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Data on the district Uecker-Randow

The district is the north-easternmost in Germany and is located at the intersection of international axes running from east to west and from north to south. Sharing a border with the Republic of Poland and in particular with the metropolis of Szczecin only 40 kilometres away it offers the best preconditions for investors to open up Eastern Europe, but also the Baltic states and, from our ports, Scandinavia for their business.

Data on the district:

area total: 1.624   km²
agricultural areas: 819,4 km²  (50 %)
wooded areas: 501,6 km²  (31 %)
area covered by water: 167,1 km²  (10 %)

residents (30. 09. 2010): 72.296

3 independent towns are included in the district:

  • Pasewalk                  district-town and middle centre
  • Ueckermünde            intermediate centre
  • Strasburg
 The towns Torgelow, Eggesin und Penkun and 49 municipalities have joined up to form 4 local government:
  • Amt Torgelow-Ferdinandshof
  • Amt "Am Stettiner Haff" (u. a. Eggesin)
  • Amt Löcknitz-Penkun
  • Amt Uecker-Randow-Tal

Here are:

1 natural park 573 km²
5 nature reserves 425 km²
15 wildlife sanctuaries  78 km²

 

rivers: Uecker 39 km
Randow 32 km
Zarow 22 km