What is Wismar?
{{Infobox German location |type = Town |image_photo = Wasserkunst Wismar.jpg |image_caption = Market Square with the [[History of water supply and sanitation|waterworks]] from 1602 (''Wasserkunst''), landmark of Wismar |image_coa = DEU Wismar COA.svg |image_flag = Flag_of_Wismar.svg |coordinates = {{coord|53|54|N|11|28|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Wismar in NWM 2011.svg |plantext = |state = Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |district = Nordwestmecklenburg |elevation = 15 |area = 41.36 |population = 44397 |Stand = 2010-12-31 |postal_code = 23952, 23966, 23968, 23970 |area_code = 03841 |licence = HWI |Gemeindeschlüssel = 13 0 74 087 |website = {{URL|http://www.wismar.de}} |mayor = Thomas Beyer |party = SPD |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=2007-11-21 |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> }} '''Wismar''' ({{lang-nds|Wismer}}) is a town in northern [[Germany]]. It is on the [[Baltic Sea]], in the state of [[Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania]]. It is about {{convert|45|km|abbr=off}} east of [[Lübeck]], and {{convert|30|km|abbr=off}} north of [[Schwerin]]. It has a university and a harbor. Till September 4, 2011, Wismar was an [[urban districts of Germany|urban district]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commonscat-inline}} {{Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania}} {{Hanseatic League}} {{World Heritage Sites in Germany}} {{WHSite}} {{authority control}} {{multistub|geo|Europe}} [[Category:Port cities and towns of the Baltic Sea]]