Prignitz District
Sign in to savePrignitz () is a Kreis (district) in northwestern Brandenburg, in northeastern Germany. Neighboring districts, clockwise from the north, are Ludwigslust-Parchim (in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), Ostprignitz-Ruppin (Brandenburg), Stendal (Saxony-Anhalt), and Lüchow-Dannenberg (Lower Saxony).
Key facts
- District DE.image_flag
- Hissflagge des Landkreises Prignitz.svg
- District DE.image_coa
- Wappen des Landkreises Prignitz.svg
- District DE.state
- Brandenburg
- District DE.capital
- Perleberg
- District DE.area
- 2123
- District DE.Kreisschlüssel
- 12070
- District DE.district_admin
- Christian Müller
- District DE.admin_party
- SPD
- District DE.carsign
- PR
- District DE.founded
- 1993
- District DE.url
- landkreis-prignitz.de
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Prignitz () is a Kreis (district) in northwestern Brandenburg, in northeastern Germany. Neighboring districts, clockwise from the north, are Ludwigslust-Parchim (in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), Ostprignitz-Ruppin (Brandenburg), Stendal (Saxony-Anhalt), and Lüchow-Dannenberg (Lower Saxony).
==Geography== The term Prignitz originally meant the region north of the confluence of the Elbe and Havel rivers. This region is larger than the district. It also includes the town of Havelberg in Saxony-Anhalt and large portions of the neighbouring district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin.