Uckermark

Uckermark is a Kreis (district) in the northeastern part of Brandenburg, Germany. The district is the largest district in Germany.

Uckermark
District
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 53°15′N 13°52′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
Capital	Prenzlau
Area
• Total	3,058.2 km2 (1,180.8 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2023)[1]
• Total	117,797
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	UM
Website	http://www.uckermark.de

The current district Uckermark was made in 1993 by joining the old districts of Angermünde, Prenzlau and Templin and the city of Schwedt.

Coat of arms

The main feature of the coat of arms are the brick buildings of the district - the churches of Prenzlau and Angermünde. The city wall below remembers the many wars of medieval times. The two circular windows in the church tower symbolizes the division into two districts before the reform of 1817, the three gothic windows represent this division. On the city wall are two shields - one with the griffin of Pomerania, the other with the eagle of Brandenburg. The wavy lines in the upper part represent the main rivers in the district, Oder, Randow and Ucker. The yellow color of the background represents the agriculture of the district, as the Uckermark was the "granary" of Brandenburg. The coat of arms were created by Hans Benthin, and were officially granted on November 8, 1995.

Towns and municipalities

Amt-free towns	Ämter
Angermünde Lychen Prenzlau Schwedt Templin Amt-free municipalities Boitzenburger Land Nordwestuckermark Uckerland	1. Brüssow (Uckermark) Brüssow1, 2 Carmzow-Wallmow Göritz Schenkenberg Schönfeld 2. Gartz (Oder) Casekow Gartz1, 2 Hohenselchow-Groß Pinnow Mescherin Tantow 3. Gerswalde Flieth-Stegelitz Gerswalde1 Milmersdorf Mittenwalde Temmen-Ringenwalde	4. Gramzow Gramzow1 Grünow Oberuckersee Randowtal Uckerfelde Zichow 5. Oder-Welse Berkholz-Meyenburg Mark Landin Passow Pinnow1 Schöneberg
1seat of the Amt; 2town