other uses Image Karte Mecklenburg.png thumb 300px right Mecklenburg, divided between Mecklenburg Schwerin and Mecklenburg Strelitz , from 1866 to 1934. Mecklenburg Low German M kelnborg is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal state Mecklenburg ... Mecklenburg derives from a castle named Mikilenburg Old Saxon big castle , thus the Grecised name ... . It was the ancestral seat of the House of Mecklenburg and for a time divided into Mecklenburg Schwerin and Mecklenburg Strelitz among the same dynasty. Linguistically Mecklenburgers retain and use many features of Low German vocabulary or phonology. Geography Mecklenburg is known for its mostly ... . Under the peat of Mecklenburg are sometimes found deposits of ancient lava flows. Traditionally, at least .... Mecklenburg has productive farming, but the land is most suitable for grazing purposes. Nonetheless Mecklenburg is a relatively poor region of Germany with a rate of unemployment from 13&ndash 20 traditionally Mecklenburg has been one of the poorer German areas. The area has seen an increase in tourism, particularly with regard to the beaches at the Baltic Sea, Isle of R gen , the Mecklenburg Lakeland Mecklenburgische Seenplatte , the Mecklenburg Switzerland Mecklenburgische Schweiz with its ... churches. History Early history Mecklenburg is the site of many prehistoric dolmen tombs. Its earliest ... populated by pre Christian Germanic peoples . The traditional symbol of Mecklenburg, the grinning Cattle ... of Mecklenburg was taken over by Western Slavic peoples, most notably the Obotrites and other tribes ..., elements of certain names and words used in Mecklenburg speak to the lingering Slavic influence ... the Duchy of Mecklenburg. History, 1621&ndash 1933 Like many German territories, Mecklenburg was sometimes ... into the two duchies of Mecklenburg Schwerin and Mecklenburg G strow . With the extinction of the G strow line in 1701 , the G strow lands were redivided, part going to the Duke of Mecklenburg ... more details
Mecklenburg County is the name of two counties in the United States Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Mecklenburg County, Virginia geodis de Mecklenburg County es Condado de Mecklenburg fr Comt de Mecklenburg it Contea di Mecklenburg nl Mecklenburg County nds Mecklenburg County pl Hrabstwo Mecklenburg pt Condado de Mecklenburg sv Mecklenburg County zh ... more details
The name Mecklenburg English formerly spelled Mecklenburgh derives from a castle in northern Germany named Mikilenburg Old German big castle , located between the cities of Schwerin and Wismar . Mecklenburg may refer to Geography Germany Mecklenburg , the region in northern Germany once state of the Holy Roman Empire Mecklenburg Vorpommern , a German state Mecklenburg Schwerin , a former Grand Duchy Mecklenburg Strelitz , a former Grand Duchy Mecklenburg G strow , a former duchy Free State of Mecklenburg Schwerin Free State of Mecklenburg Strelitz Mecklenburg Castle Dorf Mecklenburg , a village Mecklenburg Lake District USA Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Mecklenburg County, Virginia People the House of MecklenburgMecklenburg Dano Norwegian family Karl Mecklenburg , American Football player Others Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Mecklenburg thaler , a currency Mecklenburg vereinsthaler , a currency There is also a roleplaying map in The Specialists called Mecklenburg. disambig br Mecklenburg dishe velout de Mecklenburg Begriffskl rung fr Mecklenburg id Mecklenburg he no Mecklenburg andre betydninger pl Mecklenburg sv Mecklenburg olika betydelser ... more details
Infobox German location Wappen Wappen Gemeinde Dorf Mecklenburg.PNG lat deg 53 lat min 51 lon deg 11 lon min 28 Lageplan Dorf Mecklenburg in NWM 2011.svg Bundesland Mecklenburg Vorpommern Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg Amt Dorf Mecklenburg Bad Kleinen H he 40 Fl che 29.97 Einwohner 3035 Stand 2006 12 31 PLZ 23972, 23966 Vorwahl 03841 Kfz NWM Gemeindeschl ssel 13 0 74 019 Adresse Verband Am Wehberg 17 br 23972 Dorf Mecklenburg Website http www.dorf mecklenburg.de www.dorf mecklenburg.de B rgermeister Peter Sawiaczinski Dorf Mecklenburg is a Municipalities of Germany municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg Vorpommern , Germany . Cities and towns in Nordwestmecklenburg district References Reflist Nordwestmecklenburg geo stub de Dorf Mecklenburg eo Dorf Mecklenburg fr Dorf Mecklenburg it Dorf Mecklenburg nl Dorf Mecklenburg pl Dorf Mecklenburg pt Dorf Mecklenburg ro Dorf Mecklenburg ru sr vi Dorf Mecklenburg vo Dorf Mecklenburg war Dorf Mecklenburg ... more details
Infobox Former Country native name Gro Herzogtum Mecklenburg Strelitz conventional long name Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Strelitz common name Mecklenburg Strelitz continent Europe country Germany government ... date start event end date end p1 Mecklenburg Schwerin flag p1 Flagge Gro herzogt mer Mecklenburg.svg s1 Free State of Mecklenburg Strelitz flag s1 Flagge Gro herzogt mer Mecklenburg.svg image flag Flagge Gro herzogt mer Mecklenburg.svg image coat Grossherzogswappen Mecklenburg Schwerin&Strelitz .PNG image map Deutsches Reich Karte Mecklenburg Strelitz.svg image map caption Mecklenburg Strelitz within ..., otherwise President stat year1 1905 stat area1 stat pop1 103000 footnotes Mecklenburg Strelitz ... Mecklenburg region, roughly corresponding with the present day Mecklenburg Strelitz district Mecklenburg ... of Mecklenburg G strow . The G strow branch of the House of Mecklenburg had become extinct with the death of Duke Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg G strow Gustav Adolph in 1695, whereupon his heritage was claimed by his cousin Duke Frederick William of Mecklenburg Schwerin . He had however to cope with the demands of his uncle Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg Adolphus Frederick , husband of Mary of Mecklenburg G strow, the daughter of predeceased Duke Gustav Adolphus. After a long ... a compromise, whereafter Adolphus Frederick received the territory of Mecklenburg Strelitz as a duchy in its own right. Both continued to call themselves Dukes of Mecklenburg , while Duke Adolphus ... Mecklenburg Strelitz yellow in 1866 The Strelitz duchy remained one of the most backward regions of the Empire. Nevertheless, its princesses achieved prominent marriages In 1761 Charlotte of Mecklenburg Strelitz , sister of Duke Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg Adolphus Frederick IV , by marrying ... Great Britain . In 1793 her niece Louise of Mecklenburg Strelitz , daughter of Duke Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Charles II married Frederick William III of Prussia Frederick William III ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Vereinsthaler was the currency of the two Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg Schwerin and Mecklenburg Strelitz between 1857 and 1873. It replaced the Mecklenburg thaler Mecklenburg Thaler at par and was replaced by the German gold mark Mark at a rate of 1 Vereinsthaler 3 Mark. The Vereinsthaler was subdivided into 48 Schilling e, each of 12 pfennig Pfenninge . Thaler DEFAULTSORT Mecklenburg Vereinsthaler Category Currencies of Germany Category 1857 establishments Category 1873 disestablishments Category 19th century in economics Category 19th century in Germany Money unit stub Germany hist stub ms Vereinsthaler Mecklenburg ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Thaler was the currency of the two Duchies, later Grand Duchies, of Mecklenburg Schwerin and Mecklenburg Strelitz until 1857. It was replaced the Mecklenburg vereinsthaler Mecklenburg Vereinsthaler at par. From 1848, it was equal to the Prussian thaler Prussian Thaler . The thaler was subdivided into 48 Schilling e , each of 12 pfennig Pfenninge . Thaler DEFAULTSORT Mecklenburg Thaler Category Currencies of Germany Category 1857 disestablishments Category Coins of the Holy Roman Empire Money unit stub Germany hist stub it Tallero del Meclemburgo ms Thaler Mecklenburg ... more details
Infobox Former Country native name Gro Herzogtum Mecklenburg Schwerin conventional long name Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Schwerin common name Mecklenburg Schwerin continent Europe country Germany government type Monarchy status Vassal empire Holy Roman Empire year start 1352 year end 1918 event pre Mecklenburg br Spaces 4 raised to duchy date pre 1348 event start Separation of br Spaces 4 Mecklenburg ... event2 First partition of br Spaces 4 Mecklenburg G strow date event2 1520 event3 Second partition of br Spaces 4 Mecklenburg G strow date event3 1621 event4 Partition of br Spaces 4 Mecklenburg Strelitz date event4 1701 event5 Raised to Grand Duchy date event5 1815 p1 Mecklenburg s1 Free State of Mecklenburg Schwerin flag s1 Flagge Gro herzogt mer Mecklenburg.svg image flag Flagge Gro herzogt mer ... Mecklenburg Schwerin.svg image map caption Mecklenburg Schwerin within the German Empire capital Schwerin ... commas or spaces , population density is calculated if area is also given footnotes Mecklenburg Schwerin was a duchy after 1815 grand duchy in northern Germany created in 1348, when Albert II of Mecklenburg and his younger brother John were raised to Dukes of Mecklenburg by King Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV . Ruled by the successors of the Nikloting House of Mecklenburg , Mecklenburg ... of the Wendish Crusade . Niklot s son Pribislav of Mecklenburg Pribislav submitted himself to Henry and in 1167 came into his paternal inheritance as the first Prince of Mecklenburg. File Karte Mecklenburg 1300.png thumb left 240px Mecklenburg about 1320 with Schwerin yellow and Werle green File Wappen Mecklenburg Schwerin.png thumb 150px Alternative full coat of arms . File Schwerin 2002 ... II of Mecklenburg 1266 1329 until 1312 acquired the lordships of Burg Stargard Stargard and Rostock and bequested the reunified Mecklenburg lands except the County of Schwerin and Werle to his sons ... as the Duchy of Mecklenburg Stargard for John in 1352. Albert II retained the larger western ... more details
Infobox former country native name Hertzogtum Mecklenburg G strow small German language de small br Hertogdom Mekelenborch G strow small Low German nds small conventional long name Duchy of Mecklenburg G strow common name Mecklenburg G strow continent Europe region Baltic littoral country Germany government ... item to keep the layout balanced event pre Death of Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg Henry IV date pre 1477 event start First partition of br spaces 4 Mecklenburg date start br 1480 83 span style display ... date event2 1556 smallsup d event3 Third partition of br spaces 4 Mecklenburg date event3 br 1621 ... Ratzeburg date end br 1648 span style display none event post Ducal line extinct, br spaces 4 to Mecklenburg Schwerin M Schwerin date post br 1695 p1 Mecklenburg Schwerin flag p1 Flagge Gro herzogt mer Mecklenburg.svg s1 Mecklenburg Schwerin flag s1 Flagge Gro herzogt mer Mecklenburg.svg flag type Flag of Mecklenburg image flag Flagge Gro herzogt mer Mecklenburg.svg image coat Wappen Mecklenburg ..., Duke of Mecklenburg Albert VII leader2 Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg Ulrich III leader3 Albrecht von Wallenstein leader4 Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg G strow Gustav Adolph year leader1 1520 1547 ... was from 1556 to 1603. br b Between 1628 and 1631, the duchies of Mecklenburg G strow and Mecklenburg ... II, Holy Roman Emperor . br c Second de facto partition. br d Second de jure partition. Mecklenburg ... occasions ruled by the House of Mecklenburg at G strow . History A first short lived predecessor existed after the death of Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg , in 1477 and the partition of the land among his sons in 1480, when Albert VI, Duke of Mecklenburg Albert VI received the estates of the former ... again inherited by his younger brother Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin . When Magnus died in 1503, his sons Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg Henry V and Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg Albert VII at first ruled jointly over the entire Mecklenburg duchy until its ... more details
Royal house surname House of Mecklenburg estate Mecklenburg Schwerin and Mecklenburg Strelitz coat of arms Image Grosses wappen MSTRELITZ.jpg 150px country Mecklenburg , titles Prince, Duke, Grand Duke, Elected Duke of United Baltic Duchy founder Niklot final ruler Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Frederick Francis IV small Schwerin small br Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Adolphus Frederick VI small Strelitz small current head Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg Duke Borwin small Strelitz small ref name letter Cite web title A letter by Duke Georg Borwin of Mecklenburg ... Germanized Slav The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavs West Slavic origin ... in consequence. The mightiest of them were those who became first Lords of Mecklenburg name derives ... to Swedish throne The Dukes of Mecklenburg pursued from 14th century a claim to inheritance in Sweden. The Duke of Mecklenburg was a descendant and the heir of two women whom legends tied to Scandinavian royal houses. Lord Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg Henry II of Mecklenburg s paternal great grandmother, a Scandinavian noblewoman named Christina, who was the wife of Henry Borwin II of Mecklenburg ... of John I of Mecklenburg, whose son was Henry I of Mecklenburg. Lord Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg Henry II of Mecklenburg s maternal grandmother, a lady named Marianna, who was the first wife of Duke ... of Henry I, Lord of Mecklenburg Henry I of Mecklenburg d 1302 and mother of Henry II. The Sverker ... s son Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg 1318 79 married a kinswoman, a Scandinavian heiress Euphemia of Sweden ... union were all cognatic descendants of the House of Mecklenburg. The agnatic House of Mecklenburg, descended from Euphemia s youngest son Magnus I, Duke of Mecklenburg , continued to keep their claim ... was regent, the Dukes of Mecklenburg advanced their claims. The right is based on their descent from ... , whose mother Maria of Mecklenburg had been Eufemia s eldest granddaughter. Maria s uncle, Margaret ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 File Am Salzhaff 2.JPG thumb View of the Bay of Mecklenburg from Am Salzhaff in the direction of Fehmarn . Mecklenburg Bay and Mecklenburg Bight redirect here The Bay of Mecklenburg Lang de Mecklenburger Bucht or Mecklenburgische Bucht Lang da Mecklenburg Bugt , also known as the Mecklenburg Bay or Mecklenburg Bight , is a long narrow basin making up the southwestern finger like arm of the Baltic Sea , between the shores of Germany to the south and the Denmark Danish islands of Lolland , Falster , and M n to the north, the shores of Jutland to the west, and joining the largest part of the Baltic to the east. The Bay of Mecklenburg, which includes the Bay of Wismar and the Bay of L beck , connects to the Bay of Kiel in the northwest. Notable ports in the bay are L beck , Rostock and Wismar . See also Lighthouses and lightvessels in Germany Lighthouses and lightvessels in Denmark coord 54 20 N 11 40 E source GNS scale 1250000 display title DEFAULTSORT Bay Of Mecklenburg Category Bays of the Baltic Sea Mecklenburg Category Bays of Mecklenburg Vorpommern Mecklenburg Category Geography of Denmark Category Geography of Schleswig Holstein Category Geography of Mecklenburg Vorpommern SchleswigHolstein geo stub Mecklenburg geo stub Denmark geo stub cs Meklenbursk z liv de Mecklenburger Bucht es Golfo de Mecklemburgo et Mecklenburgi laht fr Baie du Mecklembourg lt Meklenburgo lanka ja no Mecklenburgbukten nn Mecklenburgbukta pl Zatoka Meklemburska pt Ba a de Mecklemburgo ru fi Mecklenburginlahti uk ... more details
Image Stepenitz Meckl.png thumb left Course of the Stepenitz Infobox River river name Stepenitz image name Stepenitz Mecklenburg .jpg image size 220px caption The Stepenitz between M hlen Eichsen and R ting origin Mecklenburg mouth Trave br coord 53 55 29 N 10 53 27 E display inline,title basin countries GER length elevation discharge watershed The Stepenitz is a tributary of the Trave in Mecklenburg Vorpommern , Germany . The Stepenitz flows from the elongated and narrow Neum hler See , which is in the northwest portion of the city of Schwerin . External links Commonscat Stepenitz Trave http www.mecklenburg vorpommern.eu cms2 Landesportal prod Landesportal content en Holidays and Recreation Experience Nature Nature reserves Mecklenburg Northwest Stepenitz and Maurine Lowlands index.jsp Stepenitz and Maurine Lowlands Mecklenburg geo stub Category Rivers of Mecklenburg Vorpommern de Stepenitz Trave fr Stepenitz Mecklembourg ... more details
The region of Middle Mecklenburg lang de Mittleres Mecklenburg represents that area of the German state of Mecklenburg Vorpommern with the most developed infrastructure in a state that is otherwise rather underdeveloped struturally. Middle or Central Mecklenburg includes the largest urban centre in the state, the Hanseatic city of Rostock with its 200,000 inhabitants together with the surrounding district of Landkreis Rostock the same name . The most important river in the region is the Warnow river Warnow . Its transport links radiate from Rostock in a star configuration and the metropolitan region of the port city is served by a public transport network that includes the Rostock S Bahn . Other important centres are the county towns of Bad Doberan and G strow . The main tourist attraction is the Baltic Sea coast along the Bay of Mecklenburg with the Salzhaff , the sea cliff s and the seaside resorts of Rerik , K hlungsborn , Heiligendamm , Warnem nde and Graal M ritz . In the south Middle Mecklenburg transitions into the naturally very unspoilt region of the Mecklenburg Lake District . In the east the River Recknitz forms its boundary with West Pomerania , in the west it merges gradually into West Mecklenburg . District reorganisation Based on the decision by the state parliament the Landtag on 5 April 2006, a new major district called Mittleres Mecklenburg Rostock Middle Mecklenburg Rostock was to be created on 1 October 2009 with Rostock as the county seat. This district was to incorporate the former districts of Landkreis Bad Doberan Bad Doberan and Landkreis G strow G strow , as well as the hitherto independent city of Rostock . However, a judgement by the state constitutional ... the 2011 district reform in Mecklenburg Vorpommern saw the districts of Bad Doberan and G strow combined ... . References references Category Regions of Germany Category Geography of Mecklenburg Vorpommern de Mittleres Mecklenburg ... more details
infobox nobility name Anna of Mecklenburg image Gothard Kettler and Anna.jpg caption Anna of Mecklenburg with spouse noble family House of Mecklenburg father Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg mother Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg Anna of Brandenburg spouse Gotthard Kettler birth date birth date 1533 10 14 df yes birth place Wismar death date death date and age 1602 7 4 1533 10 14 df yes death place Schwerin Anna of Mecklenburg 14 October 1533 ndash 4 July 1602 , was a Duchess of Courland Duchess consort of Courland . She married the Duke of Courland, Gotthard Kettler , on 11 March 1566 in K nigsberg . She was the daughter of Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg and Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg Anna of Brandenburg . Anna is the first woman in Livonia , whose life story is entirely historically confirmed. Issue Friedrich Kettler 1569 1642 Wilhelm Kettler 1574 1640 Sources Equivalent Russian s start s hou House of Mecklenburg 14 October 1533 4 July 1602 succession box title Duchess of Courland Duchess consort of Courland before New title after Elisabeth Magdalena of Pomerania years 1566 1587 s end Germany noble stub Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Anna of Mecklenburg ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anna von Mecklenburg G strow German SHORT DESCRIPTION Duchess consort of Courland 1566 1587 DATE OF BIRTH 14 October 1533 PLACE OF BIRTH Wismar DATE OF DEATH 4 july 1602 PLACE OF DEATH Schwerin Category 1533 births Category 1602 deaths Category 16th century Latvian people Category Duchesses of Courland ru sv Anna av Mecklenburg 1533 1602 ... more details
About the landscape region the administrative division or Amt Mecklenburgische Schweiz Mecklenburg Switzerland lang de Mecklenburgische Schweiz is a landscape in the middle of the German state of Mecklenburg Vorpommern , north of the Mecklenburg Lake District and immediately northwest of Lake Malchin and Lake Kummerow . The region lies northwest of the line from Lake Malchin via the Dahmen Canal and Lake Kummerow to the Peene canal near Neukalen and from there southeast of the line from Lelkendorf via Lake Teterow , Teterow and Gro Wokern to the Malchin Basin. However, there is no precise definition of its boundaries. The majority of the landscape lies within the Mecklenburg Switzerland and Lake Kummerow Nature Park . Its attraction include its unspoilt nature, the hills, its villages that have preserved their original character and its castle s. Some 19 of Mecklenburg Switzerland is woodland and 10 is water. The towns and villages of this landscape are width 200 valign top Alt S hrkow Dahmen Gro Roge Gro Wokern width 200 valign top Hohen Demzin Langhagen Lelkendorf Malchin width 200 valign top Neukalen Schorssow Teterow Th rkow gallery File Ostberg von Basedow.JPG Ostberg on Lake Malchin seen from Basedow Mecklenburg Basedow File Mecklenburger Schweiz am Malchiner See.JPG Mecklenburg Switzerland by Lake Malchin File Mecklenburger Schweiz bei Remplin.JPG Mecklenburg Switzerland near Remplin File Malchiner See von Wendischhagen.JPG Lake Malchin from Wendischhagen gallery See also Little Switzerland landscape Regions whose name incorporates Switzerland Literature Jens Klocksin ... 60.000 Ampel Verlag, Berlin External links commonscat http www.mecklenburgische schweiz.com Mecklenburg Switzerland http www.naturpark mecklenburgische schweiz.de Mecklenburg Switzerland Nature Park http www.alleen.mecklenburgische schweiz.de Avenues of Mecklenburg Switzerland Category Rostock district Category Geography of Mecklenburg Vorpommern Category Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district de Mecklenburgische ... more details
Infobox Planet minorplanet yes width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Mecklenburg symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer F. Borngen discovery site Tautenburg discovered September 29, 1987 designations yes mp name 6124 alt names 1987 SL10 mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 4.9305628 perihelion 3.0140920 semimajor eccentricity 0.2412277 period 2891.7848329 avg speed inclination 9.38306 asc node 160.03397 mean anomaly 196.14404 arg peri 245.19243 satellites physical characteristics yes dimensions mass density surface grav escape velocity sidereal day axial tilt pole ecliptic lat pole ecliptic lon albedo temperatures temp name1 mean temp 1 max temp 1 temp name2 max temp 2 spectral type abs magnitude 12.2 6124 Mecklenburg 1987 SL10 is an Outer asteroid belt outer main belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1987 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg . External links http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 6124 Mecklenburg JPL Small Body Database Browser on 6124 Mecklenburg DEFAULTSORT Mecklenburg Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1987 Category Main Belt asteroids beltasteroid stub fa it 6124 Mecklenburg hu 6124 Mecklenburg pl 6124 Mecklenburg pt 6124 Mecklenburg uk 6124 vi 6124 Mecklenburg yo 6124 Mecklenburg ... more details
Dr. Virginia M. Mecklenburg is the Senior Curator of painting and sculpture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum . She has been a curator at the Smithsonian since 1979 and has organized more than twenty exhibits. Additionally she has published works regarding the art and lives of artists such as Edward Hopper , Frederick Carl Frieseke , George Bellows and others. Some published works Edward Hopper s Houses, Magazine Antiques , 11 1 99 by Virginia M. Mecklenburg New York City and the Ashcan school American art movement, Magazine Antiques , 11 1 95 by Virginia M. Mecklenburg External links http americanart.si.edu press bios mecklenburg bio.pdf Smithsonian bio http americanart.si.edu Smithsonian American Art Museum Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mecklenburg, Virginia ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mecklenburg, Virginia Category Art curators Category Smithsonian Institution people Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people historian stub ... more details
Infobox German state infoboxwidth 22em Name Mecklenburg Vorpommern state coa Coat of arms of Mecklenburg ... , seat of the state parliament map Deutschland Lage von Mecklenburg Vorpommern.svg flag Flag of Mecklenburg Western Pomerania.svg flag2 Flag of Mecklenburg Western Pomerania state .svg capital Schwerin ... 31 GDP year 2005 GDP percent 1.4 Website http www.mecklenburg vorpommern.eu Mecklenburg Vorpommern.eu ... longm 42 longs 1 date September 2010 Mecklenburg Vorpommern IPA de me kl nb k f p m n also known as Mecklenburg Western Pomerania in English is a States of Germany federal state in northern Germany ... of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania Vorpommern after World War II , dissolved in 1952 and recreated prior to the German reunification in 1990. Mecklenburg Vorpommern is the sixth largest German state ... such as R gen and Usedom , as well as the Mecklenburg Lake District are characterised by many holiday resorts and pristine nature, making Mecklenburg Vorpommern one of Germany s leading tourist destinations. Three of Germany s fourteen national parks are in Mecklenburg Vorpommern, in addition to several ... , Stralsund , Greifswald and Wismar . Mecklenburg Vorpommern was the site of the 33rd ..., Mecklenburg is pronounced IPA de m kl nb k due to ignorance towards the proper pronunciation. This is because the digraph ck marks a preceding short vowel in High German . Mecklenburg however ... or colloquially shortened to MeckPomm . In English, it is sometimes translated as Mecklenburg Western Pomerania or literally Mecklenburg Cispomerania . History File LG Dolmen1.JPG thumb One of more than 1,000 Megaliths in Mecklenburg Vorpommern megalith sites in Mecklenburg Vorpommern the Lancken Granitz ..., the state was constituted from the historic states of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania Vorpommern , both of which had long and rich independent histories. Prehistory See also Megaliths in Mecklenburg Vorpommern Human settlement in the area of modern Mecklenburg and Vorpommern began after the Ice ... more details
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Infobox lake lake name Langsee image lake caption lake image bathymetry caption bathymetry location Rostock district Rostock , Mecklenburg Vorpommern coords coord 53 37 55.63 N 12 14 3.5 E region DE MV type waterbody source dewiki display inline,title type inflow outflow catchment basin countries Germany length width area 0.82 km depth max depth volume residence time shore elevation 50.1 m frozen islands cities reference Langsee is a lake in the Rostock district Rostock district in Mecklenburg Vorpommern , Germany . At an elevation of 50.1 m, its surface area is 0.82 km . References de Category Lakes of Mecklenburg Vorpommern LandkreisRostock geo stub de Langsee Mecklenburg ... more details
West Mecklenburg lang de Westmecklenburg is the western part of the German federal state of Mecklenburg Vorpommern , covering an area of ca. 7,000 km . It incorporates parts of the historic territories of Mecklenburg Schwerin and Mecklenburg Strelitz parts of the former Principality of Ratzeburg around the town of Sch nberg Mecklenburg and of Duchy of Saxe Lauenburg Saxe Lauenburg the Prussian municipalities allocated to the former Soviet Zone of Occupation by the Barber Lyashchenko Agreement . The region of West Mecklenburg consists of the districts of Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg Nordwestmecklenburg and Landkreis Ludwigslust Parchim Ludwigslust Parchim as well as the independent city of Schwerin and is legally defined as a planning region, i. e. a sub region for regional spatial planning that is carried out by a regional planning association. ref http www.landesrecht mv.de jportal portal page bsmvprod.psml?nid i&showdoccase 1&doc.id jlr LPlGMVV6P12&st lr 12 Abs. 1 No. 1 of the State Planning Act ref The region had a population of 483,939 on 30 June 2008. ref http service.mvnet.de statmv daten stam berichte e bibointerth01 bevoelkerung haushalte familien flaeche a i a123 2008 daten a123 2008 21.pdf Statistischer Bericht A123 2008 21 des Statistischen Amts, p. 4 ref The centre for the region is the state capital of Schwerin other important towns are Parchim , Ludwigslust , Wismar , Gadebusch , Kl tz , Grevesm hlen and Hagenow . West Mecklenburg is an undulating morainic terrain in the Baltic Uplands interspersed with inland lakes and formed by the Weichsel glaciation . On the Baltic Sea rim is a cliffed coast with the Bay of L beck and Bay of Wismar with thie island of Poel and the seaside resort of Boltenhagen . In the northeest West Mecklenburg gives way to the region of Middle Mecklenburg in the southeast it merges gradually into the Mecklenburg Lake District ... Geography of Mecklenburg Vorpommern de Westmecklenburg ... more details
Image Burg Mecklenburg Findling.jpg thumb Memorial for Mecklenburg Castle in Dorf Mecklenburg, Germany Mecklenburg Castle was a medieval castle and a residential capital of the Nakonid and Nikloting dynasties of the Obotrites . It was located just south of the modern village Dorf Mecklenburg , seven ref name H189 Herrmann, p. 189 ref kilometres south of the Bay of Wismar in Mecklenburg Vorpommern , Germany ... have associated Mecklenburg with the medieval trading emporium Reric . ref Herrmann, p. 113 ref Etymology The travelling merchant Ibrahim Ibn Jacub described Mecklenburg as Nakon s Castle in 965. By 995 ... castle in Low German . In Latin , it was known as Magnopolis . The later duchy and region of Mecklenburg ... and 1898 for Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg . History Excavations indicate that the first castle of Mecklenburg ... been found in the vicinity of the ruins. ref name H189 The castle of Mecklenburg became a seat of Obotrite ... Obotrite prince Gottschalk ruled 1043 1066 and the seat of the Ireland Irish bishop John of Mecklenburg bishop John of Mecklenburg the castle contained churches and three monasteries by 1066. During ... fled from Mecklenburg Castle. The head of Bishop John was displayed at the pagan center of Rethra ... of Mecklenburg Castle, which was in the heart of the Obotrite territory. The castle also began to lose ... named Emmehard at Mecklenburg in 1149, as the bishopric had been vacant since 1066. ref Herrmann ... against the Obotrite prince, Niklot , who burned his castles at Ilow , Mecklenburg, Schwerin ... Mecklenburg Castle passed to Count Heinrich von Schaten . ref Herrmann, p. 330 ref The Bishopric of Mecklenburg was replaced by the Bishopric of Schwerin in the same year. Niklot s son Pribislav of Mecklenburg Pribislav led a Slavic rebellion in 1163 against Henry the Lion and the German lords occupying Obotrite castles. Although Pribislav sacked Mecklenburg in 1164, the rebellion was eventually ... the Prince of Mecklenburg, Kessin , and Rostock . Market traffic was documented at Mecklenburg ... more details
Infobox German Railway Vehicle Farbe1 FCC300 Farbe2 004A99 Baureihe Mecklenburg T 3 br DRG Class 89.80 Anzahl 68 Nummerierung DRG 89 8001 8022 br DRG 89 8051 8068 Baujahre 1884 1906 Wheel arrangement 0 6 0 Bauart C n2 L nge berPuffer 8,300 mm Treibraddurchmesser 950 mm H chstgeschwindigkeit 45 km h Kesseldruck 12 kp cm Kolbenhub 550 mm Zylinderdurchmesser 350 mm Rostfl che 1.35 m Verdampfungsheizfl che 60.86 m Reibungsmasse 29.94 Mp Dienstmasse 29.94 Mp The Mecklenburg T 3 was a German, goods train , tank locomotive built for the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich Franz Railway Gro herzoglich Mecklenburgische Friedrich Franz Eisenbahn from 1884. Originally designated as the Class XVII it had an 0 6 0 Whyte notation wheel arrangement and was based on the Prussian T 3 . These engines wree later taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft Deutsche Reichsbahn as DRG Class 89.80 and incorporated into their DRG renumbering plan for steam locomotives renumbering plan . A total of 68 examples of this locomotive were produced by various manufacturers between 1884 and 1906. Of these, 51 the so called T3a corresponded to the older version of the Prussian T 3 with a regulator on top. The other 17 the T3b conformed to the more powerful version with a steam dome . Two of the latter locomotives were given a Walschaerts valve gear instead of the usual Allan valve gear . They were employed primarily on branch line and shunting duties. The last locomotive was retired by the Deutsche Reichsbahn .... Band 1 Preu en, Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Sachsen und Elsa Lothringen, Lothar Spielhoff, Franckh sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, 1990, ISBN 3 440 06145 0 See also Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich Franz Railway List of Mecklenburg locomotives L nderbahnen External links There is a relevant English language forum at http germanrail.8.forumer.com index.php Railways of Germany br Mecklenburg locomotives Category 0 6 0T locomotives Category Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich Franz Railway ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox lake lake name Bergsee image lake caption lake image bathymetry caption bathymetry location Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte , Mecklenburg Vorpommern coords coord 53 34 20 N 12 29 41 E region DE MV type waterbody source dewiki display inline,title type inflow outflow catchment basin countries Germany length width area 0.55 km depth 6.4 m max depth 15 m volume residence time shore elevation 62.8 m frozen islands cities reference Bergsee is a lake in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district in Mecklenburg Vorpommern , Germany . At an elevation of 62.8 m, its surface area is 0.55 km . References de External links Lakes Germany 2004 Bergsee Mecklenburg Vorpommern page 17 Category Lakes of Mecklenburg Vorpommern MecklenburgischeSeenplatte geo stub de Bergsee Mecklenburg ... more details
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