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![]() Elde – Hub Bridge in Plau am See
![]() Lake Schwerin with its castle island
![]() The Darßer Bodden
![]() Königsstuhl on Rügen island
![]() Dornbusch Lighthouse on the Hiddensee
![]() Krakower See
![]() The Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park - west coast of Darß ![]() The Usedom Island Nature Park near Gnitz ![]() Gespensterwald und Steilküste bei Nienhagen
Politics, History and Religion
![]() State flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
![]() Districts and independent towns in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
![]() Angela Merkel – her home constituency is Stralsund
![]() Mecklenburg after the 3rd major state reorganisation until 1934
![]() Frederick Francis I
![]() Jaromasburg - Castle ramparts on Cape Arkona
![]() Consistorium of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church in Greifswald
![]() Johann Quistorp the Elder
![]() St. Peter’s Church, Rostock
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
![]() ... is a federal state in the northeast of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its capital city is Schwerin. From a geographical perspective Mecklenburg-Vorpommern belongs to North Germany. It was founded in 1945 from a merger of the historic states of Mecklenburg (which made up about two thirds of the area of the new state) and that part of the former Prussian province of Western Pomerania (Vorpommern), west of the Oder-Neiße Line, that remained in Germany. In addition, it was given small parts of the Prignitz and the Uckermark, bother formerly part of Brandenburg. The state had its status confirmed in 1990 following German Reunification. Did you know, that ... ![]() The Elbe near Boizenburg ...as a result of protests by the GDR government arising from fears of flooding in the area of Boizenburg the planned top water level of the Elbe Barrage at Geesthacht, which came into operation in 1960, was lowered by around 1.65 metres? In addition a toll was introduced for Federal German ships in order to pay for the associated protection measures. Culture, Society, Education and Science
![]() Mecklenburg State Theatre in Schwerin
![]() "Villa Meeresgruss" in Binz (Resort architecture)
![]() German Maritime Museum in Stralsund
![]() Annual "Fusion Festival" at Lake Müritz
![]() University of Rostock ![]() University of Greifswald
![]() Wendelstein 7-X fusion stellarator at Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald ![]() Heinrich Schliemann, "discoverer of Troy"
![]() Ex-President George W. Bush is given a barrel of Bismarck herring Economy, Technology and Transport
![]() Wadan Shipyard, Wismar
![]() Karnin Lift Bridge over the Peenestrom
![]() Usedom Spa Railway
![]() The Rasender Roland on Rügen ![]() A Schwerin tram - Wismar type
![]() Rostock city port - travelling crane
Media, Sport and Tourism
![]() Antenne MV at the port of Rostock
![]() The Ostseestadion (DKB Arena) – home ground of FC Hansa Rostock
![]() Jan Ullrich
![]() Hanse Sail in Rostock/Warnemünde
![]() Stralsunder Altstadt, UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe | ||
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