Website landkreis-rostock.de | Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 216,189 (31 Dec 2010) | |
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Vehicle registration LRO, BÜZ, DBR, GÜ, ROS, TET Points of interest Karls Erlebnis‑Dorf, Rostock Zoo, Warnemünde Lighthouse, Wildpark‑MV, Doberan Minster Colleges and Universities University of Rostock, Rostock University of Music, Fachhochschule für öffentlich | ||
Rostock (German: Landkreis Rostock) is a district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the district Nordwestmecklenburg, the Baltic Sea, the district-free city Rostock and the districts Vorpommern-Rügen, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Ludwigslust-Parchim. The district seat is the town Güstrow.
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Map of Rostock, Germany
History
The district was established by merging the former districts of Bad Doberan and Güstrow as part of the local government reform of September 2011. The name of the district was decided by referendum on 4 September 2011. The project name for the district was Mittleres Mecklenburg.
References
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