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Sign in to saveMecklenburgˈ from Mękel(n)borg ) is a historical region in what is now northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Wismar and Güstrow.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mecklenburg
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nds; de
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Historical region of Germany
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flagge des Landesteils Mecklenburg.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Mecklenburg Arms.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Karte-Mecklenburg.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Mecklenburg, divided between Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz, from 1866 to 1934.
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.seat_type
- Largest city
- Settlement.seat
- Rostock
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_demonym
- Mecklenburgian • Mecklenburger
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Geography
- List of urban centers in Mecklenburg
- History
- Early history
- History, 1621–1933{{anchor|partitioned}}
- History since 1934
- Coat of arms of the duchies of Mecklenburg
- Economy
- Agriculture
- Tourism
- Notable Mecklenburgers
- Royalty
- Artists
- See also
- References
- Literature
- External links
Mecklenburgˈ from Mękel(n)borg ) is a historical region in what is now northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Wismar and Güstrow.
The name Mecklenburg derives from a castle named Mikilenburg (Old Saxon for "big castle", hence its translation into Neo-Latin and Greek as ), located between the cities of Schwerin and Wismar. In Slavic languages it was known as Veligrad, which also means "big castle". It was the ancestral seat of the House of Mecklenburg; for a time the area was divided into Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz among the same dynasty.