What is Nordwestmecklenburg?
{{Infobox German district | name=Nordwestmecklenburg| image_coa=DEU Nordwestmecklenburg COA.svg| state=Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania| capital=[[Wismar]]| Kreisschlüssel = 13074| area=2,119| population=156,000| population_as_of=2016| density=74| carsign=NWM| url=http://www.nordwestmecklenburg.de| map=Mecklenburg-Vorpommern NWM 2011.svg |coordinates = {{Coord|53.83|11.17|display=title|format=dms}} }} '''Nordwestmecklenburg''' (''Northwestern [[Mecklenburg]]'') is a [[Rural districts of Germany|rural district]] (''Landkreis'') in the northwestern part of [[Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania]], [[Germany]]. It is on the coast of the [[Baltic Sea]] and border with [[Schleswig-Holstein]]. The former district-free city of [[Wismar]] has been part and also capital of Nordwestmecklenburg since September 4, 2011. The district was made in 1994 by joining the old districts Gadebusch, Grevesmühlen and Wismar, and also smaller parts of the districts Sternberg and Schwerin-Land. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[File:DEU Nordwestmecklenburg COA.svg|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The coat of arms shows the bull's head of Mecklenburg to the left, and a bishop's crosier to the right. The staff is for the [[diocese of Ratzeburg]], which in 1648 became the Principality of Ratzeburg. It also stands for the [[diocese of Schwerin]]. The coat of arms was designed by the designer and heraldic Heinz Kippnick, and was granted on July 1, 1996. |} == Towns and municipalities == {| |----- !''Amt''-free towns||''Amt''-free municipalities |- |valign=top| #[[Grevesmühlen]] #[[Wismar]] |valign=top| #[[Poel|Insel Poel]] |} {| ! colspan=3|[[Amt (political division)|Ämter]] |- valign=top || *'''1. [[Dorf Mecklenburg-Bad Kleinen]]''' #[[Bad Kleinen]] #[[Barnekow]] #[[Bobitz]] #[[Dorf Mecklenburg]]<sup>1</sup> #[[Groß Stieten]] #[[Hohen Viecheln]] #[[Lübow]] #[[Metelsdorf]] #[[Schimm]] #[[Ventschow]] *'''2. [[Gadebusch (Amt)|Gadebusch]]''' #[[Dragun]] #[[Gadebusch]]<sup>1, 2</sup> #[[Kneese]] #[[Krembz]] #[[Mühlen Eichsen]] #[[Roggendorf]] #[[Rögnitz]]