Vorpommern-Rügen

Vorpommern-Rügen
District
Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Capital	Stralsund
Area
• Total	3,188 km^2 (1,231 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)[1]
• Total	223,109
• Density	70/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	VR, GMN, NVP, RDG, RÜG Stralsund: HST
Website	www.lk-vr.de

Vorpommern-Rügen is a district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the Baltic Sea and the districts Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Rostock (district). The district seat is the Hanseatic city of Stralsund.^[2]

Vorpommern-Rügen is characterized by diverse shore line landscapes with many lagoons, beaches and cliff lines, part of them protected in the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park and in the Jasmund National Park. The area is also a very popular destination for national and international tourism, including Rügen, the biggest island of Germany, the island of Hiddensee, the Fischland-Darss-Zingst peninsula and its adjacent town of Barth with the Stralsund Barth Airport, the port of Sassnitz and the UNESCO World Heritage city of Stralsund.

Sailing at the cliff shores of Jasmund National Park, island of Rügen. The Vorpommern-Rügen district is one of the most popular places for national and international tourism in Germany, thanks to its unique protected nature, good infrastructure, popular resort architecture spas, historical towns and vast beaches at the shores of the Baltic Sea.

History

The district was established by merging the former districts of Nordvorpommern and Rügen and the former district-free city of Stralsund as part of the local government reform of September 2011.^[2] The name of the district was decided by referendum on 4 September 2011.^[3] The project name for the district was Nordvorpommern.

Towns and municipalities

Amt-free towns	Amt-free municipalities
Grimmen Marlow Putbus Sassnitz Stralsund	Binz Süderholz Zingst

Ämter
1. Altenpleen Altenpleen^1 Groß Mohrdorf Klausdorf Kramerhof Preetz Prohn 2. Barth Barth^1, 2 Divitz-Spoldershagen Fuhlendorf Karnin Kenz-Küstrow Löbnitz Lüdershagen Pruchten Saal Trinwillershagen 3. Bergen auf Rügen Bergen auf Rügen^1, 2 Buschvitz Garz/Rügen^2 Gustow Lietzow Parchtitz Patzig Poseritz Ralswiek Rappin Sehlen	4. Darß/Fischland Ahrenshoop Born^1 Dierhagen Prerow Wieck am Darß Wustrow 5. Franzburg-Richtenberg Franzburg^1, 2 Glewitz Gremersdorf-Buchholz Millienhagen-Oebelitz Papenhagen Richtenberg^2 Splietsdorf Velgast Weitenhagen Wendisch Baggendorf 6. Miltzow Elmenhorst Sundhagen^1 Wittenhagen	7. Mönchgut-Granitz Baabe^1 Gager Göhren Lancken-Granitz Middelhagen Sellin Thiessow Zirkow 8. Niepars Groß Kordshagen Jakobsdorf Kummerow Lüssow Neu Bartelshagen Niepars^1 Pantelitz Steinhagen Wendorf Zarrendorf 9. Nord-Rügen Altenkirchen Breege Dranske Glowe Lohme Putgarten Sagard^1 Wiek	10. Recknitz-Trebeltal Bad Sülze^2 Dettmannsdorf Deyelsdorf Drechow Eixen Grammendorf Gransebieth Hugoldsdorf Lindholz Tribsees^1, 2 11. Ribnitz-Damgarten Ahrenshagen-Daskow Ribnitz-Damgarten^1, 2 Schlemmin Semlow 12. West-Rügen Altefähr Dreschvitz Gingst Insel Hiddensee Kluis Neuenkirchen Rambin Samtens^1 Schaprode Trent Ummanz
^1seat of the Amt; ^2town

Constituent Ämter of Vorpommern-Rügen

References

1. "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 31.12.2013". Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). 23 September 2014.
2. "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern government reform". Retrieved 5 September 2011.
3. "Referendum results Nordvorpommern". Retrieved 5 September 2011.

Coordinates: 54°20′N 13°00′E / 54.333°N 13.000°E