Müritz (district)

Müritz
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Disbanded	September 2011
Capital	Waren
Area
• Total	1,713 km2 (661 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	69,544
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	MÜR
Website	landkreis-mueritz.de

Müritz is a former district in the southern part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is named after the lake Müritz. Lake Müritz is the largest Lake in Germany. Lake Constance is larger, but part of it is in Switzerland and another part in Austria.

History

The district was created on June 12, 1994 by joining the old districts of Röbel and Waren, and a few municipalities from the districts Malchin and Neustrelitz.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a bull head in the top left corner, for 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

Amt-free town
Waren

Ämter
1. Malchow Alt Schwerin Fünfseen Göhren-Lebbin Malchow1, 2 Nossentiner Hütte Penkow Silz Walow Zislow 2. Penzliner Land Alt Rehse Ankershagen Groß Flotow Groß Vielen Klein Lukow Krukow Lapitz Mallin Marihn Möllenhagen Mollenstorf Penzlin1, 2 Puchow	3. Röbel-Müritz Altenhof Bollewick Buchholz Bütow Fincken Gotthun Grabow-Below Groß Kelle Jaebetz Kambs 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

Other websites

• Official website Archived 2003-11-24 at the Wayback Machine (in German)