What is Mecklenburg-Strelitz (district)?
{{Infobox German district | name=Mecklenburg-Strelitz| image_coa=DEU Landkreis Mecklenburg-Strelitz COA.svg| state=Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania| capital=[[Neustrelitz]]| area=2,089| population=84.259 (31. March 2005)| population_as_of=2005| density=42| carsign=MST| dissolved=September 2011| url=[http://www.mecklenburg-strelitz.de mecklenburg-strelitz.de]| map=mecklenburg_wp_mst.png |latd=53.42|longd=13.25 }} '''Mecklenburg-Strelitz''' is a former [[district]] in the southern part of [[Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania]], [[Germany]]. The district-free city (urban district) of [[Neubrandenburg]] is nearly completely surrounded by Mecklenburg-Strelitz district. The capital of the duchy of [[Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] was the town of Strelitz. In 1712 a fire completely destroyed the town. The duke decided to build a new town on the shores of a small lake called the Zierker See. This town became Neustrelitz, or in [[English language|English]] ''New Strelitz''. The district was created by joining the three old districts Neubrandenburg, Neustrelitz and Strasburg in [[1994]]. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[Image:DEU Landkreis Mecklenburg-Strelitz COA.svg|100px|Coat of arms]] || The bull head on a yellow field is the coat of arms of the dukes of Mecklenburg. The tower stands for the castle of [[Burg Stargard|Stargard]], the longtime home of the dukes of Mecklenburg since it was built in the [[13th century]]; it remains the northernmost mountain-top castle in present-day Germany. The [[Maltese cross]] is a reminder of the [[Order of St. John of Malta]] who owned a lot of loand in the area before [[1648]]. |} ==Towns and municipalities== {| |----- !''Amt''-free towns||''Amt''-free municipalities |- |valign=top| #[[Neustrelitz]] |valign=top| #[[Feldberger Seenlandschaft]] |} {| ! colspan=3|[[Amt (political division)|Ämter]] |- valign=top || *'''1. [[Friedland (Amt)|Friedland]]''' # [[Datzetal]] # [[Eichhorst]] # [[Friedland, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|Friedland]]<sup>1, 2</sup> # [[Galenbeck]] # [[Genzkow]] # [[Glienke]] *