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Barth
Sign in to savesmall city in Western Pomerania-Rügen District, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- District
- Vorpommern-Rügen
- Municipal assoc
- Barth
- Mayor
- Stefan Kerth ( SPD )
- Total
- 41.18 km (15.90 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 2 m (6.6 ft)
- Density
- 183.8/km (476.0/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Dialling codes
- 038231
- Vehicle registration
- NVP
- Website
- www.stadt-barth.de
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Barth ( German pronunciation: [baːɐ̯t] is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in north-eastern Germany. It is situated at a lagoon (Bodden) of the Baltic Sea facing the Fischland-Darss-Zingst peninsula. Barth belongs to the district of Vorpommern-Rügen. It is close to the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park. In 2011, it held a population of 8,706.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.