What is Rostock?
{{Infobox German Location |Art = Stadt |_noautocat = Municipality |image_photo = Rostock asv2018-05 img38 NeuerMarkt.jpg |image_caption = New Market (Neuer Markt) in Rostock |Wappen = Rostock Wappen.svg |image_flag = Flagge der Hansestadt Rostock.svg |coordinates = {{coord|54|5|0|N|12|8|0|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |Lageplan = Rostock Verwaltungsgliederung.png |Lageplanbeschreibung = Administrative divisions of Rostock |Bundesland = Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |Kreis = urban |Höhe = 13 |Fläche = 181.44 |Einwohner = 204260 |Stand = 2011-12-31 |PLZ = 18001 – 18147 |Vorwahl = 0381 |Kfz = HRO |Gemeindeschlüssel = 13 0 03 000 |Gliederung = 21 boroughs |year = 1218 |Website = {{url|https://www.rostock.de/}} |Bürgermeister = [[Roland Methling]] |Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister |Partei = parteilos |pop_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statistik-mv.de/berichte/a__/a-i__/a123__/2006/daten/a123-2006-21.pdf |title=Population of the districts ''Ämter'' and Municipalities, 30.06.2006 |author=Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Statistical Office |language=German |access-date=2008-01-29 |archive-date=2007-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614172937/http://www.statistik-mv.de/berichte/a__/a-i__/a123__/2006/daten/a123-2006-21.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> }} '''Rostock''' (<small>German pronunciation:</small> [[Help:IPA/Standard German|[ˈʁɔstɔk]]]) is a city in the northeast of [[Germany]]. It is in the [[States of Germany|state]] of [[Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania]]. Rostock has over 200,000 people (204,260 in December 2011). It has an old university (founded in 1419). The town is on the river [[Warnow]]. The [[mayor]] is Roland Methling. The city today has the name ''Hansestadt'' (Hanseatic city) in memory of its history, where it has been an important part of the [[Hanseatic League]]. The architecture of the city and the region is influenced by this historic period. Rostock is on the [[Baltic Sea]]. It has an important [[harbor]]. A [[district]] of the city, [[Warnemünde]], is famous for it