List of towns in Vorpommern
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The List of towns in Vorpommern includes all towns in present-day German Pomerania
, and thus excludes towns which lie west of the Oder
river, but east of the Oder-Neisse line
(Stettiner Zipfel area), and thus historically are associated also with Vorpommern. For these towns, see List of towns in Farther Pomerania.
Pomerania
Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East...
, and thus excludes towns which lie west of the Oder
Oder
The Oder is a river in Central Europe. It rises in the Czech Republic and flows through western Poland, later forming of the border between Poland and Germany, part of the Oder-Neisse line...
river, but east of the Oder-Neisse line
Oder-Neisse line
The Oder–Neisse line is the border between Germany and Poland which was drawn in the aftermath of World War II. The line is formed primarily by the Oder and Lusatian Neisse rivers, and meets the Baltic Sea west of the seaport cities of Szczecin and Świnoujście...
(Stettiner Zipfel area), and thus historically are associated also with Vorpommern. For these towns, see List of towns in Farther Pomerania.
| Name | District (Landkreis) in 1910 |
Regierungs-bezirk in 1910 |
District (Landkreis) before 1945 |
District (Landkreis) before 1994 |
District (Landkreis) after 1994 |
District (Landkreis) after 2011 |
Town since | Population 1910 |
Population 2006 |
Notes |
| Altentreptow Altentreptow Altentreptow is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the river Tollense, 15 km north of Neubrandenburg. Until 1939 the city's name was Treptow an der Tollense.... |
Demmin | Stettin | Demmin | Altentreptow (since 1952) | Demmin | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district) Mecklenburgische Seenplatte is a district in the southeast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Ludwigslust-Parchim, Rostock , Vorpommern-Rügen, Vorpommern-Greifswald, and the state Brandenburg to the south... |
1245 | 4,493 | 6,153 | before 1939: Treptow a./Tollense |
| Anklam Anklam Anklam is a town in the Western Pomerania region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the banks of the Peene river, just 8 km from its mouth in the Kleines Haff, the western part of the Stettin Lagoon. Anklam has a population of 14,603 and was the capital of the former... |
Anklam | Stettin | Anklam | Anklam | Ostvorpommern | Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland and the state Brandenburg... |
1264 | 15,279 | 14,092 | |
| Barth | Franzburg | Stralsund | Franzburg-Barth | Stralsund | Nordvorpommern | Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen is a district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the Baltic Sea and the districts Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Rostock... |
1255 | 7,505 | 9,097 | |
| Bergen auf Rügen Bergen auf Rügen Bergen auf Rügen is the capital of the former district of Rügen in the middle of the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Since 1 January 2005, Bergen has moreover been the administrative seat of the Amt of Bergen auf Rügen, which with a population of over 23,000 is... |
Rügen | Stralsund | Rügen | Rügen | Rügen | Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen is a district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the Baltic Sea and the districts Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Rostock... |
1613 | 4,156 | 14,430 | |
| Demmin Demmin Demmin is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It was the capital of the former district Demmin.- Name :... |
Demmin | Stettin | Demmin | Demmin | Demmin | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district) Mecklenburgische Seenplatte is a district in the southeast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Ludwigslust-Parchim, Rostock , Vorpommern-Rügen, Vorpommern-Greifswald, and the state Brandenburg to the south... |
~ 1249 | 12,378 | 12,633 | |
| Eggesin Eggesin Eggesin is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the river Uecker, 7 km southeast of Ueckermünde, and 42 km northwest of Szczecin.-Transport:... |
Ueckermünde | Stettin | ||||||||
| Ueckermünde | Uecker-Randow | Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland and the state Brandenburg... |
1966 | 2,771 | 5,483 | |||||
| Franzburg Franzburg Franzburg is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated 20 km southwest of Stralsund... |
Franzburg | Stralsund | Franzburg-Barth | Stralsund | Nordvorpommern | Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen is a district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the Baltic Sea and the districts Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Rostock... |
1587 | 1,526 | 1,592 | |
| Gartz (Oder) | Randow | Stettin | Randow | Angermünde | Uckermark | Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland and the state Brandenburg... |
1249 | 3,750 | 2,521 | |
| Garz/Rügen | Rügen | Stralsund | Rügen | Rügen | Rügen | Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen is a district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the Baltic Sea and the districts Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Rostock... |
1319 | 1,960 | 2,567 | |
| Greifswald Greifswald Greifswald , officially, the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald is a town in northeastern Germany. It is situated in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, at an equal distance of about from Germany's two largest cities, Berlin and Hamburg. The town borders the Baltic Sea, and is crossed... |
Greifswald | Stralsund | - | - | kreisfrei | Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland and the state Brandenburg... |
1249 | 24,679 | 53,434 | own county since 1912 |
| Grimmen Grimmen Grimmen is the capital of Vorpommern-Rügen, a district in the Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.-Geography:Grimmen is located in southeastern Nordvorpommern on the banks of the river Trebel, about 30 km south of Stralsund and 30 km west of Greifswald. The town is connected to... |
Grimmen | Stralsund | Grimmen | Grimmen | Nordvorpommern | Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen is a district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the Baltic Sea and the districts Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Rostock... |
before 1287 | 4,037 | 11,032 | |
| Gützkow Gützkow Gützkow is a town in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 18 km south of Greifswald at the Peene River's northern bank. Gützkow was the center of the medieval County of Gützkow.-History:... |
Greifswald | Stralsund | Greifswald | Greifswald | Ostvorpommern | Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland and the state Brandenburg... |
1353 | 1,969 | 2,776 | |
| Jarmen Jarmen Jarmen is a town in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the southern bank of the river Peene, 20 km south of Greifswald. Founded during the Ostsiedlung in the medieval terrae Miserez and Ploth, Jarmen remained a rural town at an... |
Demmin | Stettin | Demmin | Demmin | Demmin | Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland and the state Brandenburg... |
1290 | 3,246 | 3,418 | |
| Lassan | Greifswald | Stralsund | Anklam | Anklam | Ostvorpommern | Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland and the state Brandenburg... |
1291 | 2,110 | 1,392 | |
| Loitz Loitz Loitz is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the river Peene, 10 km northeast of Demmin, and 22 km southwest of Greifswald.-External links:*... |
Grimmen | Stralsund | Demmin | Demmin (ab 1952) | Demmin | Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland and the state Brandenburg... |
1242 | 3,846 | 4,524 | |
| Pasewalk Pasewalk Pasewalk is a town in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. Located on the Uecker river, it is the capital of the former Uecker-Randow district, and the seat of the Uecker-Randow-Tal Amt of which it is not part.Pasewalk became a town during the 12th... |
Randow | Stettin | Randow | Pasewalk (since 1950) | Uecker-Randow | Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland and the state Brandenburg... |
1276 | 10,196 | 11,856 | |
| Penkun Penkun Penkun is a town in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 25 km east of Prenzlau, and 23 km southwest of Szczecin.-Towns near Penkun:* Szczecin City * Eggesin... |
Randow | Stettin | Randow | Pasewalk (since 1950) | Uecker-Randow | Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland and the state Brandenburg... |
1284 | 1,704 | 2,065 | |
| Putbus Putbus Putbus is a small town on the southeastern part of the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, North Germany. The town has 4,741 inhabitants and is a significant tourist destination with numerous seaside resorts.... |
Rügen | Stralsund | Rügen | Rügen | Rügen | Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen is a district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the Baltic Sea and the districts Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Rostock... |
1960 | 1,960 | 4,768 | |
| Ribnitz-Damgarten Ribnitz-Damgarten Ribnitz-Damgarten is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated at the Ribnitzer See . Ribnitz-Damgarten is the largest town of the district Vorpommern-Rügen, but not its capital.-Geography:... |
Franzburg | Stralsund | Franzburg-Barth | Ribnitz-Damgarten | Nordvorpommern | Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen is a district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the Baltic Sea and the districts Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Rostock... |
1258 | 1,646 | 2,300 | Pomerania Pomerania Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East... n Damgarten in 1950 merged to Mecklenburg Mecklenburg Mecklenburg is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern... ian Ribnitz |
| Richtenberg Richtenberg Richtenberg is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 18 km southwest of Stralsund.... |
Franzburg | Stralsund | Franzburg-Barth | Stralsund | Nordvorpommern | Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen is a district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the Baltic Sea and the districts Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Rostock... |
1297 | 1,696 | 1,453 | |
| Sassnitz Sassnitz Sassnitz is a town on the Jasmund peninsula, Rügen Island, in the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The population as of 2007 was 10,747.... |
Rügen | Stralsund | Rügen | Rügen | Rügen | Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen is a district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the Baltic Sea and the districts Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Rostock... |
1957 | 2,841 | 10,747 | before 1993 spelled Saßnitz |
| Stralsund Stralsund - Main sights :* The Brick Gothic historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.* The heart of the old town is the Old Market Square , with the Gothic Town Hall . Behind the town hall stands the imposing Nikolaikirche , built in 1270-1360... |
Stadtkreis | Stralsund | - | - | kreisfrei | Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen is a district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the Baltic Sea and the districts Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Rostock... |
1234 | 33,988 | 58,288 | |
| Torgelow Torgelow Torgelow is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the river Uecker, 12 km south of Ueckermünde, and 41 km northwest of Stettin.... |
Ueckermünde | Stettin | ||||||||
| Ueckermünde | Uecker-Randow | Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland and the state Brandenburg... |
1945 | 6,747 | 10,032 | |||||
| Tribsees Tribsees Tribsees is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated 33 km southwest of Stralsund, and 40 km east of Rostock.... |
Grimmen | Stralsund | ||||||||
| Grimmen | Nordvorpommern | Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen is a district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the Baltic Sea and the districts Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Rostock... |
1267 | 3,394 | 2,878 | |||||
| Ueckermünde Ueckermünde Ueckermünde is a seaport town in northeast Germany, located in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald, Western Pomerania, near Germany's border with Poland . Ueckermünde has a long and varied history, going back to its founding by Slavs, known as the Uchri and mentioned in 934 by Widukind of Corvey... |
Ueckermünde | Stettin | ||||||||
| Ueckermünde | Uecker-Randow | Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland and the state Brandenburg... |
1260 | 6,252 | 10,399 | |||||
| Usedom | Usedom-Wollin | Stettin | Usedom | Wolgast | Ostvorpommern | Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland and the state Brandenburg... |
1299 | 1,773 | 1,892 | |
| Wolgast Wolgast Wolgast is a town in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the bank of the river Peenestrom, vis-a-vis the island of Usedom that can be accessed by road and railway via a bascule bridge... |
Greifswald | Stralsund | ||||||||
| Wolgast | Ostvorpommern | Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland and the state Brandenburg... |
1259 | 8,211 | 12,359 | |||||