List of towns in Western Pomerania
The List of towns in Western Pomerania includes all towns in present-day German Pomerania, and thus excludes towns which lie west of the Oder river, but east of the Oder-Neisse line (Stettiner Zipfel area), and thus historically are associated also with Western Pomerania. For these towns, see List of towns in Farther Pomerania.
German Western Pomerania had a population of about 470,000 in 2012 (districts of Vorpommern-Rügen and Vorpommern-Greifswald combined) - while the Polish districts of the region had a population of about 520,000 in 2012 (cities of Stettin, Swinemünde and Police County combined). So overall, about 1 million people live in the historical region of Western Pomerania today, while the Stettin agglomeration reaches even further.
For a list of all urban municipalities in the modern German state, see List of cities in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Name | District (Landkreis) in 1910 |
Regierungs-bezirk in 1910 |
District (Landkreis) before 1945 |
District (Landkreis) before 1994 |
District (Landkreis) after 1994 |
District (Landkreis) after 2011 |
Town since | Population 1910 |
Population 2006 |
Notes |
Altentreptow | Demmin | Demmin | (since 1952) | Demmin | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | 1245 | 4,493 | 6,153 | before 1939: Treptow a./Tollense | |
Anklam | Ostvorpommern | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1264 | 15,279 | 14,092 | |||||
Barth | Stralsund | Nordvorpommern | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1255 | 7,505 | 9,097 | ||||
Bergen auf Rügen | Rügen | Stralsund | Rügen | Rügen | Rügen | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1613 | 4,156 | 14,430 | |
Demmin | Demmin | Demmin | Demmin | Demmin | Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | ~ 1249 | 12,378 | 12,633 | ||
Eggesin | - | Uecker-Randow | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1966 | 2,771 | 5,483 | ||||
Franzburg | Stralsund | Nordvorpommern | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1587 | 1,526 | 1,592 | ||||
Gartz (Oder) | Uckermark | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1249 | 3,750 | 2,521 | |||||
Garz/Rügen | Rügen | Stralsund | Rügen | Rügen | Rügen | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1319 | 1,960 | 2,567 | |
Greifswald | Stralsund | - | - | kreisfrei | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1249 | 24,679 | 53,434 | own county since 1912 | |
Grimmen | Stralsund | Nordvorpommern | Vorpommern-Rügen | before 1287 | 4,037 | 11,032 | ||||
Gützkow | Stralsund | Greifswald | Ostvorpommern | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1353 | 1,969 | 2,776 | |||
Jarmen | Demmin | Demmin | Demmin | Demmin | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1290 | 3,246 | 3,418 | ||
Lassan | Stralsund | Anklam | Ostvorpommern | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1291 | 2,110 | 1,392 | |||
Loitz | Stralsund | Demmin | Demmin (ab 1952) | Demmin | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1242 | 3,846 | 4,524 | ||
Pasewalk | (since 1950) | Uecker-Randow | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1276 | 10,196 | 11,856 | ||||
Penkun | (since 1950) | Uecker-Randow | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1284 | 1,704 | 2,065 | ||||
Putbus | Rügen | Stralsund | Rügen | Rügen | Rügen | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1960 | 1,960 | 4,768 | |
Ribnitz-Damgarten | Stralsund | Nordvorpommern | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1258 | 1,646 | 2,300 | Pomeranian Damgarten in 1950 merged to Mecklenburgian Ribnitz | |||
Richtenberg | Stralsund | Nordvorpommern | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1297 | 1,696 | 1,453 | ||||
Sassnitz | Rügen | Stralsund | Rügen | Rügen | Rügen | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1957 | 2,841 | 10,747 | before 1993 spelled Saßnitz |
Stralsund | Stadtkreis | Stralsund | - | - | kreisfrei | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1234 | 33,988 | 58,288 | |
Torgelow | - | Ueckermünde | Uecker-Randow | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1945 | 6,747 | 10,032 | |||
Tribsees | Stralsund | - | Nordvorpommern | Vorpommern-Rügen | 1267 | 3,394 | 2,878 | |||
Ueckermünde | - | Uecker-Randow | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1260 | 6,252 | 10,399 | ||||
Usedom | Usedom | Ostvorpommern | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1299 | 1,773 | 1,892 | ||||
Wolgast | Stralsund | - | Ostvorpommern | Vorpommern-Greifswald | 1259 | 8,211 | 12,359 |
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