Nordwestmecklenburg ( Northwestern Mecklenburg ) is a Kreis (district) in the north-western part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , Germany . It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea and borders on Schleswig-Holstein to the west. Neighboring districts are (from east clockwise) Rostock , Ludwigslust-Parchim and the district-free city Schwerin , and the district Lauenburg and the district-free city Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein . The district seat is the town Wismar .
6-701: The Klützer Winkel or Klützer Ort (in the vernacular also Speckwinkel ) is a part of the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany . It is in the western part of the district on the Baltic Sea between the Hanseatic towns of Lübeck ( Priwall ) and Wismar , north of Grevesmühlen and centred on Klütz . The hilly landscape of the Klützer Winkel was formed during
12-579: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nordwestmecklenburg The district is roughly situated in a triangle between the towns of Lübeck , Rostock and Schwerin . In the north there is the coast of the Baltic Sea with the small island of Poel . Two large lakes are partially situated in Nordwestmecklenburg: the eastern half of the Schaalsee (23 km (8.9 sq mi)) at
18-399: The districts of Sternberg and Schwerin-Land. In the 2011 district reform, it was merged with the formerly district-free town Wismar. The name of the district was decided by referendum on 4 September 2011. “Party per pale Or and Azure, dexter the half crowned bull's head Sable of Mecklenburg, sinister a bishopric staff Or”. The staff symbolizes the diocese of Ratzeburg , which in 1648 became
24-623: The last ice age. Its highest points are the Hohe Schönberg , at 89 metres above mean sea level, and the Heideberg . The Klützer Winkel may also be considered a peninsula between the Bay of Lübeck and Bay of Mecklenburg , because from a line between the Dassower See and Wohlenberger Wiek it extends up to 10 km to the north. The area has a number of tourist attractions such as the Baltic Sea cliffs,
30-427: The spa resort of Boltenhagen , the town of Klütz with its castle, Schloss Bothmer , and the railway museum as well as various other castles such as the castle of Gross-Schwansee , today a luxury hotel . Cities and municipalities in the Klützer Winkel include: 53°57′28″N 11°07′20″E / 53.9577°N 11.1223°E / 53.9577; 11.1223 This Nordwestmecklenburg location article
36-463: The western border; and the northern half of the Schweriner See (63 km (24 sq mi)) in the south, as well as two smaller lakes, Bibowsee (0.79 km (0.31 sq mi)) and Mechower See (1.6 km (0.62 sq mi)). Nordwestmecklenburg District was established in 1994 by merging the previous districts of Gadebusch, Grevesmühlen and Wismar; along with smaller parts of
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