Frankfurt an der Oder – DE403

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From Wikipedia: Stralsund (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtʁaːlzʊnt]), (Swedish: Strålsund) is a Hanseatic town in the Pomeranian part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located at the Southern coast of the Strelasund, a sound of the Baltic Sea separating the island of Rügen from the mainland.

The Strelasund Crossing with its two bridges and several ferry services connects Stralsund with Rügen. The Western Pomeranian town has been the capital of the Vorpommern-Rügen district since the 2011 district reforms. It is the fourth-largest city of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and, together with Greifswald, Stralsund forms an Oberzentrum, one of four high-level urban centers of the region.

Stralsund was granted city rights in 1234 and was one of the most prospering members of the medieval Hanseatic League. In 1628, during the Thirty Years' War, Stralsund came under Swedish rule and remained so until the upheavals of the Napoleonic Wars. In the 19^th century it became part of Prussia and Germany. Since 2002, Stralsund's old town with its rich heritage is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage, along with Wismar in Mecklenburg.

The main industries of Stralsund are shipyards, fishing, mechanical engineering, and, to an increasing degree, tourism, life sciences, services and high tech industries, especially information technology and biotechnology.

Geography

Location

The town of Stralsund is located in northeastern Germany in the region of Western Pomerania in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Other: Brandenburg, Dahme-Spreewald District, Havelland District, Märkisch-Oderland District, Oberhavel District, Oberspreewald-Lausitz District, Oder-Spree District, Ostprignitz-Ruppin District, Potsdam-Mittelmark District, Barnim District, Teltow-Fläming District, Uckermark District, Cottbus, Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg an der Havel, Prignitz District, Potsdam, Elbe-Elster District, Spree-Neiße District

Neighbours: Oder-Spree District, Gorzowski, Märkisch-Oderland District

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Frankfurt an der Oder – DE403, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PDE403, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164