List of cities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

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.

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

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.

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City/Town	District	first mentioned	Town privileges	Area in km²	Pop. at Dec. 31, 2013^[1]	2017 est^[2]	2017 pop. density^[2]
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

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City	Coat of Arms	District	first mentioned	City from-until
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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Cities in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern by population

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MV Stats: Census results
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"Homepage - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)". www.destatis.de.
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Town privileges between 1255 and 1260
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1377 according to other sources
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1259 is the date for the town of Stargard; the "Burg" area with the castle was incorporated in 1929, the town renamed to Burg Stargard.
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Town privileges given between 1236 and 1249
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Town privileges given between 1190 and 1195
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Fusion of the former villages/seaside resorts of Fulgen, Brunshaupten and Arendsee
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exact date not really clear, town privileges received definitely until 1506
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Altkalen
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1281 new foundation 10 km further south
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unsettled date, definite town privileges at 1276
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for the village of Alt Gaarz
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for renaming of Alt Gaarz to Rerik
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merging of the fishing villages Saßnitz and Crampas
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around 1018
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around 1250
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around 1250
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Construction of the church started
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probably in 1235 already, unclear
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between 1260 and 1270
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between 1260 and 1270
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between 1236 and 1250

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MV Stats: Census results

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"Homepage - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)". www.destatis.de.

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Town privileges between 1255 and 1260

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1377 according to other sources

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1259 is the date for the town of Stargard; the "Burg" area with the castle was incorporated in 1929, the town renamed to Burg Stargard.

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Town privileges given between 1236 and 1249

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Town privileges given between 1190 and 1195

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Fusion of the former villages/seaside resorts of Fulgen, Brunshaupten and Arendsee

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exact date not really clear, town privileges received definitely until 1506

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Altkalen

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1281 new foundation 10 km further south

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unsettled date, definite town privileges at 1276

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for the village of Alt Gaarz

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for renaming of Alt Gaarz to Rerik

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merging of the fishing villages Saßnitz and Crampas

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around 1018

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around 1250

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around 1250

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Construction of the church started

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probably in 1235 already, unclear

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between 1260 and 1270

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between 1260 and 1270

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between 1236 and 1250

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