The Hamburg Metropolitan Region ( German : Metropolregion Hamburg ) is a metropolitan region centred around the city of Hamburg in northern Germany, consisting of eight districts ( Landkreise ) in the federal state of Lower Saxony , six districts ( Kreise ) in the state of Schleswig-Holstein and two districts in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern along with the city-state of Hamburg itself. It covers an area of roughly 26,000 square kilometres (10,000 sq mi) and is home to more than 5.1 million inhabitants.
6-665: On 1 January 2006 the office of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region opened, as agreed in a state treaty of cooperation ( Staatsvertrag über Zusammenarbeit ) between Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein. As of 2005, the Hamburg Metropolitan Region was made up of the city of Hamburg along with numerous rural districts in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, altogether comprising 800 cities, towns and municipalities with an overall land area of 19,802 square kilometres (7,646 sq mi). Since then it has expanded to cover
12-639: A population of 3,134,620 inhabitants. The Larger Urban Zone covers only the city of Hamburg and its directly neighbouring districts. The Hamburg LUZ corresponds with the service area of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV) transport association with an average population density of at least 150 inhabitants/km. * Districts and independent (German: kreisfrei ) cities. not part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region 53°30′N 10°00′E / 53.5°N 10.0°E / 53.5; 10.0 Ludwigslust-Parchim Ludwigslust-Parchim
18-570: Is a district in the west of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , Germany. The district seat is Parchim , a branch office of the administration is located in Ludwigslust . After Mecklenburgische Seenplatte , it is the second-biggest district in Germany by area. It also has the lowest population density of the districts in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the sixth-lowest in Germany overall. The district
24-411: Is bordered by (clockwise starting from the west) the state Schleswig-Holstein , the district Nordwestmecklenburg , the district-free city Schwerin , the districts Rostock and Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and the states Brandenburg and Lower Saxony . There are a number of lakes within the boundaries of Ludwigslust-Parchim district, including: Ludwigslust-Parchim District was established by merging
30-496: The districts of Ludwigslust-Parchim (partially from 2012, entirely from 2017) and Nordwestmecklenburg (from 2012) in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . States and districts Largest cities and towns * Districts and independent (German: kreisfrei ) cities. Ludwigslust was merged into Ludwigslust-Parchim in 2011; pop. data for 2010 The Hamburg Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) as defined by Eurostat's Urban Audit covers an area of 7,303 km and in 2004 had
36-439: The former districts of Ludwigslust and Parchim as part of the local government reform of September 2011. The name of the district was decided by referendum on September 4, 2011. The project name for the district was Südwestmecklenburg . The district is made-up of 15 Ämter , as well as five Amt -free towns. In total, it comprises 142 municipalities , of which 16 are towns. This Ludwigslust-Parchim location article
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