Bad Doberan (district)

Template:Short description Template:More citations Template:Use Oxford spelling Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox District DE Template:Langr (Template:IPA) is a former district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It was named after its largest town, Template:Langr, the German Template:Lang meaning Template:Gloss. The district surrounded the city of Rostock, bordering the Baltic Sea in the north as well as the former original districts of Template:Langr, Template:Langr and Template:Langr. The district was disbanded at the district reform of September 2011. Its territory has been part of the district of Rostock since.

History

Before Template:CE, East Germanic tribes dominated the area, who later on emigrated to the west. The then very rural region was thereafter scarcely populated by Slavic peoples until the 12th century. Remains of a Slavic castle can be found in the town of Rerik (which still bears a Slavic name). In 1160 Henry the Lion conquered the region; afterwards German monks, peasants and traders arrived to settle here. In the Middle Ages the region profited from the vicinity of the wealthy Hanseatic city of Template:Langr. The worst time in regional history was the Thirty Years' War, which depopulated the area almost completely.

In 1793 the bathing resort of Template:Langr (today a borough of Template:Langr) was established,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and the region became a summer residence for the dukes of Template:Langr.

In 1952 the districts of Template:Langr and Template:Langr were established. They were merged in 1994 to form the enlarged district of Template:Langr. This district was merged with the district of Güstrow at the district reform of September 2011, forming the new district of Rostock.

Geography

The district comprised a Template:Convert coastline along the Baltic Sea and its hinterland on both banks of the Warnow river. The Warnow enters the district in the south and leaves for the city of Rostock. Rostock was surrounded by the district, but not part of it.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

the griffin from the arms of Rostock, symbolising the city's influence on the district
the bull from the arms of the former duchy of Mecklenburg
the clerical staff stands for the old and famous Cistercian monastery of Template:Langr