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Ludwigslust-Parchim
District
FlagCoat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Capital	Parchim
Government
• District admin.	Stefan Sternberg (SPD)
Area
• Total	4,750 km (1,830 sq mi)
Population
• Total	214,057
• Density	45/km (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	LUP, HGN, LBZ, LWL, PCH, STB
Website	www.kreis-lup.de

Ludwigslust-Parchim 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.

Geographic features

The district 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:

• Goldberger See
• Damerower See
• Barniner See
• Kleinpritzer See
• Woseriner See

History

Ludwigslust-Parchim District was established by merging 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.

Towns and municipalities

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.

References

1. "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2023" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
2. ^ "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern government reform". Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
3. "Referendum results Mittleres Mecklenburg". Retrieved 5 September 2011.

v t e Urban and rural districts in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany
Urban districts	Rostock Schwerin
Rural districts	Ludwigslust-Parchim Mecklenburgische Seenplatte Nordwestmecklenburg Rostock Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Rügen
Pre-2011 districts	Bad Doberan Demmin Güstrow Ludwigslust Mecklenburg-Strelitz Müritz Nordvorpommern Ostvorpommern Parchim Rügen Uecker-Randow
Districts of German states (Full list) Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Brandenburg Bremen Hesse Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia

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