Western Mecklenburg
West Mecklenburg is the approx. 7,000 km² westernmost part of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .
Parts and residents
It comprises parts of the historical territory of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz (parts of the former Principality of Ratzeburg around the city of Schönberg (Mecklenburg) ) and of Sachsen-Lauenburg (the Prussian communities that were added to the Soviet zone of occupation by the Barber-Lyaschtschenko Agreement at the time ).
The area of West Mecklenburg consists of the district of Northwest Mecklenburg and the district of Ludwigslust-Parchim as well as the independent city of Schwerin . It is legally defined as a planning region, ie a sub-area for regional state planning in Germany , which is to be drawn up by a regional planning association.
The area had 483,939 residents as of June 30, 2008. The center of the region is the state capital Schwerin . Other important cities are Wismar , Parchim , Ludwigslust , Hagenow and Grevesmühlen .
West Mecklenburg is characterized by the hilly old and young moraines of the Baltic ridge with interspersed inland lakes from the Vistula ice age. On the Baltic Sea there are cliffs, the Lübeck Bay and the Wismar Bay with the island of Poel and, as a seaside resort, Boltenhagen . In the northeast, West Mecklenburg merges into the Middle Mecklenburg region . In the southeast there is a smooth transition to the Mecklenburg Lake District .
Reorganization of the counties
According to the decision of the state parliament on April 5, 2006, there should be a large district of West Mecklenburg with the district town of Schwerin from October 1, 2009 . This great district should include the previous districts of Ludwigslust , Northwest Mecklenburg and Parchim as well as the previous independent cities of Schwerin and Wismar . According to the judgment of the Land Constitutional Court of July 26, 2007, the reform law cannot be implemented in the form planned so far, as it is incompatible with the Land's constitution.
Web links
- Second participation process for the draft of the Regional Spatial Development Program West Mecklenburg from May 4th to September 4th 2009 ( Memento from November 30th 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (with current planning documents - including a map - as well as a documentation of the consideration of the statements made in the previous participation process)