wendorf]]
#[[Zarrendorf]]
||
*'''7. [[Recknitz-Trebeltal]]'''
#[[Bad Sülze]]<sup>2</sup>
#[[Dettmannsdorf]]
#[[Deyelsdorf]]
#[[Drechow]]
#[[Eixen]]
#[[Grammendorf]]
#[[Gransebieth]]
#[[Hugoldsdorf]]
#[[Lindholz]]
#[[Tribsees]]<sup>1, 2</sup>
*'''8. [[Ribnitz-Damgarten (Amt)|Ribnitz-Damgarten]]'''
#[[Ahrenshagen-Daskow]]
#[[Ribnitz-Damgarten]]<sup>1, 2</sup>
#[[Schlemmin]]
#[[Semlow]]
|-
|colspan=3 align=center|<sup>1</sup> - seat of the Amt; <sup>2</sup> - town; <sup>3</sup> - former town/municipality
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Landkreis Nordvorpommern}}
* [http://www.lk-nvp.de Official website] {{in lang|de}}

{{Germany districts mecklenburg-western pomerania}}
{{Pomerania}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Former districts of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania]]