Mecklenburg Lake District
The Mecklenburg Lake District, Mecklenburg Lake District or the Mecklenburg Lakeland is a lake district in northeastern Germany. In addition to the Masurian Lake District and the Pomeranian Lake District it is one of the three great lakes areas south of the Baltic Sea. In the Mecklenburg Lake District, there are several natural parks and lakes known with unique flora and fauna, such as the Müritz Lake Plau, the Fleesensee, the Narrow Luzin, the Kölpinsee and Tollensee.
Important Places in the Lake District are Neubrandenburg, Neustrelitz, Waren ( Müritz), Robel, Teterow, Malchow, Mirow, Plau am See, Fürstenberg / Havel and Lychen.
Geography
The Mecklenburg Lake District is located in the central and southern part of the state of Mecklenburg- Western Pomerania in Mecklenburg part of the country. In the south of the lake area goes over the border to Brandenburg addition. Hence the name Mecklenburgisch -Brandenburg Lake District is used sometimes.
The Lake District is due to a huge glacial area and originated about 11,500 years ago in the glacial valleys and Sandern the Pomeranian stage in the course of Weichselian Glacial. The Hauptendmoräne the Pomeranian stage of the Weichsel glaciation, the range of hills extending from Eberswalde- Chorin about Feldberg, the Mecklenburg Switzerland extends to cooling with cooling Born, the Lake District bounded to the north.
The Lake District can be roughly subdivided as follows:
In Brandenburg territory of the lakes continue further in the Uckermark and the Ruppin Switzerland.
The tourism and travel guide described the Lake District as the " land of a thousand lakes ".
Settlement history
The Lake District has been inhabited by 10,000 BC by hunters and fishermen. From 4000 BC the first farmers cultures developed, the large stone graves left behind.
In the 4th and 5th century, the Germanic tribes who settled there migrated to the south and were replaced by the 7th century MOVED elbslawische tribes who mixed with the remaining rest of the population.
Since the 12th century, the influence of German settlers increased in the region. In the 12th - 14th Century, a building boom in villages and towns, and the field stones were massively used as building material. During the Middle Ages built of fieldstone stone churches are still evident in many villages of the region.
Natural areas
Designated natural areas are the Müritz National Park, as well as the Nossentiner / Schwinzer Heide, Mecklenburg Switzerland and Lake Kummerow and Feldberg Lakes.