Schwerin
capital city of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Schwerin is the capital city of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. It has a population of 97,000. It is the second biggest city (behind Rostock) in the state. It is the smallest capital of a German state.
Schwerin | |
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 Schweriner Schloss (parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Schwerin  | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| District | Urban district |
| Subdivisions | 18 boroughs |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor | Angelika Gramkow (Die Linke) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 130.46 km2 (50.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 38 m (125 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 98,596 |
| • Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 19053, 19055, 19057, 19059, 19061, 19063 |
| Dialling codes | 0385 |
| Vehicle registration | SN |
| Website | schwerin.de |
County of Schwerin Grafschaft Schwerin | |||||||||
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| 1161–1358 | |||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Schwerin | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 1161 | ||||||||
| 1279 | |||||||||
• Partitioned to create Sch-Boizenburg | 1323 | ||||||||
• Inherited Tecklenburg | 1328 | ||||||||
• Sch-Schwerin comital line extinct | 1344 | ||||||||
• Sch-W'burg-B'burg extinct | 1349 1358 | ||||||||
• Comital line extinct; sold to Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1358 | ||||||||
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References
- ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
- ↑ Population data
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