Müritz (district)

Müritz
—  District  —
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Disbanded	2011
Capital	Waren
Area
– Total	1,713 km2 (661.4 sq mi)
Population (2010)
– Total	64,615
– Density	37.7/km2 (97.7/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	MÜR
Website	landkreis-mueritz.de

Müritz is a former Kreis (district) in the southern part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is named after the lake Müritz. Neighboring districts were (from the north clockwise) Demmin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the district-free city Neubrandenburg, the district Ostprignitz-Ruppin in Brandenburg, Parchim and Güstrow. The district was disbanded at the district reform of September 2011. Its territory has been part of the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district since.

Geography

The district of Müritz constituted roughly the western half of the Müritz lakeland and the Müritz National Park. The lake Müritz has an area of 117 km²; it is the second largest lake of Germany after Lake Constance, and the largest lake entirely within the German borders.

History

The district was created on June 12, 1994 by merging the previous districts Röbel and Waren, and a few municipalities from the districts Malchin and Neustrelitz. This district was merged with the district of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and most of the district of Demmin at the district reform of September 2011, forming the new Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a bull head in the top left corner, symbolizing the Princes of Werle. The osprey to the right stands for the rich nature in the district. The city wall in the bottom with four tops stands for the four cities in the district, and the wavy lines in the city gate for the Müritz lake land.

Towns and municipalities

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

Amt-free town
Waren (Müritz)

Ämter
1. Malchow Alt Schwerin Fünfseen Göhren-Lebbin Malchow1, 2 Nossentiner Hütte Penkow Silz Walow Zislow 2. Penzliner Land Ankershagen Krukow Lapitz Mallin Möllenhagen Penzlin1, 2 Puchow	3. Röbel-Müritz Altenhof Bollewick Buchholz Bütow Fincken Gotthun Grabow-Below Groß Kelle Kieve Lärz Leizen Ludorf Massow Melz Priborn Rechlin Röbel1, 2 Schwarz Sietow Stuer Vipperow Wredenhagen Zepkow	4. Seenlandschaft Waren [seat: Waren] Grabowhöfe Groß Dratow Groß Gievitz Groß Plasten Hinrichshagen Hohen Wangelin Jabel Kargow Klink Klocksin Lansen-Schönau Moltzow Neu Gaarz Schloen Schwinkendorf Torgelow am See Varchentin Vielist Vollrathsruhe
1seat of the Amt; 2town

References

External links

Media related to Landkreis Müritz at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (German)

Coordinates: 53°25′N 12°42′E / 53.417°N 12.7°E / 53.417; 12.7