Rostock (district)

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.^[2]

Rostock
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Capital	Güstrow
Government
• District admin.	Sebastian Constien (SPD)
Area
• Total	3,421 km2 (1,321 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2023)[1]
• Total	218,780
• Density	64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	LRO, BÜZ, DBR, GÜ, ROS, TET
Website	www.landkreis-rostock.de

History

Rostock District was established by merging the former districts of Bad Doberan and Güstrow as part of the local government reform of September 2011.^[2] The name of the district was decided by referendum on 4 September 2011.^[3] The project name for the district was Mittleres Mecklenburg.

Geographic features

There are a number of lakes within the boundaries of Rostock district, including:

• Inselsee
• Hohen Sprenzer See
• Krakower See

See also: List of lakes in Rostock

Towns and municipalities

Gliederung des Landkreises Rostock

Amt-free towns	Amt-free municipalities
Bad Doberan Güstrow Kröpelin Kühlungsborn Neubukow Teterow	Dummerstorf Graal-Müritz Sanitz Satow

Ämter
1. Bad Doberan-Land [seat: Bad Doberan] Admannshagen-Bargeshagen Bartenshagen-Parkentin Börgerende-Rethwisch Hohenfelde Nienhagen Reddelich Retschow Steffenshagen Wittenbeck 2. Bützow Land Baumgarten Bernitt Bützow1, 2 Dreetz Jürgenshagen Klein Belitz Penzin Rühn Steinhagen Tarnow Warnow Zepelin 3. Carbäk Broderstorf1 Poppendorf Roggentin Thulendorf	4. Gnoien Altkalen Behren-Lübchin Finkenthal Gnoien1, 2 Walkendorf 5. Güstrow-Land (seat: Güstrow) Glasewitz Groß Schwiesow Gülzow-Prüzen Gutow Klein Upahl Kuhs Lohmen Lüssow Mistorf Mühl Rosin Plaaz Reimershagen Sarmstorf Zehna 6. Krakow am See Dobbin-Linstow Hoppenrade Krakow am See1, 2 Kuchelmiß Lalendorf	7. Laage Dolgen am See Hohen Sprenz Laage1, 2 Wardow 8. Mecklenburgische Schweiz (seat: Teterow) Alt Sührkow Dahmen Dalkendorf Groß Roge Groß Wokern Groß Wüstenfelde Hohen Demzin Jördenstorf Lelkendorf Prebberede Schorssow Schwasdorf Sukow-Levitzow Thürkow Warnkenhagen 9. Neubukow-Salzhaff [seat: Neubukow] Alt Bukow Am Salzhaff Bastorf Biendorf Carinerland Rerik2	10. Rostocker Heide Bentwisch Blankenhagen Gelbensande1 Mönchhagen Rövershagen 11. Schwaan Benitz Bröbberow Kassow Rukieten Schwaan1, 2 Vorbeck Wiendorf 12. Tessin Cammin Gnewitz Grammow Nustrow Selpin Stubbendorf Tessin1, 2 Thelkow Zarnewanz 13. Warnow-West Elmenhorst/Lichtenhagen Kritzmow1 Lambrechtshagen Papendorf Pölchow Stäbelow Ziesendorf
1 - seat of the Amt; 2 - town