Demmin () is a former ''Kreis'' (district) in
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in population; it covers an are ...
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Germany
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. It was bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of
Müritz
The Müritz (; from Slavic languages, Slavic "little sea") is a lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. Its area is , which makes it the second largest lake in Germany (after Lake Constance) and the largest lake located entirely within ...
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Güstrow
Güstrow (; ) is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in north-eastern Germany. It is capital of the Rostock (district), Rostock district; Rostock itself is a district-free city and regiopolis.
It has a population of 28,999 (2020) and is the sevent ...
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Nordvorpommern,
Ostvorpommern and
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy in Northern Germany consisting of the eastern fifth of the historic Mecklenburg region, roughly corresponding with the present-day Mecklenburg-Strelitz district (the former Lordship of Stargard) ...
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History
Demmin District was established in 1994 by merging the former districts of Demmin, Altentreptow and Malchin. On 4 September 2011, the bulk of the district was merged to
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, while the northeastern
''Ämter'' Peenetal/Loitz and
Jarmen-Tutow became part of
Vorpommern-Greifswald
Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland (West Pomeranian Voiv ...
.
Coat of arms
Towns and municipalities
The subdivisions of the district were (situation August 2011):
References
External links
Official website(German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Demmin (District)
Former districts of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Districts of Prussia
2011 disestablishments in Germany
States and territories disestablished in 2011