Middle Mecklenburg
The Central Mecklenburg region is the most infrastructural part of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The Hanseatic city of Rostock - the largest city in the state with over 205,000 inhabitants - and the surrounding district of Rostock are counted as part of Central Mecklenburg . Together they form a regiopole region .
The area is congruent with the Rostock region planning association, which functions as one of four sub-areas for regional planning in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Around 414,000 people live in the region.
Geographical location
The most important river in this region is the Warnow . The traffic connections run in a star shape towards Rostock, the greater area of the port city is opened up in public transport by the Rostock S-Bahn . In addition to Rostock, important cities are also the medium-sized centers of Güstrow , Bad Doberan and Teterow . The main tourist attraction is the Baltic Sea coast of the Mecklenburg Bay with the Salzhaff , the cliffs and the seaside resorts of Rerik , Kühlungsborn , Heiligendamm , Warnemünde and Graal-Müritz . In the south, the Middle Mecklenburg merges into the very natural Mecklenburg Lake District . In the east, the Recknitz forms the historical border with Western Pomerania , in the west there is a smooth transition to western Mecklenburg .
Reorganization of the counties
According to the decision of the state parliament on April 5, 2006, there should be a greater district of Central Mecklenburg-Rostock with the district town of Rostock from October 1, 2009 . This great district should include the previous districts of Bad Doberan and Güstrow , as well as the previous independent city of Rostock . After the ruling of the Land Constitutional Court on July 26, 2007, the reform law could not be implemented in the planned form as it was incompatible with the constitution of the country. Instead, with the district reform in 2011, the districts of Bad Doberan and Güstrow were combined to form the new district of Rostock with the district seat in the city of Güstrow .