List of cities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
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In the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) there are 84 officially recognised towns and cities.
- 17 cities in Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
- 16 cities in Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim
- 14 cities in Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald
- 13 cities in Landkreis Rostock
- 13 cities in Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen
- 9 cities in Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg

In addition there are the two district-free cities of Rostock and Schwerin.
District capitals

There are 6 district capitals in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:
- Greifswald (Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald) Hanseatic city
- Güstrow (Landkreis Rostock)
- Neubrandenburg (Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte)
- Parchim (Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim)
- Stralsund (Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen) Hanseatic city
- Wismar (Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg) Hanseatic city
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You can sort the table by clicking one of the upper columns. Data from 2017 is included for 21 cities and communes in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with a population of at least 10,000 on December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.
City/Town | Coat of Arms | District | first mentioned | Town privileges | Area in km2 | Pop. at Dec. 31, 2013[1] | 2017 est[2] | 2017 pop. density[2] | Image |
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Altentreptow | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1245 | 1245 | 52,83 | 5213 | |||
Anklam | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1243 | 1264 | 56,57 | 12363 | 12,521 | 220.9/km² | |
Bad Doberan | ![]() |
Rostock | 1177 | 1879 | 32,74 | 13105 | 12,290 | 374.1/km² | ![]() |
Bad Sülze | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1243 | 1257[3] | 26,37 | 1764 | ![]() | ||
Barth | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1255 | 1255 | 40,83 | 8681 | ![]() | ||
Bergen auf Rügen | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1314 | 1613 | 51,42 | 13650 | 13,555 | 263.3/km² | ![]() |
Boizenburg/Elbe | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1158 | 1267 | 47,26 | 10881 | 10,630 | 224.1/km² | ![]() |
Brüel | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1222 | 1340[4] | 27,30 | 2620 | ![]() | ||
Burg Stargard | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1244 | 1259[5] | 61,68 | 5306 | |||
Bützow | Rostock | 1171 | 1236 | 39,70 | 8191 | ![]() | |||
Crivitz | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1302 | 1302 | 75,48 | 4760 | ![]() | ||
Dargun | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1172 | 1938 | 117,15 | 4318 | ![]() | ||
Dassow | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1219 | 1938 | 66,54 | 4021 | ||||
Demmin | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1070 | 1236[6] | 81,56 | 10293 | 10,865 | 132.4/km² | ![]() |
Dömitz | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1235 | 1259 | 60,38 | 2967 | |||
Eggesin | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1216 | 1966 | 88,01 | 4785 | |||
Franzburg | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1231 | 1587 | 15,19 | 1353 | ||||
Friedland | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1244 | 1244 | 97,64 | 6550 | ||||
Gadebusch | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1194 | 1225 | 47,65 | 5459 | ![]() | |||
Garz/Rügen | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1207 | 1319 | 65,44 | 2256 | ![]() | |||
Gnoien | ![]() |
Rostock | 1257 | 1290 | 41,08 | 2867 | ![]() | ||
Goldberg | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1227 | 1248 | 64,85 | 3372 | ![]() | ||
Grabow | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1186 | 1252 | 47,68 | 5573 | ![]() | ||
Greifswald | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1241 | 1250 | 50,50 | 60071 | 58,886 | 1,159/km² | ![]() |
Grevesmühlen | ![]() |
Nordwestmecklenburg | 1226 | 1261 | 52,32 | 10398 | 10,410 | 198.7/km² | ![]() |
Grimmen | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1267 | 1287 | 50,29 | 9649 | ![]() | ||
Güstrow | ![]() |
Rostock | 1222 | 1228 | 70,86 | 29582 | 29,429 | 414.0/km² | |
Gützkow | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1301 | 1353 | 42,68 | 2955 | ![]() | ||
Hagenow | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1190[7] | 1754 | 67,44 | 12344 | 11,968 | 177.2/km² | ![]() |
Jarmen | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1269 | 1720 | 30,64 | 2846 | |||
Klütz | ![]() |
Nordwestmecklenburg | 1188 | 1938 | 44,12 | 3128 | ![]() | ||
Krakow am See | ![]() |
Rostock | 1298 | 1467 | 87,07 | 3443 | |||
Kröpelin | ![]() |
Rostock | 1177 | 1249 | 67,26 | 4816 | ![]() | ||
Kühlungsborn | ![]() |
Rostock | 1938[8] | 1938 | 16,16 | 8084 | |||
Laage | Rostock | 1216 | 1336 | 81,27 | 6555 | ||||
Lassan | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1136 | 1274 | 27,98 | 1473 | ![]() | ||
Loitz | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1242 | 1242 | 89,53 | 4254 | ![]() | ||
Lübtheen | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1363 | 1938 | 119,69 | 4621 | ![]() | ||
Lübz | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1308 | 1456[9] | 49,12 | 6146 | ![]() | ||
Ludwigslust | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1754 | 1876 | 78,30 | 12420 | 12,267 | 195.7/km² | ![]() |
Malchin | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1236 | 1236 | 94,50 | 7231 | ||||
Malchow | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1147 | 1235 | 44,60 | 6558 | ![]() | |||
Marlow | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1210 | 1459 | 139,81 | 4673 | ![]() | |||
Mirow | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1226 | 1919 | 84,08 | 3871 | ![]() | ||
Neubrandenburg | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1248 | 1248 | 85,65 | 64390 | 64,259 | 746.2/km² | ![]() |
Neubukow | ![]() |
Rostock | 1260 | 1435 | 24,99 | 4019 | |||
Neukalen | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1174[10] | 1253[11] | 46,84 | 1753 | ![]() | |||
Neukloster | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1219 | 1938 | 27,49 | 3974 | ![]() | |||
Neustadt-Glewe | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1248 | 1248 | 93,91 | 6974 | ![]() | ||
Neustrelitz | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1278 | 1733 | 138,15 | 20385 | 20,135 | 144.0/km² | ![]() |
Parchim | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1170 | 1226 | 106,61 | 18270 | 18,074 | 144.8/km² | ![]() |
Pasewalk | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1121 | 1251[12] | 54,99 | 9785 | 10,281 | 186.2/km² | ![]() |
Penkun | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1240 | 1269 | 78,63 | 1756 | ![]() | ||
Penzlin | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1170 | 1263 | 115,47 | 4053 | ![]() | ||
Plau am See | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1235 | 1226 | 115,99 | 6166 | ![]() | ||
Putbus | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1810 | 1810 | 66,60 | 4492 | |||
Rehna | ![]() |
Nordwestmecklenburg | 1230 | 1791 | 22,52 | 3638 | ![]() | ||
Rerik | ![]() |
Rostock | 1238[13] | 1938[14] | 33,45 | 2186 | ![]() | ||
Ribnitz-Damgarten | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1950 | 1950 | 122,20 | 15729 | 15,197 | 123.7/km² | ![]() |
Richtenberg | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1231 | 1297 | 15,63 | 1365 | |||
Röbel/Müritz | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1226 | 1261 | 30,17 | 5012 | ![]() | ||
Rostock | ![]() |
Kreisfreie Stadt | 1161 | 1218 | 181,44 | 210795 | 208,409 | 1,149/km² | ![]() |
Sassnitz | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1906[15] | 1957 | 46,45 | 9169 | ![]() | ||
Schönberg | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1219 | 1822 | 38,09 | 4674 | ||||
Schwaan | ![]() |
Rostock | 1276 | 1276 | 38,28 | 5061 | ![]() | ||
Schwerin (state capital) | ![]() |
Kreisfreie Stadt | 1018[16] | 1160 | 130,46 | 98733 | 95,797 | 734.0/km² | ![]() |
Stavenhagen | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1230 | 1264 | 40,84 | 5768 | ||||
Sternberg | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1248 | 1248 | 67,67 | 3943 | ![]() | ||
Stralsund | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1234 | 1234 | 38,97 | 59450 | 59,517 | 1,099/km² | |
Strasburg (Uckermark) | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1250[17] | 1250[18] | 86,83 | 4399 | ![]() | ||
Tessin | ![]() |
Rostock | 1121 | 1343 | 24,52 | 4019 | ![]() | ||
Teterow | Rostock | 1215[19] | 1272[20] | 47,17 | 8459 | ![]() | |||
Torgelow | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1281 | 1945 | 49,46 | 9269 | ![]() | ||
Tribsees | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Rügen | 1136 | 1285 | 54,75 | 2694 | |||
Ueckermünde | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1178 | 1260 | 84,69 | 8638 | ![]() | ||
Usedom | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1128 | 1298 | 38,57 | 1723 | ![]() | ||
Waren (Müritz) | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1260[21] | 1260[22] | 158,39 | 21217 | 21,210 | 133.0/km² | |
Warin | Nordwestmecklenburg | 1178 | 1306 | 44,26 | 3271 | ![]() | |||
Wesenberg | ![]() |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1252 | 1252 | 89,43 | 3029 | ![]() | ||
Wismar | ![]() |
Nordwestmecklenburg | 1147 | 1226 | 41,36 | 44022 | 42,906 | 1,028/km² | ![]() |
Wittenburg | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1154 | 1230 | 46,25 | 6418 | |||
Woldegk | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1236[23] | 1298 | 103,70 | 4209 | ||||
Wolgast | ![]() |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1123 | 1257 | 61,52 | 12092 | 12,084 | 195.7/km² | |
Zarrentin am Schaalsee | ![]() |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | 1139 | 1938 | 91,89 | 5518 | ![]() | ||
Former cities on the current territory of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
City | Coat of Arms | District | first mentioned | City from-until |
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Altkalen | N/A | Rostock | 1174 | 1253–1281 | Town privileges given to Neukalen |
Damgarten | ![]() | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1258 | 1258–1950 | 1950 fusion with Ribnitz to Ribnitz-Damgarten |
Feldberg | ![]() | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1256 | 1919–1999 | on June 13, 1999 incorporated in Feldberger Seenlandschaft |
Kummerow | ![]() | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1222 | 1255–1671 | after depopulation in 30-years-war |
Ribnitz | ![]() | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1210 | 1233–1950 | 1950 fusion with Damgarten to Ribnitz-Damgarten |
Strelitz-Alt | ![]() | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1278 | 1349–1931 | 1931 incorporation into Neustrelitz |
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