Ludwigslust-Parchim

Ludwigslust-Parchim
District
Flag Coat of arms

Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Capital	Parchim
Government
• District admin.	Stefan Sternberg (SPD)
Area
• Total	4,750 km² (1,830 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2021)^[1]
• Total	211,899
• Density	45/km² (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	LUP, HGN, LBZ, LWL, PCH, STB
Website	www.kreis-lup.de

Ludwigslust-Parchim is a district in the west of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The district seat is Parchim,^[2] a branch office of the administration is located in Ludwigslust.

After Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, it is the second-biggest district in Germany by area. It also has the lowest population density of the districts in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the sixth-lowest in Germany overall.

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Geographic features

The district is bordered by (clockwise starting from the west) the state Schleswig-Holstein, the district Nordwestmecklenburg, the district-free city Schwerin, the districts Rostock and Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and the states Brandenburg and Lower Saxony.

There are a number of lakes within the boundaries of Ludwigslust-Parchim district, including:

History

Ludwigslust-Parchim District was established by merging the former districts of Ludwigslust and Parchim as part of the local government reform of September 2011.^[2] The name of the district was decided by referendum on September 4, 2011.^[3] The project name for the district was Südwestmecklenburg.

Towns and municipalities

The district is made-up of 15 Ämter, as well as five Amt-free towns. In total, it comprises 142 municipalities, of which 16 are towns.

Amt-free towns
Boizenburg Hagenow Lübtheen Ludwigslust Parchim

Ämter
1. Boizenburg-Land [seat: Boizenburg] Bengerstorf Besitz Brahlstorf Dersenow Gresse Greven Neu Gülze Nostorf Schwanheide Teldau Tessin bei Boizenburg 2. Crivitz Banzkow Barnin Bülow Cambs Crivitz^{1, 2} Demen Dobin am See Friedrichsruhe Gneven Langen Brütz Leezen Pinnow Plate Raben Steinfeld Sukow Tramm Zapel 3. Dömitz-Malliß Dömitz^{1, 2} Grebs-Niendorf Karenz Malk Göhren Malliß Neu Kaliß Vielank 4. Eldenburg Lübz Gallin-Kuppentin Gehlsbach Granzin Kreien Kritzow Lübz^{1, 2} Passow Ruhner Berge Siggelkow Werder	5. Goldberg-Mildenitz Dobbertin Goldberg^{1, 2} Mestlin Neu Poserin Techentin 6. Grabow Balow Brunow Dambeck Eldena Gorlosen Grabow^{1, 2} Karstädt Kremmin Milow Möllenbeck Muchow Prislich Zierzow 7. Hagenow-Land [seat: Hagenow] Alt Zachun Bandenitz Belsch Bobzin Bresegard bei Picher Gammelin Groß Krams Hoort Hülseburg Kirch Jesar Kuhstorf Moraas Pätow-Steegen Picher Pritzier Redefin Strohkirchen Toddin Warlitz	8. Ludwigslust-Land [seat: Ludwigslust] Alt Krenzlin Bresegard bei Eldena Göhlen Groß Laasch Lübesse Lüblow Rastow Sülstorf Uelitz Warlow Wöbbelin 9. Neustadt-Glewe Blievenstorf Brenz Neustadt-Glewe^{1, 2} 10. Parchimer Umland [seat: Parchim] Domsühl Groß Godems Karrenzin Lewitzrand Obere Warnow Rom Spornitz Stolpe Ziegendorf Zölkow 11. Plau am See Barkhagen Ganzlin Plau am See^{1, 2}	12. Sternberger Seenlandschaft Blankenberg Borkow Brüel² Dabel Hohen Pritz Kloster Tempzin Kobrow Kuhlen-Wendorf Mustin Sternberg^{1, 2} Weitendorf Witzin 13. Stralendorf Dümmer Holthusen Klein Rogahn Pampow Schossin Stralendorf¹ Warsow Wittenförden Zülow 14. Wittenburg Wittenburg^{1, 2} Wittendörp 15. Zarrentin Gallin Kogel Lüttow-Valluhn Vellahn Zarrentin am Schaalsee^{1, 2}
¹ - seat of the Amt; ² - town

Ämter

1. Boizenburg-Land
[seat: Boizenburg]

2. Crivitz

3. Dömitz-Malliß

4. Eldenburg Lübz

5. Goldberg-Mildenitz

6. Grabow

7. Hagenow-Land
[seat: Hagenow]

8. Ludwigslust-Land
[seat: Ludwigslust]

9. Neustadt-Glewe

10. Parchimer Umland
[seat: Parchim]

11. Plau am See

12. Sternberger Seenlandschaft

13. Stralendorf

14. Wittenburg

Wittenburg^{1, 2}
Wittendörp

15. Zarrentin

¹ - seat of the Amt; ² - town

References

^ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern government reform". Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
^ "Referendum results Mittleres Mecklenburg". Retrieved 5 September 2011.

v t e Urban and rural districts in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany
Urban districts	Rostock Schwerin
Rural districts	Ludwigslust-Parchim Mecklenburgische Seenplatte Nordwestmecklenburg Rostock Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Rügen
Pre-2011 districts	Bad Doberan Demmin Güstrow Ludwigslust Mecklenburg-Strelitz Müritz Nordvorpommern Ostvorpommern Parchim Rügen Uecker-Randow
Districts of German states (Full list) Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Brandenburg Bremen Hesse Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia

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53°25′N 11°40′E / 53.417°N 11.667°E / 53.417; 11.667

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