What is Müritz (district)?
{{Infobox German district | name=Müritz| image_coa=DEU Landkreis Mueritz COA.svg| image_flag=DEU Landkreis Mueritz Flag.svg| state=Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania| capital=[[Waren]]| area=1,713| population=69,544| population_as_of=2001| density=41| carsign=MÜR| dissolved=September 2011| url=[http://www.landkreis-mueritz.de landkreis-mueritz.de]| map=mecklenburg_wp_muer.png |latd=53|latm=25|longd=12|longm=42 }} '''Müritz''' is a former [[district]] in the southern part of [[Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania]], [[Germany]]. It is named after the [[lake]] [[Müritz]]. Lake Müritz is the largest Lake in Germany. [[Lake Constance]] is larger, but part of it is in [[Switzerland]] and another part in [[Austria]]. ==History== The district was created on June 12, 1994 by joining the old districts of Röbel and Waren, and a few municipalities from the districts Malchin and Neustrelitz. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[Image:DEU Landkreis Mueritz COA.svg|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The coat of arms shows a bull head in the top left corner, for the Princes of [[Werle]]. The [[osprey]] to the right stands for the rich nature in the district. The city wall in the bottom with four tops stands for the four cities in the district, and the wavy lines in the city gate for the Müritz lake land. |} ==Towns and municipalities== {| |----- !''Amt''-free town |- |valign=top| #[[Waren]] |} {| ! colspan=3|[[Amt (political division)|Ämter]] |- valign=top || *'''1. [[Malchow (Amt)|Malchow]]''' # [[Alt Schwerin]] # [[Fünfseen]] # [[Göhren-Lebbin]] # [[Malchow]]<sup>1, 2</sup> # [[Nossentiner Hütte]] # [[Penkow]] # [[Silz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|Silz]] # [[Walow]] # [[Zislow]] *'''2. [[Penzliner Land]]''' # [[Alt Rehse]] # [[Ankershagen]] # [[Groß Flotow]] # [[Groß Vielen]] # [[Klein Lukow]] # [[Krukow]] # [[Lapitz]] # [[Mallin]] # [[Marihn]] # [[Möllenhagen]] # [[Mollenstorf]] # [[Penzlin]]<sup>1, 2</sup> # [[Puchow]] || *'''3. [[Röbel-Müritz]]''' # [[Altenhof]] # [[Bollewick]] # [[Buchholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|Buchholz]] # [[Bütow]] # [[Fi