Demmin (district)

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Demmin
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Disbanded	2011
Capital	Demmin
Area
• Total	1,921 km2 (742 sq mi)
Population  (2010-12-31)
• Total	79,466
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	DM
Website	lk-demmin.de

Demmin (German pronunciation: [dɛˈmiːn]) is a former Kreis (district) in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It was bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Müritz, Güstrow, Nordvorpommern, Ostvorpommern and Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

History

Demmin District was established in 1994 by merging the former districts of Demmin, Altentreptow and Malchin. On 4 September 2011, the bulk of the district was merged to Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, while the northeastern Ämter Peenetal/Loitz and Jarmen-Tutow became part of Vorpommern-Greifswald.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays: The bull is the heraldic animal of Mecklenburg The silver griffin together with the chess pattern have been the arms of Pomerania The silver castle to the right is from the arms of the city of Demmin

Towns and municipalities

The subdivisions of the district were (situation August 2011):

Amt-free towns
Dargun Demmin

Ämter
1. Demmin-Land [seat: Demmin] Beggerow Borrentin Hohenbollentin Hohenmocker Kentzlin Kletzin Lindenberg Meesiger Nossendorf Sarow Schönfeld Siedenbrünzow Sommersdorf Utzedel Verchen Warrenzin 2. Jarmen-Tutow Alt Tellin Bentzin Daberkow Jarmen1, 2 Kruckow Tutow Völschow	3. Malchin am Kummerower See Basedow Duckow Faulenrost Gielow Kummerow Malchin1, 2 Neukalen2 4. Peenetal/Loitz Düvier3 Görmin Loitz1, 2 Sassen-Trantow 5. Stavenhagen Bredenfelde Briggow Grammentin Gülzow Ivenack Jürgenstorf Kittendorf Knorrendorf Mölln Ritzerow Rosenow Stavenhagen1, 2 Zettemin	6. Treptower Tollensewinkel Altenhagen Altentreptow1, 2 Bartow Breesen Breest Burow Gnevkow Golchen Grapzow Grischow Groß Teetzleben Gültz Kriesow Pripsleben Röckwitz Siedenbollentin Tützpatz Werder Wildberg Wolde
1 - seat of the Amt; 2 - town; 3 - former town/municipality