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Prignitz

Coordinates: 53°00′N 12°00′E / 53.000°N 12.000°E / 53.000; 12.000
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Prignitz
District
Flag of Prignitz
Flag
Coat of arms of Prignitz
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 53°00′N 12°00′E / 53.000°N 12.000°E / 53.000; 12.000
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
CapitalPerleberg
Area
 • Total2,123 km2 (820 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[1]
 • Total76,045
 • Density36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationPR
Websitelandkreis-prignitz.de

Prignitz (IPA: [ˈpʁiːgnɪts]) is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany.

The present district was formed in 1993 by joining the old districts of Pritzwalk and Perleberg and some municipalities from the district of Kyritz. The westernmost part of the district was a part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and changed to be part of Brandenburg on August 1, 1992.

Coat of arms

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Coat of arms The coat of arms shows a goose, the symbol of the Gans zu Putlitz family (Gans is German for goose), one of the families who brought Christianity and German culture to Prignitz. The pearls around the goose symbolize Perleberg (which means the Mountain of Pearl). The wolf in bottom stands for the former capital city Pritzwalk, as walk is from the slavonic wolk meaning wolf. The wavy line is the river Elbe.

Towns and municipalities

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Amt-free towns Ämter
  1. Perleberg
  2. Pritzwalk
  3. Wittenberge


Amt-free municipalities

  1. Groß Pankow
  2. Gumtow
  3. Karstädt
  4. Plattenburg

1. Bad Wilsnack/Weisen

  1. Bad Wilsnack1, 2
  2. Breese
  3. Legde/Quitzöbel
  4. Rühstädt
  5. Weisen

2. Lenzen-Elbtalaue

  1. Cumlosen
  2. Lanz
  3. Lenzen1, 2
  4. Lenzerwische

3. Meyenburg

  1. Gerdshagen
  2. Halenbeck-Rohlsdorf
  3. Kümmernitztal
  4. Marienfließ
  5. Meyenburg1, 2

4. Putlitz-Berge

  1. Berge
  2. Gülitz-Reetz
  3. Pirow
  4. Putlitz1, 2
  5. Triglitz
1seat of the Amt; 2town

References

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  1. ↑ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.

Other websites

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