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Prignitz
Statistics
State: Brandenburg
Capital:Perleberg
Area:2,123 km²
Inhabitants:92,646 (2002)
pop. density:44 inh./km²
Car identification:PR
Homepage:http://www.landkreis-prignitz.de' class='external' title="http://www.landkreis-prignitz.de">landkreis-prignitz.de
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Prignitz is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are (from the north clockwise) the districts Ludwigslust and Parchim in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the district Ostprignitz-Ruppin, the district Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt and the district Lüchow-Dannenberg in Lower Saxony.

1 Geography

The term Prignitz originally means the region north of the confluence of the Elbe and Havel rivers. This region is larger than the district and also includes large portions of the neighbouring district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin.

The Elbe river forms the western border of the district.

2 History

The district was created in 1993 by merging the previous districts Pritzwalk and Perleberg and a few municipalities from the district Kyritz. The westernmost part of the district was previously part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and changed to be be part of Brandenburg on August 1, 1992.

3 Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a goose preparing for flight, the symbol of the family of the Gans Edlen Herren zu Putlitz (Gans is germanGerman (called Deutsch in German in which germanisch refers to prechristian times), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and one of the world's major languages. It is the language with the most native speakers in the European Union. for goose), who in the 12th century11th century 12th century 13th century other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. Events Song dynasty loses power over Northern China The Kamakura Shogunate deprives the introduced Christianity and German culture to the Prignitz. The pearls around the goose symbolize Perleberg (which translates to Mountain of Pearl). The wolf in bottom stands for the former administrative seat Pritzwalk, as walk derives from the slavonicThe Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages are the languages of the Slavic peoples. They form a distinct group of Indo-European languages, with speakers in most of Eastern Europe, much of the Balkans, parts of Central Europe, and the northern pa wolk meaning wolf. The wavy separation between the top and bottom symbolizes the river Elbe, the colors red and white are the same as those of Brandenburg.

4 Towns and municipalities

Towns ÄmterAn Amt (plural mter is an administrative unit, which is unique to the German Bundeslander (federal states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. Other German states had this subdivision in the past. Some states have similar free municipalities
  1. Bad Wilsnack ¹
  2. Lenzen (Elbe)¹
  3. Meyenburg ¹
  4. Perleberg
  5. Pritzwalk
  6. Putlitz ¹
  7. WittenbergeA town of thirty thousand people on the lower Elbe in the district of Perleberg, land Brandenburg, Germany. The site was marked out in 1239 at Wendischwalde and in 1300 the Saxon king, Otto I, established the settlement. It grew slowly but steadily. The t

¹ inside a Amt

  1. Bad Wilsnack/Weisen
  2. Lenzen-Elbtalaue
  3. Meyenburg
  4. Putlitz-Berge
  1. Groß Pankow
  2. Gumtow
  3. Karstädt
  4. Plattenburg




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