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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Politics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Politics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Politics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Districts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Districts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Districts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Districts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Symbols" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Symbols"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Symbols</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Symbols-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Administration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Administration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Administration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Regiopolis_Rostock" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regiopolis_Rostock"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Regiopolis Rostock</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regiopolis_Rostock-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Geography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Geographic_location" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geographic_location"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Geographic location</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Geographic_location-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Main_sights" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Main_sights"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Main sights</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Main_sights-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Main sights subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Main_sights-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Rostock" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rostock"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Rostock</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rostock-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Warnemünde" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Warnemünde"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Warnemünde</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Warnemünde-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Theatre" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Theatre"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Theatre</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Theatre-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Events" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Events</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Events-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cinemas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cinemas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Cinemas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cinemas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Museums_and_zoo" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Museums_and_zoo"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Museums and zoo</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Museums_and_zoo-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Food_and_drink" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Food_and_drink"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span>Food and drink</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Food_and_drink-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.6</span> <span>Sport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Transport subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Car" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Car"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Car</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Car-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Public_transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Public_transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Public transport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Public_transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ferry/ship" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ferry/ship"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Ferry/ship</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ferry/ship-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Air" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>Air</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Twin_towns_-_sister_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Twin_towns_-_sister_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Twin towns - sister cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Twin_towns_-_sister_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Notable people subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Public_service_&_thinking" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Public_service_&_thinking"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Public service & thinking</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Public_service_&_thinking-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Science_and_academia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Science_and_academia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Science and academia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Science_and_academia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Arts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Arts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>The Arts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Arts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.4</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%83" title="روستوك – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="روستوك" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostok" title="Rostok – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Rostok" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%DA%A9" title="روستوک – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="روستوک" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Росток – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Росток" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Ростак – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Ростак" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Ростак – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Ростак" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Росток – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Росток" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Росток – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Росток" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreisfreie_Stadt_Rostock" title="Kreisfreie Stadt Rostock – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kreisfreie Stadt Rostock" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CF%8C%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BA" title="Ρόστοκ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ρόστοκ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%DA%A9" title="روستوک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="روستوک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%9C%EC%8A%A4%ED%86%A0%ED%81%AC" title="로스토크 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="로스토크" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%AF" title="Ռոստոկ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ռոստոկ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roztok" title="Roztok – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Roztok" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Росток – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Росток" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A7" title="רוסטוק – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="רוסטוק" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%99%E1%83%98" title="როსტოკი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="როსტოკი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Росток – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Росток" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Росток – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Росток" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostochium" title="Rostochium – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Rostochium" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostoka" title="Rostoka – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Rostoka" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostokas" title="Rostokas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Rostokas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Росток – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Росток" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95" title="रोस्टोक – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="रोस्टोक" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%99%E1%83%98" title="როსტოკი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="როსტოკი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%83" title="روستوك – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="روستوك" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Росток – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Росток" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock_(stad)" title="Rostock (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Rostock (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF" title="ロストック – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ロストック" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock_(st%C3%A4%C3%A4d)" title="Rostock (stääd) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Rostock (stääd)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%A7%DA%A9" title="روسٹاک – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="روسٹاک" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Rostock" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Росток – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Росток" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" 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class="tsingle" style="width:140px;max-width:140px"><div style="height:92px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Petrikirche_in_Rostock_IMG_1681.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Petrikirche_in_Rostock_IMG_1681.JPG/138px-Petrikirche_in_Rostock_IMG_1681.JPG" decoding="async" width="138" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Petrikirche_in_Rostock_IMG_1681.JPG/207px-Petrikirche_in_Rostock_IMG_1681.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Petrikirche_in_Rostock_IMG_1681.JPG/276px-Petrikirche_in_Rostock_IMG_1681.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3734" data-file-height="2496" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Church,_Rostock" title="St. Peter's Church, Rostock">St. Peter's Church</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:130px;max-width:130px"><div style="height:85px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Warnem%C3%BCnde_(24652641811).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Warnem%C3%BCnde_%2824652641811%29.jpg/128px-Warnem%C3%BCnde_%2824652641811%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="128" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Warnem%C3%BCnde_%2824652641811%29.jpg/192px-Warnem%C3%BCnde_%2824652641811%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Warnem%C3%BCnde_%2824652641811%29.jpg/256px-Warnem%C3%BCnde_%2824652641811%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Warnem%C3%BCnde_Lighthouse" title="Warnemünde Lighthouse">Warnemünde Lighthouse</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:138px;max-width:138px"><div style="height:85px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Strand_von_Warnem%C3%BCnde_mit_Hotel_Neptun.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Strand_von_Warnem%C3%BCnde_mit_Hotel_Neptun.jpg/136px-Strand_von_Warnem%C3%BCnde_mit_Hotel_Neptun.jpg" decoding="async" width="136" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Strand_von_Warnem%C3%BCnde_mit_Hotel_Neptun.jpg/204px-Strand_von_Warnem%C3%BCnde_mit_Hotel_Neptun.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Strand_von_Warnem%C3%BCnde_mit_Hotel_Neptun.jpg/272px-Strand_von_Warnem%C3%BCnde_mit_Hotel_Neptun.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2500" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center">Beach of Warnemünde</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flagge_der_Hansestadt_Rostock.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Rostock"><img alt="Flag of Rostock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flagge_der_Hansestadt_Rostock.svg/100px-Flagge_der_Hansestadt_Rostock.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flagge_der_Hansestadt_Rostock.svg/150px-Flagge_der_Hansestadt_Rostock.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="width:6em;left:4px"><div><span class="wrap">Rostock </span></div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Rostock&params=54_5_N_12_8_E_type:city(210795)_region:DE-MV"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">54°5′N</span> <span class="longitude">12°8′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">54.083°N 12.133°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">54.083; 12.133</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" title="Mecklenburg-Vorpommern">Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Germany" title="Districts of Germany">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Urban_districts_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban districts of Germany">Urban district</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subdivisions</th><td class="infobox-data">21 boroughs</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Lord_mayor" title="Lord mayor">Lord mayor</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(2023–30) </span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eva-Maria_Kr%C3%B6ger" title="Eva-Maria Kröger">Eva-Maria Kröger</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Left_(Germany)" title="The Left (Germany)">Left</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">181.44 km<sup>2</sup> (70.05 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">13 m (43 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2023-12-31)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">210,795</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,200/km<sup>2</sup> (3,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Germany" title="Time in Germany">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01:00" title="UTC+01:00">UTC+01:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B02:00" title="UTC+02:00">UTC+02:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Germany" title="Postal codes in Germany">Postal codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">18001–18147</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_dialling_codes_in_Germany" title="List of dialling codes in Germany">Dialling codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0381</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">HRO</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rostock.de/en/">rostock.de</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_Ostsee_(49832531778).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Rostock_Ostsee_%2849832531778%29.jpg/220px-Rostock_Ostsee_%2849832531778%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Rostock_Ostsee_%2849832531778%29.jpg/330px-Rostock_Ostsee_%2849832531778%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Rostock_Ostsee_%2849832531778%29.jpg/440px-Rostock_Ostsee_%2849832531778%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Rostock</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Rostock</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">German:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈʁɔstɔk]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/d\/dc\/De-Rostock.ogg\/De-Rostock.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"De-Rostock.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dc/De-Rostock.ogg/De-Rostock.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:De-Rostock.ogg" title="File:De-Rostock.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Polabian_language" title="Polabian language">Polabian</a>: <i>Roztoc</i>), officially the <b><a href="/wiki/Hanseatic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanseatic">Hanseatic</a> and University City of Rostock</b> (German: <i lang="de">Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock</i>), is the largest city in the German <a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" title="Mecklenburg-Vorpommern">Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</a> and lies in the <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg" title="Mecklenburg">Mecklenburgian</a> part of the state, close to the border with <a href="/wiki/Pomerania" title="Pomerania">Pomerania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With around 210,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city on the German <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic</a> coast after <a href="/wiki/Kiel" title="Kiel">Kiel</a> and <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck" title="Lübeck">Lübeck</a>, the eighth-largest city in the area of former <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Germany_by_population" title="List of cities in Germany by population">39th-largest city</a> of Germany. Rostock was the largest coastal and most important port city in East Germany. </p><p>Rostock stands on the estuary of the <a href="/wiki/Warnow" title="Warnow">River Warnow</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Mecklenburg" title="Bay of Mecklenburg">Bay of Mecklenburg</a> of the Baltic Sea. The city stretches for about 16 km (10 mi) along the river. The river flows into the sea in the very north of the city, between the boroughs of <a href="/wiki/Warnem%C3%BCnde" title="Warnemünde">Warnemünde</a> and Hohe Düne. The city center lies further upstream, in the very south of the city. Most of Rostock's inhabitants live on the western side of the Warnow; the area east of the river is dominated by the port, industrial estates, and the forested <a href="/wiki/Rostock_Heath" title="Rostock Heath">Rostock Heath</a>. The city's coastline east and west of the river mouth is relatively undeveloped, with long sandy beaches prevailing. The name of the city is of <a href="/wiki/Polabian_Slavs" title="Polabian Slavs">Slavic</a> origin. </p><p>Rostock is the economic center of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the state's only <a href="/wiki/Regiopolis" title="Regiopolis">regiopolis</a> (a city outside the core of a metropolitan area). The port of Rostock is the fourth largest port in Germany after the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> ports of <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bremerhaven" title="Bremerhaven">Bremerhaven</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wilhelmshaven" title="Wilhelmshaven">Wilhelmshaven</a>, and the largest port on the German Baltic coast. The ferry routes between Rostock to <a href="/wiki/Gedser" title="Gedser">Gedser</a> in Denmark and to <a href="/wiki/Trelleborg" title="Trelleborg">Trelleborg</a> in Southern Sweden are among the busiest between Germany and <a href="/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavia</a>. <a href="/wiki/Rostock%E2%80%93Laage_Airport" title="Rostock–Laage Airport">Rostock–Laage Airport</a> lies in a <a href="/wiki/Rostock_(district)" title="Rostock (district)">rural region</a> <a href="/wiki/Laage" title="Laage">southeast of the city</a>. </p><p>The city is home to the oldest university in the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_region" title="Baltic region">Baltic region</a> and one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_oldest_universities_in_continuous_operation" title="List of oldest universities in continuous operation">oldest universities in the world</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Rostock" title="University of Rostock">University of Rostock</a>, founded in 1419. The university's hospital, <i>Universitätsmedizin Rostock</i>, is one of two university hospitals in the state, along with <a href="/wiki/Greifswald_University_Hospital" title="Greifswald University Hospital"><i>Universitätsmedizin Greifswald</i></a> of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Greifswald" title="University of Greifswald">University of Greifswald</a> in <a href="/wiki/Western_Pomerania" title="Western Pomerania">Western Pomerania</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Rostock" title="Special:EditPage/Rostock">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Rostock" title="Timeline of Rostock">Timeline of Rostock</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 11th century <a href="/wiki/Polabian_Slavs" title="Polabian Slavs">Polabian Slavs</a> founded a settlement at the Warnow river called <i>Roztoc</i> (*<i>ras-tokŭ</i>, Slavic for "fork of a river"); the name Rostock is derived from that designation. </p><p>The Danish king <a href="/wiki/Valdemar_I_of_Denmark" title="Valdemar I of Denmark">Valdemar I</a> set the town on fire in 1161. Afterwards the place was settled by German traders. Initially there were three separate cities: </p> <ul><li><i>Altstadt</i> (Old Town) around the <i>Alter Markt</i> (Old Market), which had <a href="/wiki/St._Petrikirche,_Rostock" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Petrikirche, Rostock">St. Petri</a> (St. Peter's Church),</li> <li><i>Mittelstadt</i> (Middle Town) around the <i>Neuer Markt</i> (New Market), with St. Marien (<a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Church,_Rostock" title="St. Mary's Church, Rostock">St. Mary's Church</a>) and</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostocker_Stadtbest%C3%A4tigung_1213.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Rostocker_Stadtbest%C3%A4tigung_1213.png/180px-Rostocker_Stadtbest%C3%A4tigung_1213.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Rostocker_Stadtbest%C3%A4tigung_1213.png/270px-Rostocker_Stadtbest%C3%A4tigung_1213.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Rostocker_Stadtbest%C3%A4tigung_1213.png/360px-Rostocker_Stadtbest%C3%A4tigung_1213.png 2x" data-file-width="1744" data-file-height="2148" /></a><figcaption>Confirmation of <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck_law" title="Lübeck law">Lübeck law</a> city rights, 1218</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><i>Neustadt</i> (New Town) around the <i>Hopfenmarkt</i> (Hop Market, now University Square), with St. Jakobi (St. James's Church, demolished after World War II).</li></ul> <p>In 1218, Rostock was granted <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck_law" title="Lübeck law">Lübeck law</a> city rights by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Borwin_I,_Lord_of_Mecklenburg" title="Henry Borwin I, Lord of Mecklenburg">Heinrich Borwin</a>, prince of Mecklenburg. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hanseatic_League">Hanseatic League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hanseatic League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_asv2018-05_img29_University.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Rostock_asv2018-05_img29_University.jpg/220px-Rostock_asv2018-05_img29_University.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Rostock_asv2018-05_img29_University.jpg/330px-Rostock_asv2018-05_img29_University.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Rostock_asv2018-05_img29_University.jpg/440px-Rostock_asv2018-05_img29_University.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6808" data-file-height="3830" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/University_of_Rostock" title="University of Rostock">Rostock University</a>, the oldest university in continental northern Europe and the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> area, founded in 1419</figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/First_partition_of_Mecklenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="First partition of Mecklenburg">first partition of Mecklenburg</a> following the death of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Borwin_II,_Lord_of_Mecklenburg" title="Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg">Henry Borwin II of Mecklenburg</a> in 1226, Rostock became the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Rostock" title="Lordship of Rostock">Lordship of Rostock</a>, which survived for almost a century. In 1251, the city became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Hanseatic_League" title="Hanseatic League">Hanseatic League</a>. In the 14th century it was a powerful seaport town with 12,000 inhabitants and the largest city in <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg" title="Mecklenburg">Mecklenburg</a>. <a href="/wiki/Cog_(ship)" title="Cog (ship)">Ships</a> for cruising the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> were constructed in Rostock. The formerly independent fishing village of <a href="/wiki/Warnem%C3%BCnde" title="Warnemünde">Warnemünde</a> at the Baltic Sea became a part of Rostock in 1323, to secure the city's access to the sea. </p><p>In 1419, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Rostock" title="University of Rostock">University of Rostock</a> was founded, the oldest university in continental northern Europe and the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="15th_to_18th_centuries">15th to 18th centuries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 15th to 18th centuries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_1550-60.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Rostock_1550-60.jpg/220px-Rostock_1550-60.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Rostock_1550-60.jpg/330px-Rostock_1550-60.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Rostock_1550-60.jpg/440px-Rostock_1550-60.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2353" data-file-height="731" /></a><figcaption>Rostock in the 16th century</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_um_1650.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Rostock_um_1650.jpg/220px-Rostock_um_1650.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Rostock_um_1650.jpg/330px-Rostock_um_1650.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Rostock_um_1650.jpg/440px-Rostock_um_1650.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3370" data-file-height="1393" /></a><figcaption>Rostock in the 17th century</figcaption></figure> <p>At the end of the 15th century, the dukes of <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Mecklenburg" title="Duchy of Mecklenburg">Mecklenburg</a> succeeded in enforcing their rule over the town of Rostock, which had until then been only nominally subject to their rule and essentially independent. They took advantage of a riot known as <i>Domfehde</i>, a failed uprising of the <a href="/wiki/Poverty" title="Poverty">impoverished</a> population. Subsequent quarrels with the dukes and persistent plundering led ultimately to a loss of the city's economic and political power. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Plan_von_Rostock_gez_1780-1790_J.M._von_Tarnows.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Plan_von_Rostock_gez_1780-1790_J.M._von_Tarnows.jpg/220px-Plan_von_Rostock_gez_1780-1790_J.M._von_Tarnows.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Plan_von_Rostock_gez_1780-1790_J.M._von_Tarnows.jpg/330px-Plan_von_Rostock_gez_1780-1790_J.M._von_Tarnows.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Plan_von_Rostock_gez_1780-1790_J.M._von_Tarnows.jpg/440px-Plan_von_Rostock_gez_1780-1790_J.M._von_Tarnows.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5046" data-file-height="2635" /></a><figcaption>Rostock 1780–90</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1565 there were further clashes with Schwerin that had far-reaching consequences. Among other things, the nobility introduced a beer <a href="/wiki/Excise" title="Excise">excise</a> that favoured the dukes. <a href="/wiki/John_Albert_I,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg">John Albert I</a> advanced on the city with 500 horsemen, after Rostock had refused to take the formal oath of allegiance, and had the city wall razed (slighted) to have a fortress built. The conflict did not end until the first <a href="/wiki/Rostock_Inheritance_Agreement" title="Rostock Inheritance Agreement">Rostock Inheritance Agreement</a> of 21 September 1573, in which the state princes were guaranteed hereditary rule over the city for centuries and recognizing them as the supreme judicial authority; this bound Rostock for a long time. The citizens razed (or slighted) the fortress the following spring. </p><p>From 1575 to 1577 the city walls were rebuilt, as was the <i>Lagebusch</i> tower and the <i>Stein</i> Gate, in the Dutch Renaissance style. The inscription <i>sit intra te concordia et publica felicitas</i> ("Let there be harmony and public happiness within you"), can still be read on the gate, and refers directly to the conflict with the Duke. In 1584 the Second Rostock Inheritance Agreement was enforced, which resulted in a further loss of former city tax privileges. At the same time, these inheritance contracts put paid to Rostock's ambition of achieving <a href="/wiki/Imperial_immediacy" title="Imperial immediacy">imperial immediacy</a>, as <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck" title="Lübeck">Lübeck</a> had done in 1226. </p><p>The strategic location of Rostock provoked the envy of its rivals. <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Danes</a> and Swedes occupied the city twice, first during the <a href="/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War" title="Thirty Years' War">Thirty Years' War</a> (1618–48) and again from 1700 to 1721. Later in the early 19th century, the <a href="/wiki/First_French_Empire" title="First French Empire">French</a>, under <a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a>, occupied the town for about a decade until 1813. In nearby <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck" title="Lübeck">Lübeck</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ratekau" title="Ratekau">Ratekau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gebhard_Leberecht_von_Bl%C3%BCcher" title="Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher">Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher</a>, who was born in Rostock and who was one of few generals to fight on after defeat at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jena" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Jena">Battle of Jena</a>, surrendered to the French in 1806. This was only after furious street fighting in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_L%C3%BCbeck" title="Battle of Lübeck">Battle of Lübeck</a>, in which he led some of the <a href="/wiki/Cavalry_charge" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavalry charge">cavalry charges</a> himself. By the time of the surrender, the exhausted <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Prussians</a> had neither food nor ammunition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century">19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_asv2018-05_img38_NeuerMarkt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Rostock_asv2018-05_img38_NeuerMarkt.jpg/220px-Rostock_asv2018-05_img38_NeuerMarkt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Rostock_asv2018-05_img38_NeuerMarkt.jpg/330px-Rostock_asv2018-05_img38_NeuerMarkt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Rostock_asv2018-05_img38_NeuerMarkt.jpg/440px-Rostock_asv2018-05_img38_NeuerMarkt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5531" data-file-height="3457" /></a><figcaption>Colourful gabled houses of Rostock</figcaption></figure> <p>In the first half of the 19th century, Rostock regained much of its economic importance, due at first to the wheat trade, then, from the 1850s, to industry, especially its shipyards. The first propeller-driven steamers in Germany were constructed here. </p><p>The city grew in area and population, with new quarters developing in the south and west of the ancient borders of the city. Two notable developments were added to house the increasing population at around 1900: </p> <ul><li><i>Steintor-Vorstadt</i> in the south, stretching from the old city wall to the facilities of the new <i>Lloydbahnhof</i> (Lloyd Railway Station, now <a href="/wiki/Rostock_Hauptbahnhof" title="Rostock Hauptbahnhof">Rostock Hauptbahnhof</a>), was designed as a living quarter. It consisted mostly of large single houses, once inhabited by wealthy citizens.</li> <li><i>Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt</i> in the west, was designed to house the working population as well as to provide smaller and larger industrial facilities, such as the Mahn & Ohlerich's Brewery (now Hanseatische Brauerei Rostock). The main shipyard, <i>Neptun</i>, was nearby at the shore of the river.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 20th century, important aircraft manufacturing facilities were situated in the city, such as the <a href="/wiki/Arado_Flugzeugwerke" title="Arado Flugzeugwerke">Arado Flugzeugwerke</a> in <a href="/wiki/Warnem%C3%BCnde" title="Warnemünde">Warnemünde</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Heinkel" title="Heinkel">Heinkel</a> Works with facilities at various places, including their secondary <a href="/wiki/Vienna_International_Airport" title="Vienna International Airport"><i>Heinkel-Süd</i> facility in Schwechat, Austria</a>, as the original Heinkel firm's Rostock facilities had been renamed <i>Heinkel-Nord</i>. The world's first <a href="/wiki/Heinkel_He_178" title="Heinkel He 178">airworthy jet plane prototype</a> made its test flights at their facilities in what used to be named the <i>Rostock</i>-<a href="/wiki/Marienehe" class="mw-redirect" title="Marienehe"><i>Marienehe</i></a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marienehe" class="extiw" title="de:Marienehe">de</a>]</span> neighborhood (today's <i>Rostock</i>-<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmarl" class="extiw" title="de:Schmarl"><i>Schmarl</i></a> community, along the west bank of the <a href="/wiki/Unterwarnow" title="Unterwarnow">Unterwarnow</a> estuary). </p><p>In the early 1930s, the Nazi Party gained in popularity among Rostock's voters, many of whom had suffered economic hardship during the 1920s. In <a href="/wiki/German_federal_election,_July_1932" class="mw-redirect" title="German federal election, July 1932">elections</a> in the summer of 1932, when the Nazis achieved 37.3 percent, their greatest national showing in a free election, they polled 40.3 percent in Rostock. A year later, after the <a href="/wiki/Nazi_seizure_of_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazi seizure of power">Nazi seizure of power</a> and the suppression of other political parties, the Rostock city council (<i>Stadtrat</i>) was composed entirely of Nazis. During <i><a href="/wiki/Kristallnacht" title="Kristallnacht">Kristallnacht</a></i> on 10 November 1938, the synagogue in Rostock's Augustenstrasse was destroyed by arson and dozens of Jews were beaten and imprisoned. </p><p>Feverish rearmament by the Nazi regime boosted Rostock's industrial importance in the late 1930s, and employment soared at the <a href="/wiki/Heinkel" title="Heinkel">Heinkel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arado_Flugzeugwerke" title="Arado Flugzeugwerke">Arado</a> factories, and at the Neptunwerft shipyard. The city's population grew from 100,000 in 1935 to 121,192 in 1939. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Allied_air_attacks"></span>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Rostock was subjected to repeated and increasingly heavy bombing attacks, especially by the British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>. Targets included the Heinkel and Arado plants and the shipyard, but churches and other historic structures in the city centre were also heavily damaged, among them the 14th-century Nikolaikirche (St Nicholas Church) and Jakobikirche (St Jacob's Church). The ruins of the latter were pulled down in 1960. </p><p>The city was eventually captured by the Soviet <a href="/wiki/2nd_Belorussian_Front" title="2nd Belorussian Front">2nd Belorussian Front</a> on 2 May 1945 during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Oder%E2%80%93Neisse" title="Battle of the Oder–Neisse">Stettin-Rostock offensive operation</a>. </p><p>After the war, Rostock – now in the <a href="/wiki/German_Democratic_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="German Democratic Republic">German Democratic Republic</a> – became East Germany's largest seaport. The state expanded the national shipyards in the district of <a href="/wiki/Warnem%C3%BCnde" title="Warnemünde">Warnemünde</a>. The city's population, boosted in part by resettled ethnic German refugees who had been expelled from territories in the east, increased in the GDR years to a peak of 260,000. Following the <a href="/wiki/German_reunification" title="German reunification">reunification</a> of Germany in 1990, Rostock lost its privileged position as the No. 1 port of the GDR, and the city's population declined to about 200,000. However, after 2006, the population increased again. Today, Rostock and Warnemünde are significant tourist destinations on the Baltic Sea. </p><p>Since the late 20th century migrants have come to Germany from Turkey and Africa seeking work. In response to high rates of joblessness and increased levels of crime<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, some Germans took part in the <a href="/wiki/Rostock-Lichtenhagen_riots" title="Rostock-Lichtenhagen riots">Rostock-Lichtenhagen riots</a> which occurred from 22 to 24 August 1992. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 135px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130px; height: 130px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lisch-Rostock_Beginenberg.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Depiction of Rostock in 1845"><img alt="Depiction of Rostock in 1845" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Lisch-Rostock_Beginenberg.jpg/100px-Lisch-Rostock_Beginenberg.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Lisch-Rostock_Beginenberg.jpg/150px-Lisch-Rostock_Beginenberg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Lisch-Rostock_Beginenberg.jpg/200px-Lisch-Rostock_Beginenberg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2087" data-file-height="1153" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Depiction of Rostock in 1845</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 135px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130px; height: 130px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1985-0306-032,_Rostock,_zerst%C3%B6rte_Kr%C3%A4merstrasse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rostock bomb damage, 1942"><img alt="Rostock bomb damage, 1942" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1985-0306-032%2C_Rostock%2C_zerst%C3%B6rte_Kr%C3%A4merstrasse.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1985-0306-032%2C_Rostock%2C_zerst%C3%B6rte_Kr%C3%A4merstrasse.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1985-0306-032%2C_Rostock%2C_zerst%C3%B6rte_Kr%C3%A4merstrasse.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1985-0306-032%2C_Rostock%2C_zerst%C3%B6rte_Kr%C3%A4merstrasse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1985-0306-032%2C_Rostock%2C_zerst%C3%B6rte_Kr%C3%A4merstrasse.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1985-0306-032%2C_Rostock%2C_zerst%C3%B6rte_Kr%C3%A4merstrasse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1576" data-file-height="1170" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Rostock bomb damage, 1942</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 135px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130px; height: 130px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H28029,_Rostock,_Marktplatz_mit_Rathaus.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="City hall, Market Square after war"><img alt="City hall, Market Square after war" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H28029%2C_Rostock%2C_Marktplatz_mit_Rathaus.jpg/100px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H28029%2C_Rostock%2C_Marktplatz_mit_Rathaus.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H28029%2C_Rostock%2C_Marktplatz_mit_Rathaus.jpg/150px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H28029%2C_Rostock%2C_Marktplatz_mit_Rathaus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H28029%2C_Rostock%2C_Marktplatz_mit_Rathaus.jpg/200px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H28029%2C_Rostock%2C_Marktplatz_mit_Rathaus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1589" data-file-height="1069" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">City hall, Market Square after war</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 135px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130px; height: 130px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_Panorama_Nikolaikirche_nach_Norden_2011-03-08.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rostock in 2011"><img alt="Rostock in 2011" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Rostock_Panorama_Nikolaikirche_nach_Norden_2011-03-08.jpg/100px-Rostock_Panorama_Nikolaikirche_nach_Norden_2011-03-08.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Rostock_Panorama_Nikolaikirche_nach_Norden_2011-03-08.jpg/150px-Rostock_Panorama_Nikolaikirche_nach_Norden_2011-03-08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Rostock_Panorama_Nikolaikirche_nach_Norden_2011-03-08.jpg/200px-Rostock_Panorama_Nikolaikirche_nach_Norden_2011-03-08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3658" data-file-height="2609" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Rostock in 2011</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 135px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130px; height: 130px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_asv2018-05_img47_Steintor.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The 16th-century Steintor city gate"><img alt="The 16th-century Steintor city gate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Rostock_asv2018-05_img47_Steintor.jpg/66px-Rostock_asv2018-05_img47_Steintor.jpg" decoding="async" width="66" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Rostock_asv2018-05_img47_Steintor.jpg/100px-Rostock_asv2018-05_img47_Steintor.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Rostock_asv2018-05_img47_Steintor.jpg/133px-Rostock_asv2018-05_img47_Steintor.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="4104" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The 16th-century <i>Steintor</i> city gate</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 135px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130px; height: 130px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_Marienkirche_2011-03-08.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="St. Mary's Church (Marienkirche), 2011"><img alt="St. Mary's Church (Marienkirche), 2011" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Rostock_Marienkirche_2011-03-08.jpg/100px-Rostock_Marienkirche_2011-03-08.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Rostock_Marienkirche_2011-03-08.jpg/150px-Rostock_Marienkirche_2011-03-08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Rostock_Marienkirche_2011-03-08.jpg/200px-Rostock_Marienkirche_2011-03-08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4660" data-file-height="3647" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">St. Mary's Church (<i>Marienkirche</i>), 2011</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1378</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">10,785</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1773</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">9,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−16.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1871</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">30,980</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+244.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1900</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">54,713</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+76.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1910</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">65,383</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+19.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1919</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">67,953</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1925</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">77,669</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+14.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1933</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">90,150</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+16.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1935</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">104,585</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+16.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1939</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">121,315</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+16.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1950</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">133,109</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+9.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1955</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">150,004</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+12.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1960</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">158,630</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1965</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">184,204</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+16.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1970</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">198,636</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+7.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1975</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">213,475</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+7.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1980</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">232,506</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+8.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1985</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">244,444</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">248,088</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1995</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">227,535</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−8.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">200,506</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−11.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2005</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">199,288</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">200,265</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2022</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">203,470</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.6%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Population size may be affected by changes in administrative divisions.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Wikipedia_and_sources_that_mirror_or_use_it" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="This claim cites another Wikipedia article. Articles need references to reliable third-party sources. (August 2019)">circular reference</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Rostock has a population of about 210,000 people and is the largest city in <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" title="Mecklenburg-Vorpommern">Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</a> state. Rostock became a member of <a href="/wiki/Hanseatic_League" title="Hanseatic League">Hanseatic League</a> in 15th century, which made Rostock a larger city. Rostock reached its peak of over 100,000 in 1935. In the <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a> era, Rostock was the largest and most important port of East Germany where many sailors and boatmen moved to this city. It also brought many harbour and other industiries to Rostock. Rostock reached its historical peak of population in 1988 with population of about 254,000. After the <a href="/wiki/German_Reunification" class="mw-redirect" title="German Reunification">German Reunification</a>, population Rostock decline due to many people who moved to former West Germany. Since 2003, Rostock's population starts to grow again due to students and new companies. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#efefef;">Rank </th> <th style="background:#efefef;">Nationality </th> <th style="background:#efefef;">Population (31.12.2022) </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></td> <td>2,816 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a></td> <td>2,439 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a></td> <td>1,574 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a></td> <td>1,382 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></td> <td>1,033 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></td> <td>794 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a></td> <td>714 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></td> <td>545 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td> <td>465 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></td> <td>385 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Districts">Districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:408px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock1788.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1788 historic map of Rostock, showing earlier district names"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Rostock1788.jpg/400px-Rostock1788.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="413" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Rostock1788.jpg/600px-Rostock1788.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Rostock1788.jpg/800px-Rostock1788.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4248" data-file-height="4384" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock1788.jpg" title="File:Rostock1788.jpg"> </a></div>1788 historic map of Rostock, showing earlier district names</div></div></div> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:408px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_subdivisions.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Modern Districts of Rostock"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Rostock_subdivisions.svg/400px-Rostock_subdivisions.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="400" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Rostock_subdivisions.svg/600px-Rostock_subdivisions.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Rostock_subdivisions.svg/800px-Rostock_subdivisions.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1380" data-file-height="1380" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_subdivisions.svg" title="File:Rostock subdivisions.svg"> </a></div>Modern Districts of Rostock</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Symbols">Symbols</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Symbols"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_Wappen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Rostock_Wappen.svg/170px-Rostock_Wappen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Rostock_Wappen.svg/255px-Rostock_Wappen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Rostock_Wappen.svg/340px-Rostock_Wappen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="706" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_Wahlspruch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Rostock_Wahlspruch.jpg/220px-Rostock_Wahlspruch.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Rostock_Wahlspruch.jpg/330px-Rostock_Wahlspruch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Rostock_Wahlspruch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="413" data-file-height="55" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">Motto</a>: <i>Within your walls may be harmony and happiness</i> <span class="languageicon">(in Latin)</span></figcaption></figure> <p>Rostock has had three different coats of arms, known as the <i>Signum</i>, the <i>Secretum</i> and the <i>Sigillum</i>. The Signum, which can be traced back to 1367, was developed last and is to this day the coat of arms of the city. </p><p>The Signum depicts a golden <a href="/wiki/Griffin" title="Griffin">griffin</a> on a blue background, with bars of silver and red, the colours of the <a href="/wiki/Hanseatic_League" title="Hanseatic League">Hanseatic League</a>, below. It can be seen not only on flags and houses, and at bus stops, but also on bridges, gullies, fences, ships and restaurants. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administration">Administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_asv2018-05_img37_NeuerMarkt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Rostock_asv2018-05_img37_NeuerMarkt.jpg/220px-Rostock_asv2018-05_img37_NeuerMarkt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Rostock_asv2018-05_img37_NeuerMarkt.jpg/330px-Rostock_asv2018-05_img37_NeuerMarkt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Rostock_asv2018-05_img37_NeuerMarkt.jpg/440px-Rostock_asv2018-05_img37_NeuerMarkt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4630" data-file-height="3704" /></a><figcaption>Restored Rostock City Hall, a mixture of Baroque and <a href="/wiki/Brick_Gothic" title="Brick Gothic">Brick Gothic</a> architecture</figcaption></figure> <p>Since the 13th century, the governing body of the city has been the city council (<i>Rat</i>), first consisting of ten, later of 24 elected <a href="/wiki/Alderman" title="Alderman">aldermen</a> (<i>Ratsherren</i>). The chairman of the city council was the city mayor. In the 19th century there were three mayors. Since 1925, the head of the city has borne the title of <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a>. Having been elected by the city council for centuries, since 2002 this position is now elected directly by the citizens of Rostock, following a reform. If a candidate does not achieve an absolute majority in the first round, the two candidates with the most votes stand in a second round. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2022_Rostock_mayoral_election_(2nd_round).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/2022_Rostock_mayoral_election_%282nd_round%29.svg/300px-2022_Rostock_mayoral_election_%282nd_round%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/2022_Rostock_mayoral_election_%282nd_round%29.svg/450px-2022_Rostock_mayoral_election_%282nd_round%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/2022_Rostock_mayoral_election_%282nd_round%29.svg/600px-2022_Rostock_mayoral_election_%282nd_round%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="522" data-file-height="579" /></a><figcaption>Results of the second round of the 2022 mayoral election</figcaption></figure> <p>The current mayor of Rostock is Eva-Maria Kröger of <a href="/wiki/The_Left_(Germany)" title="The Left (Germany)">The Left</a>, who was elected mayor in 2022 and took office on 1 February 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She won in the second round with 58.4% of votes against senior police officer Michael Ebert, an <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">independent</a> backed by the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">Christian Democratic Union</a>, Independent Citizens for Rostock, and <a href="/wiki/Free_Democratic_Party_(Germany)" title="Free Democratic Party (Germany)">Free Democratic Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 November 2022, with a runoff held on 27 November, and the results were as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Candidate </th> <th rowspan="2">Party </th> <th colspan="2">First round </th> <th colspan="2">Second round </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#BE3075"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Eva-Maria_Kr%C3%B6ger" title="Eva-Maria Kröger">Eva-Maria Kröger</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Left_(Germany)" title="The Left (Germany)">The Left</a> </td> <td>18,885 </td> <td>25.3 </td> <td>36,546 </td> <td>58.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Michael Ebert </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (<a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">CDU</a>/UFR/<a href="/wiki/Free_Democratic_Party_(Germany)" title="Free Democratic Party (Germany)">FDP</a>) </td> <td>17,598 </td> <td>23.6 </td> <td>26,082 </td> <td>41.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#E3000F"> </td> <td align="left">Carmen-Alina Botezatu </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party</a> </td> <td>12,339 </td> <td>16.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#409A3C"> </td> <td align="left">Claudia Müller </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_90/The_Greens" title="Alliance 90/The Greens">Alliance 90/The Greens</a> </td> <td>6,414 </td> <td>8.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00A2DE"> </td> <td align="left">Michael Meister </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Alternative_for_Germany" title="Alternative for Germany">Alternative for Germany</a> </td> <td>4,812 </td> <td>6.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Jörg Kibellus </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>3,836 </td> <td>5.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Jens Kaufmann </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>3,007 </td> <td>4.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Robert Uhde </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>1,807 </td> <td>2.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Karol Langnickel </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>1,442 </td> <td>1.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Holger Luckstein </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>1,182 </td> <td>1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Niels Burmeister </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>1,109 </td> <td>1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td align="left">Rebecca Thoß </td> <td align="left">German Beer Drinkers Union </td> <td>669 </td> <td>0.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Niklas Zimathis </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>453 </td> <td>0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Roland Ulrich </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>369 </td> <td>0.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Matthias Bräuer </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>312 </td> <td>0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Kai Oppermann </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>196 </td> <td>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left">Alina Kreis </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>155 </td> <td>0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Valid votes </th> <th>71,585 </th> <th>99.4 </th> <th>62,628 </th> <th>99.1 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Invalid votes </th> <th>476 </th> <th>0.6 </th> <th>563 </th> <th>0.9 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Total </th> <th>75,061 </th> <th>100.0 </th> <th>63,191 </th> <th>100.0 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Electorate/voter turnout </th> <th>171,884 </th> <th>43.7 </th> <th>171,464 </th> <th>36.9 </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Source: City of Rostock (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wahlen.sv.rostock.de/obw2022/">1st round</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rathaus.rostock.de/wahlen/obw2022Stich/oberbuergermeisterstichwahl.html">2nd round</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2019_Rostock_City_Council_election_-_Wahlbezirke.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/2019_Rostock_City_Council_election_-_Wahlbezirke.svg/300px-2019_Rostock_City_Council_election_-_Wahlbezirke.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/2019_Rostock_City_Council_election_-_Wahlbezirke.svg/450px-2019_Rostock_City_Council_election_-_Wahlbezirke.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/2019_Rostock_City_Council_election_-_Wahlbezirke.svg/600px-2019_Rostock_City_Council_election_-_Wahlbezirke.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1240" data-file-height="1374" /></a><figcaption>Winning party by precinct in the 2019 city council election</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2019_Rostock_City_Council_election_-_Results.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/2019_Rostock_City_Council_election_-_Results.svg/300px-2019_Rostock_City_Council_election_-_Results.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/2019_Rostock_City_Council_election_-_Results.svg/450px-2019_Rostock_City_Council_election_-_Results.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/2019_Rostock_City_Council_election_-_Results.svg/600px-2019_Rostock_City_Council_election_-_Results.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1240" data-file-height="1374" /></a><figcaption>Seat distribution in the 2019 city council election</figcaption></figure> <p>The city parliament (<i>Bürgerschaft</i>) represents the citizens. Representative are elected for five years. The number of representatives is currently 53. The city parliament is presided by the <i>Präsident der Bürgerschaft</i>, who heads and prepares the sessions and, together with the mayor, represents the city. The most recent city council election was held on 26 May 2019, and the results were as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>+/- </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>+/- </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#BE3075"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Left_(Germany)" title="The Left (Germany)">The Left</a> (Die Linke) </td> <td>58,405 </td> <td>19.9 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6.5 </td> <td>11 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#409A3C"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_90/The_Greens" title="Alliance 90/The Greens">Alliance 90/The Greens</a> (Grüne) </td> <td>55,616 </td> <td>19.0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 7.5 </td> <td>10 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#151518"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">Christian Democratic Union</a> (CDU) </td> <td>42,422 </td> <td>14.5 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6.0 </td> <td>8 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#E3000F"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party</a> (SPD) </td> <td>42,269 </td> <td>14.4 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.5 </td> <td>8 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00A2DE"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Alternative_for_Germany" title="Alternative for Germany">Alternative for Germany</a> (AfD) </td> <td>28,294 </td> <td>9.6 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5.2 </td> <td>5 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td align="left">Independent Citizens for Rostock (UFR) </td> <td>21,483 </td> <td>7.3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.8 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td align="left">Rostock Alliance (RB) </td> <td>12,086 </td> <td>4.1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.5 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFED00"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Free_Democratic_Party_(Germany)" title="Free Democratic Party (Germany)">Free Democratic Party</a> (FDP) </td> <td>9,645 </td> <td>3.3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.8 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#B5152B"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Die_PARTEI" title="Die PARTEI">Die PARTEI</a> (PARTEI) </td> <td>7,373 </td> <td>2.5 </td> <td>New </td> <td>1 </td> <td>New </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F7A800"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Free_Voters" title="Free Voters">Free Voters</a> (FW) </td> <td>3,790 </td> <td>1.3 </td> <td>New </td> <td>1 </td> <td>New </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td align="left">New Start 09 (A'09) </td> <td>2,897 </td> <td>1.0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.5 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" bgcolor="lightgrey"> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td align="left">The Grays - For All Generations (Graue) </td> <td>1,869 </td> <td>0.6 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF820A"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Pirate_Party_Germany" title="Pirate Party Germany">Pirate Party Germany</a> (Piraten) </td> <td>1,714 </td> <td>0.6 </td> <td>New </td> <td>0 </td> <td>New </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8B4726"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="National Democratic Party of Germany">National Democratic Party</a> (NPD) </td> <td>1,633 </td> <td>0.6 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> </td> <td>3,779 </td> <td>1.3 </td> <td> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>±0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Valid votes </th> <th>293,275 </th> <th>98.6 </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Invalid votes </th> <th>4,179 </th> <th>1.4 </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>102,304 </th> <th>100.0 </th> <th> </th> <th>53 </th> <th>±0 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Electorate/voter turnout </th> <th>173,650 </th> <th>58.9 </th> <th><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 18.4 </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rathaus.rostock.de/wahlen/bsw2019/buergerschaftswahl.html">City of Rostock</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Regiopole_Rostock_Verflechtungen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Regiopole_Rostock_Verflechtungen.jpg/170px-Regiopole_Rostock_Verflechtungen.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Regiopole_Rostock_Verflechtungen.jpg/255px-Regiopole_Rostock_Verflechtungen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Regiopole_Rostock_Verflechtungen.jpg/340px-Regiopole_Rostock_Verflechtungen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="424" data-file-height="463" /></a><figcaption>Geographical position of the Rostock <a href="/wiki/Regiopolis" title="Regiopolis">Regiopolis</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regiopolis_Rostock">Regiopolis Rostock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Regiopolis Rostock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rostock is the first city region that defines itself not only as a city in its boundaries, but as a <a href="/wiki/Regiopolis" title="Regiopolis">regiopolis</a>, with a supra-regional sphere of influence. A regiopolis can be compared to a <a href="/wiki/Metropolis" title="Metropolis">metropolis</a>, but on a smaller scale. This is a sign for the inter-regional cooperation and economic dynamics that can be found in the Rostock area. A taskforce with different actors such as the hanseatic city of Rostock, the administrative <a href="/wiki/Rostock_(district)" title="Rostock (district)">district of Rostock</a>, the <i>Regional Planning Association Middle Mecklenburg/Rostock</i> and the local business organisations are working on the promotion and advancement of the concept.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geographic_location">Geographic location</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Geographic location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rostock is located nearly centrally on <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" title="Mecklenburg-Vorpommern">Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> coast. The city is crossed by the <a href="/wiki/Warnow" title="Warnow">Warnow</a>. </p><p>The seaside part of Rostock, Rostock-<a href="/wiki/Warnem%C3%BCnde" title="Warnemünde">Warnemünde</a>, is about 16 km (10 mi) to the north of the historic city centre. The west and the southeast are the most densely populated parts of town. The overseas port is to the east of Rostock. Rostock stretches 21.6 km (13.4 mi) from the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> to the south and 19.4 km (12.1 mi) from east to west. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rostock has an <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: <i>Cfb</i>; <a href="/wiki/Trewartha_climate_classification" title="Trewartha climate classification">Trewartha</a>: <i>Dobk</i>) with strong influence of the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a>, more similar to <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> and far southern <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> than to the rest of Germany. The main difference with lower Scandinavia is that the continuous landmass to the south and east enables stronger bursts of heat during summer. In spite of this, the <a href="/wiki/Warnem%C3%BCnde" title="Warnemünde">Warnemünde</a> station is generally less warm on the average summer day than on the northern side of the sea. In addition, the maritime influence of the Baltic Sea tempers any Arctic blasts, ensuring slightly milder winters. The Warnemünde station is located on the open sea and thus has a stronger maritime influence and slightly smaller variations than the downtown that is further inland. </p><p>The Rostock weather station has recorded the following extreme values:<sup id="cite_ref-sklima_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sklima-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Its highest temperature was 38.4 °C (101.1 °F) on <a href="/wiki/2022_European_heatwaves#July_heatwave_2" title="2022 European heatwaves">20 July 2022</a>.</li> <li>Its lowest temperature was −18.4 °C (−1.1 °F) on 16 February 1956.</li> <li>Its greatest annual precipitation was 954.6 mm (37.58 in) in 2011.</li> <li>Its least annual precipitation was 427.1 mm (16.81 in) in 1976.</li> <li>The longest annual sunshine was 2,190 hours in 2018.</li> <li>The shortest annual sunshine was 1,456.6 hours in 1998.</li></ul> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Rostock (<a href="/wiki/Warnem%C3%BCnde" title="Warnemünde">Warnemünde</a>), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1947–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(64.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.3<br />(72.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.5<br />(85.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(91.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.9<br />(96.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF1500; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.4<br />(101.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.9<br />(98.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.6<br />(90.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(79.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.5<br />(59.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF1500; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">38.4<br />(101.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1<br />(50.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9<br />(51.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.7<br />(60.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.0<br />(71.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(79.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(86.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.6<br />(87.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.4<br />(77.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF952C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.8<br />(67.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(57.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4<br />(39.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(45.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC994; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.2<br />(54.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4<br />(61.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.0<br />(71.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.5<br />(65.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.3<br />(55.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9<br />(40.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.7<br />(54.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9<br />(35.4) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2<br />(36.0) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4<br />(39.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4<br />(47.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.5<br />(54.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.0<br />(60.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(50.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(37.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.2<br />(31.6) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(32.2) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8<br />(35.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2<br />(41.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0<br />(48.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9<br />(46.2) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(39.2) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1<br />(34.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">6.9<br />(44.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #BDBDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.7<br />(18.1) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.0<br />(21.2) </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.9<br />(26.8) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br />(32.5) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.3<br />(39.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7<br />(47.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(52.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7<br />(45.9) </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.5<br />(36.5) </td> <td style="background: #DEDEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.6<br />(29.1) </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.8<br />(21.6) </td> <td style="background: #B1B1FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−9.9<br />(14.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #8686FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−17.8<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−18.4<br />(−1.1) </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−15.1<br />(4.8) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.0<br />(24.8) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(32.0) </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.5<br />(36.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(45.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(43.7) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4<br />(38.1) </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.8<br />(28.8) </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.3<br />(15.3) </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−15.6<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−18.4<br />(−1.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #BAFFBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.2<br />(1.82) </td> <td style="background: #C0FFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.2<br />(1.50) </td> <td style="background: #C4FFC4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.2<br />(1.54) </td> <td style="background: #CAFFCA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.2<br />(1.35) </td> <td style="background: #B4FFB4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.7<br />(1.96) </td> <td style="background: #96FF96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.8<br />(2.67) </td> <td style="background: #96FF96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.8<br />(2.75) </td> <td style="background: #98FF98; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.5<br />(2.70) </td> <td style="background: #A8FFA8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.1<br />(2.21) </td> <td style="background: #B7FFB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.1<br />(1.89) </td> <td style="background: #B8FFB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.7<br />(1.80) </td> <td style="background: #B3FFB3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.9<br />(2.00) </td> <td style="background: #B1FFB1; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">614.3<br />(24.19) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4<br />(2.1) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(1.2) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.9<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(1.6) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9.9<br />(3.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #3232FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.6 </td> <td style="background: #3636FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.8 </td> <td style="background: #5858FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.5 </td> <td style="background: #6E6EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3 </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.5 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.5 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.0 </td> <td style="background: #4848FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.8 </td> <td style="background: #5454FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.4 </td> <td style="background: #4444FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.1 </td> <td style="background: #3434FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.9 </td> <td style="background: #2828FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17.4 </td> <td style="background: #4A4AFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">171.9 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 cm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9 </td> <td style="background: #ADADFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0 </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8 </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2 </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #7CFF7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.5 </td> <td style="background: #80FF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.1 </td> <td style="background: #85FF85; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.1 </td> <td style="background: #8CFF8C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.4 </td> <td style="background: #8CFF8C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.4 </td> <td style="background: #8CFF8C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.2 </td> <td style="background: #8BFF8B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.7 </td> <td style="background: #8BFF8B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.8 </td> <td style="background: #87FF87; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.4 </td> <td style="background: #82FF82; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.7 </td> <td style="background: #7CFF7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.5 </td> <td style="background: #7BFF7B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.5 </td> <td style="background: #85FF85; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">78.9 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #595959; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">49.2 </td> <td style="background: #878787; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67.7 </td> <td style="background: #BCBC3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">133.3 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">207.8 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">260.3 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">250.4 </td> <td style="background: #E3E300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">252.1 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">224.8 </td> <td style="background: #CFCF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">168.7 </td> <td style="background: #B1B17D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">109.1 </td> <td style="background: #656565; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">53.6 </td> <td style="background: #434343; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">37.1 </td> <td style="background: #C5C502; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,813.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/World_Meteorological_Organization" title="World Meteorological Organization">World Meteorological Organization</a><sup id="cite_ref-WMO_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMO-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="/wiki/Deutscher_Wetterdienst" title="Deutscher Wetterdienst">Deutscher Wetterdienst</a> / SKlima.de<sup id="cite_ref-sklima_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sklima-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Main_sights">Main sights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Main sights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rostock">Rostock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Rostock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:1008px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Panorama1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Panorama of Rostock from the bank of the Warnow river during the Hanse Sail"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Panorama1.jpg/1000px-Panorama1.jpg" decoding="async" width="1000" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Panorama1.jpg/1500px-Panorama1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Panorama1.jpg/2000px-Panorama1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2624" data-file-height="373" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Panorama1.jpg" title="File:Panorama1.jpg"> </a></div>Panorama of Rostock from the bank of the <a href="/wiki/Warnow" title="Warnow">Warnow</a> river during the <a href="/wiki/Hanse_Sail" title="Hanse Sail">Hanse Sail</a></div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aerial_view_Yacht_Harbour_Residence_Rostock_Yachthafenresidenz_Hohe_D%C3%BCne_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Aerial_view_Yacht_Harbour_Residence_Rostock_Yachthafenresidenz_Hohe_D%C3%BCne_1.jpg/220px-Aerial_view_Yacht_Harbour_Residence_Rostock_Yachthafenresidenz_Hohe_D%C3%BCne_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Aerial_view_Yacht_Harbour_Residence_Rostock_Yachthafenresidenz_Hohe_D%C3%BCne_1.jpg/330px-Aerial_view_Yacht_Harbour_Residence_Rostock_Yachthafenresidenz_Hohe_D%C3%BCne_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Aerial_view_Yacht_Harbour_Residence_Rostock_Yachthafenresidenz_Hohe_D%C3%BCne_1.jpg/440px-Aerial_view_Yacht_Harbour_Residence_Rostock_Yachthafenresidenz_Hohe_D%C3%BCne_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="685" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of marina and <i>Yacht Harbour Residence "Hohe Düne"</i> at the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a>, close to <a href="/wiki/Warnem%C3%BCnde" title="Warnemünde">Warnemünde</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_Heiligengeisthof.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Rostock_Heiligengeisthof.jpg/220px-Rostock_Heiligengeisthof.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Rostock_Heiligengeisthof.jpg/330px-Rostock_Heiligengeisthof.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Rostock_Heiligengeisthof.jpg/440px-Rostock_Heiligengeisthof.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><i>Heiligengeisthof</i> (Holy Spirit Courtyard)</figcaption></figure> <p>One of the most picturesque places in Rostock is the <i>Neuer Markt</i> (New Market Square), with the Town Hall – that was originally built in the 13th century in <a href="/wiki/Brick_Gothic" title="Brick Gothic">Brick Gothic</a> style, but extensively transformed in the 18th century, with the addition of a <a href="/wiki/Baroque" title="Baroque">Baroque</a> façade and a banqueting hall. The square also preserved six original, carefully restored gable houses from the 15th and 16th centuries. The other historical houses in Hanseatic style that once bordered the square were destroyed in an Allied air-raid in 1942, and rebuilt in a simplified manner.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 15th-century <i>Kerkhofhaus</i> (at Große Wasserstraße, behind the Town Hall) is considered the best-preserved brick Gothic house in Rostock. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Church,_Rostock" title="St. Mary's Church, Rostock">St. Mary's Church</a> <i>Marienkirche</i>, on Ziegenmarkt, is an imposing <a href="/wiki/Brick_Gothic" title="Brick Gothic">Brick Gothic</a> church. Built in the 13th century, it was enlarged and modified at the end of the 14th century into the present cross-shaped basilica. The huge tower was not completed until the end of the 18th century. Inside there is an <a href="/wiki/Astronomical_clock" title="Astronomical clock">astronomical clock</a> erected in 1472 by Hans Düringer. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_Kr%C3%B6peliner_Stra%C3%9Fe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Rostock_Kr%C3%B6peliner_Stra%C3%9Fe.jpg/240px-Rostock_Kr%C3%B6peliner_Stra%C3%9Fe.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Rostock_Kr%C3%B6peliner_Stra%C3%9Fe.jpg/360px-Rostock_Kr%C3%B6peliner_Stra%C3%9Fe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Rostock_Kr%C3%B6peliner_Stra%C3%9Fe.jpg/480px-Rostock_Kr%C3%B6peliner_Stra%C3%9Fe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><i>Kröpeliner Straße</i> – main shopping street</figcaption></figure> <p>The main pedestrian precinct is <i>Kröpeliner Straße</i>, which runs east from the Neuer Markt to the 14th-century <i>Kröpeliner Tor</i>, a former town gate. The main buildings of <a href="/wiki/University_of_Rostock" title="University of Rostock">Rostock University</a> lie at Universitätsplatz, near the middle of the street, in front of the lively fountain of <i>zest for life (Brunnen der Lebensfreude)</i>, known colloquially as Pornobrunn (fountain of pornography), for its nude sculptures. </p><p>The <i>Kloster St Katharinen</i> (Convent of St. Catherine), is an old <a href="/wiki/Franciscan" class="mw-redirect" title="Franciscan">Franciscan</a> <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monastery</a> founded in 1243, and extended several times during the 14th and 15th centuries. Now used as the seat of the Academy of Music and Theatre (HMT-Rostock). </p><p>The Brick Gothic <i>Nikolaikirche</i> (St. Nicholas Church), which is the oldest church in Rostock, was built in the mid-13th century. Heavily damaged during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and subsequently restored, the building is now used as an exhibition centre and concert hall, due to its outstanding acoustics. </p><p>Some parts of the medieval <a href="/wiki/City_wall" class="mw-redirect" title="City wall">city wall</a>, with four <a href="/wiki/City_gate" title="City gate">city gates</a>, have survived to the present day. The city has a large population of herring gulls that squawk loudly most days throughout the year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Warnemünde"><span id="Warnem.C3.BCnde"></span>Warnemünde</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Warnemünde"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Warnem%C3%BCnde_Altstadt_(03)_2006-09-21.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Warnem%C3%BCnde_Altstadt_%2803%29_2006-09-21.jpg/220px-Warnem%C3%BCnde_Altstadt_%2803%29_2006-09-21.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Warnem%C3%BCnde_Altstadt_%2803%29_2006-09-21.jpg/330px-Warnem%C3%BCnde_Altstadt_%2803%29_2006-09-21.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Warnem%C3%BCnde_Altstadt_%2803%29_2006-09-21.jpg/440px-Warnem%C3%BCnde_Altstadt_%2803%29_2006-09-21.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><i>Alexandrinenstraße</i> in Warnemünde</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wassersportler_Warnem%C3%BCnde.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Wassersportler_Warnem%C3%BCnde.jpg/220px-Wassersportler_Warnem%C3%BCnde.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Wassersportler_Warnem%C3%BCnde.jpg/330px-Wassersportler_Warnem%C3%BCnde.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Wassersportler_Warnem%C3%BCnde.jpg/440px-Wassersportler_Warnem%C3%BCnde.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3829" data-file-height="2856" /></a><figcaption>Warnemünde Beach</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock22.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Rostock22.jpg/220px-Rostock22.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Rostock22.jpg/330px-Rostock22.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Rostock22.jpg/440px-Rostock22.jpg 2x" data-file-width="745" data-file-height="593" /></a><figcaption><i>Speicher</i> (office buildings) at night. Headquarters of <a href="/wiki/AIDA_Cruises" title="AIDA Cruises">AIDA Cruises</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Warnem%C3%BCnde" title="Warnemünde">Warnemünde</a> is the seaside part of Rostock and a major attraction of the city. Locals and tourists alike enjoy the maritime flair of old houses, a large beach, a <a href="/wiki/Lighthouse_Warnem%C3%BCnde" class="mw-redirect" title="Lighthouse Warnemünde">lighthouse</a> and the old fisherman's port. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The economy is mainly characterised by maritime industries (especially <a href="/wiki/Shipbuilding" title="Shipbuilding">shipbuilding</a>), high-tech industries (<a href="/wiki/Information_technology" title="Information technology">IT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biotechnology" title="Biotechnology">biotechnology</a>/<a href="/wiki/Life_sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Life sciences">life sciences</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biomedical_engineering" title="Biomedical engineering">medical engineering</a>), the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Rostock" title="University of Rostock">University of Rostock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Germany" title="Tourism in Germany">tourism</a> and the service sector. Major companies include: </p> <dl><dt>Maritime Industry</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caterpillar_Inc." title="Caterpillar Inc.">Caterpillar Inc.</a>, manufacturer of diesel engines for ships</li> <li>Deutsche Seereederei Rostock, transport, cruises, property and tourism holding</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._Laeisz" title="F. Laeisz">F. Laeisz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neptun_Werft" title="Neptun Werft">Neptun Werft</a>, shipyard belonging to <a href="/wiki/Meyer_Werft" title="Meyer Werft">Meyer Neptun Group</a></li> <li>Nordic Yards Warnemünde, shipyard</li> <li>Schiffselektronik Rostock</li> <li>Tamsen Maritim shipyard</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIDA_Cruises" title="AIDA Cruises">AIDA Cruises</a><sup id="cite_ref-AidaHQ_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AidaHQ-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Other engineering</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nordex_SE" class="mw-redirect" title="Nordex SE">Nordex SE</a>, a major producer of <a href="/wiki/Wind_turbine" title="Wind turbine">wind turbines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzlon" title="Suzlon">Suzlon</a>, world's 5th largest wind turbine manufacturer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liebherr" title="Liebherr">Liebherr</a>, manufacturer of cranes</li></ul> <dl><dt>Tourism industry</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AIDA_Cruises" title="AIDA Cruises">AIDA Cruises</a>, German company for cruises</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scandlines" title="Scandlines">Scandlines</a>, German-Danish ferry operator (by <i>Scandferries Holding</i>)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Others</dt></dl> <ul><li>Hanseatische Brauerei Rostock, German brewery belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Dr._Oetker" title="Dr. Oetker">Oetker-Gruppe</a></li> <li>Rostock University Hospital (<i>Universitätsmedizin</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yara_International" title="Yara International">Yara International</a>, supplier of plant nutrients</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_Botanischer_Garten_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Rostock_Botanischer_Garten_1.jpg/220px-Rostock_Botanischer_Garten_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Rostock_Botanischer_Garten_1.jpg/330px-Rostock_Botanischer_Garten_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Rostock_Botanischer_Garten_1.jpg/440px-Rostock_Botanischer_Garten_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4998" data-file-height="1845" /></a><figcaption>Historical <a href="/wiki/Botanischer_Garten_Universit%C3%A4t_Rostock" title="Botanischer Garten Universität Rostock">Botanical Garden of Rostock University</a>, greenhouse</figcaption></figure> <p>Rostock is home to one of the oldest universities in the world. Founded in 1419, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Rostock" title="University of Rostock">University of Rostock</a> is the third oldest university in Germany in continuous operation, and one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_oldest_universities_in_continuous_operation" title="List of oldest universities in continuous operation">oldest universities of the world</a>. It also maintains a <a href="/wiki/Botanical_garden" title="Botanical garden">botanical garden</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Botanischer_Garten_Universit%C3%A4t_Rostock" title="Botanischer Garten Universität Rostock">Botanischer Garten Universität Rostock</a>. </p><p>The Academy of Music and Theatre (<i>Hochschule für Musik und Theater</i>) offers graduate degrees in artistic fields. Founded in 1994, the institution combined <i>Ernst Busch</i>, the former drama school, and the outpost school of the <a href="/wiki/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_Hanns_Eisler" class="mw-redirect" title="Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler">Hanns Eisler Music School Berlin</a>. Today, the combined school is a member of the Association of Baltic Academies of Music (ABAM), a union of 17 music conservatories at the Baltic Sea and Israel. Unique in Europe is the postgraduate degree in piano duo performance. The school possesses a large opera stage (Katharinensaal) and two chamber music halls. There are concerts every day throughout the year. </p><p>Rostock also hosts the <a href="/wiki/Max_Planck_Institute_for_Demographic_Research" title="Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research">Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research</a> and the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, as well as two branches of Fraunhofer Institutes, one for Computer Graphics and one for Large Structures in Production Technology. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_Theater_im_Stadthafen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Rostock_Theater_im_Stadthafen.jpg/220px-Rostock_Theater_im_Stadthafen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Rostock_Theater_im_Stadthafen.jpg/330px-Rostock_Theater_im_Stadthafen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Rostock_Theater_im_Stadthafen.jpg/440px-Rostock_Theater_im_Stadthafen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="643" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Volkstheater_Rostock" title="Volkstheater Rostock">Volkstheater Rostock</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theatre">Theatre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The municipal theatre is the <a href="/wiki/Volkstheater_Rostock" title="Volkstheater Rostock">Volkstheater Rostock</a> where the <a href="/wiki/Norddeutsche_Philharmonie_Rostock" title="Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock">Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock</a> plays. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Events">Events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city is home to the annual <a href="/wiki/Hanse_Sail" title="Hanse Sail">Hanse Sail</a> festival, during which many large sailing ships and museum vessels are brought out to sea, drawing over 1.5 million visitors. </p><p>An annual jazz festival, <i>Ostsee-Jazz</i> ("Baltic Sea Jazz"), takes place in June. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cinemas">Cinemas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Cinemas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Lichtspieltheater Wundervoll is the <a href="/wiki/Art_house" class="mw-redirect" title="Art house">art house</a> cinema of Rostock. It opened in 1993 and offers a daily programme in two venues, the Metropol and the Frieda 23 with three cinemas. At Frieda 23 is the Institut für neue Medien (IFNM), Rostock's Institute for New Media, which includes a media workshop. Both Liwu and IFNM are active members of the <i>Landesverband Filmkommunikation Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</i>. Special screenings for schools, educational programmes and special programmes are offered as well. It is the central venue for Rostock's Film Festival, the Festival im Stadthafen (FISH), the German Federal Festival for Young German Film. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums_and_zoo">Museums and zoo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Museums and zoo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kempowski_Archiv_2014.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Kempowski_Archiv_2014.JPG/220px-Kempowski_Archiv_2014.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Kempowski_Archiv_2014.JPG/330px-Kempowski_Archiv_2014.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Kempowski_Archiv_2014.JPG/440px-Kempowski_Archiv_2014.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2272" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Walter_Kempowski" title="Walter Kempowski">Walter Kempowski</a> archives</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rostock_Art_Gallery" title="Rostock Art Gallery">Rostock Art Gallery</a> (<i>Kunsthalle Rostock</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Cultural_History,_Rostock" class="mw-redirect" title="Museum of Cultural History, Rostock">Museum of Cultural History</a> (<i>Kulturhistorisches Museum</i>)</li> <li>Stasi Museum (<i>Dokumentations- und Gedenkstätte der Bundesbeauftragten für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik</i>)</li> <li>Warnemünde Local History Museum (<i>Heimatmuseum Warnemünde</i>)</li> <li>Shipbuilding and Shipping Museum (<i>Schiffbau- und Schifffahrtsmuseum</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rostock_Zoo" title="Rostock Zoo">Rostock Zoo</a></li> <li>Walter Kempowski Archive</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Samuel#Max-Samuel-Haus_in_Rostock" title="Max Samuel">Max-Samuel-Haus</a>, Rostock Jewish Heritage Centre</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Food_and_drink">Food and drink</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Food and drink"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rostock manufactures its own local beer, called Rostocker Pilsner, manufactured at the Hanseatische Brauerei Rostock GmbH (Rostock Hanseatic Brewery Ltd.). The beer is well known throughout the city and is also sold in cities nearby. To celebrate Rostock's 800th birthday, a special light beer called Heller Freude was brewed to commemorate the occasion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport">Sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ostseestadion.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Ostseestadion.JPG/220px-Ostseestadion.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Ostseestadion.JPG/330px-Ostseestadion.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Ostseestadion.JPG/440px-Ostseestadion.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1248" data-file-height="708" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ostseestadion" title="Ostseestadion">Ostseestadion</a>, home ground of <a href="/wiki/Hansa_Rostock" class="mw-redirect" title="Hansa Rostock">Hansa Rostock</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock_Seawolves_huddle_2023.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Rostock_Seawolves_huddle_2023.JPG/230px-Rostock_Seawolves_huddle_2023.JPG" decoding="async" width="230" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Rostock_Seawolves_huddle_2023.JPG/345px-Rostock_Seawolves_huddle_2023.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Rostock_Seawolves_huddle_2023.JPG/460px-Rostock_Seawolves_huddle_2023.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3172" data-file-height="1406" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rostock_Seawolves" title="Rostock Seawolves">Rostock Seawolves</a> huddle in April 2023.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background: #BBDDFF; color:#000080;">Club </th> <th style="background: #BBDDFF; color:#000080;">Sport </th> <th style="background: #BBDDFF; color:#000080;">Founded </th> <th style="background: #BBDDFF; color:#000080;">League </th> <th style="background: #BBDDFF; color:#000080;">Venue </th> <th style="background: #BBDDFF; color:#000080;">Head Coach </th> <th style="background: #BBDDFF; color:#000080;">Website </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/F.C._Hansa_Rostock" class="mw-redirect" title="F.C. Hansa Rostock">Hansa Rostock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a> </td> <td>1965 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/3._Liga" title="3. Liga">3. Liga</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ostseestadion" title="Ostseestadion">Ostseestadion</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernd_Hollerbach" title="Bernd Hollerbach">Bernd Hollerbach</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.fc-hansa.de/">[1]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rostock_Seawolves" title="Rostock Seawolves">Rostock Seawolves</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td>1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball_Bundesliga" title="Basketball Bundesliga">Basketball Bundesliga</a> </td> <td>Stadthalle Rostock </td> <td>Przemyslaw Frasunkiewicz </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://seawolves.de/">[2]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rostocker_FC" title="Rostocker FC">Rostocker FC 1895</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a> </td> <td>1895 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NOFV-Oberliga_Nord" title="NOFV-Oberliga Nord">NOFV-Oberliga Nord</a> (5th division) </td> <td>Sportpark am Damerower Weg </td> <td>Jan Kistenmacher </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.rfc-1895.de">[3]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/HC_Empor_Rostock" title="HC Empor Rostock">HC Empor Rostock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Team_handball" class="mw-redirect" title="Team handball">Team handball</a> </td> <td>1946 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bundesliga_(handball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bundesliga (handball)">3. Bundesliga</a> </td> <td>Rostocker Stadthalle </td> <td>Maik Handschke </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.hc-empor.de/">[4]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>SV Warnemünde </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">Volleyball</a> </td> <td>1990 </td> <td>3rd league (men and women team) </td> <td>Sporthalle Gerüstbauerring </td> <td> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.svw-vb.de/">[5]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Piranhas_Rostock" class="mw-redirect" title="Piranhas Rostock">Piranhas Rostock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Ice hockey</a> </td> <td>1953 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oberliga_(ice_hockey)" title="Oberliga (ice hockey)">Oberliga</a> (3rd division) </td> <td>Eishalle Rostock </td> <td>Henry Thom </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.fc-hansa.de/">[6]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rostocker Nasenbären </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Skater_hockey" class="mw-redirect" title="Skater hockey">Skater hockey</a> </td> <td>2005 </td> <td>Inline-Skaterhockey-Bundesliga (1st league) </td> <td>OSPA-Arena </td> <td>Dimitri Kramarenko<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.rostocker-nasenbaeren.de/">[7]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>HSG Warnemünde </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Water_polo" title="Water polo">Water polo</a> </td> <td>1971 </td> <td>Oberliga SH-MV (3rd league) </td> <td>Neptun-Schwimmhalle </td> <td> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.wasserball-rostock.de/">[8]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rostock-hbf-nord.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Rostock-hbf-nord.jpg/220px-Rostock-hbf-nord.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Rostock-hbf-nord.jpg/330px-Rostock-hbf-nord.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Rostock-hbf-nord.jpg/440px-Rostock-hbf-nord.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="381" /></a><figcaption><i>Rostock Hauptbahnhof</i> (main station)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Liniennetz_Rostock_und_Umgebung.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Liniennetz_Rostock_und_Umgebung.png/220px-Liniennetz_Rostock_und_Umgebung.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Liniennetz_Rostock_und_Umgebung.png/330px-Liniennetz_Rostock_und_Umgebung.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Liniennetz_Rostock_und_Umgebung.png/440px-Liniennetz_Rostock_und_Umgebung.png 2x" data-file-width="6094" data-file-height="4315" /></a><figcaption>Transit map of Rostock</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sunset_over_Rostock_harbour.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Sunset_over_Rostock_harbour.jpg/160px-Sunset_over_Rostock_harbour.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Sunset_over_Rostock_harbour.jpg/240px-Sunset_over_Rostock_harbour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Sunset_over_Rostock_harbour.jpg/320px-Sunset_over_Rostock_harbour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1686" data-file-height="2531" /></a><figcaption>Rostock harbour at sunset</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Car">Car</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Car"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rostock can be reached by motorway (<i><a href="/wiki/Autobahn" title="Autobahn">Autobahn</a></i>) <a href="/wiki/Bundesautobahn_1" title="Bundesautobahn 1">A 1</a> from <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> via <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck" title="Lübeck">Lübeck</a> on <a href="/wiki/Bundesautobahn_20" title="Bundesautobahn 20">A 20</a> and by <a href="/wiki/Bundesautobahn_19" title="Bundesautobahn 19">A 19</a> from <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> and A 20 from <a href="/wiki/Szczecin" title="Szczecin">Szczecin</a> in Poland. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_transport">Public transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Public transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Rostock_Hauptbahnhof" title="Rostock Hauptbahnhof">Rostock Hauptbahnhof</a></i> offers fast rail connections to <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> and from there to almost any other European city. </p><p>Rostock is served by the <a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Rostock" title="Trams in Rostock">Rostock tramway network</a>, with six tram lines that serve the inner city as well as the suburbs. The city is also served by an extensive bus fleet, as well as a handful of ferries that cross the Warnow. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ferry/ship"><span id="Ferry.2Fship"></span>Ferry/ship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Ferry/ship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rostock is Germany's largest Baltic port. Rostock is also home to a large ferry port. It is a main base for ferry operators <a href="/wiki/Scandlines" title="Scandlines">Scandlines</a> and <a href="/wiki/TT-Line" title="TT-Line">TT-Line</a>, which both connect Rostock with major Scandinavian destinations. Furthermore, Rostock receives the highest number of cruise tourists in Germany every year. </p><p>Ferries leave for </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a>, Finland</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gedser" title="Gedser">Gedser</a>, Denmark</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trelleborg" title="Trelleborg">Trelleborg</a>, Sweden</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyn%C3%A4shamn" title="Nynäshamn">Nynäshamn</a>, Sweden</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visby" title="Visby">Visby</a>, Sweden</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Rostock%E2%80%93Laage_Airport" title="Rostock–Laage Airport">Rostock–Laage Airport</a> offers connections to major German and international destinations; regular flights to e.g. <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a> are offered. The nearest larger international airports are in <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>. There are also a number of airfields for smaller aircraft, such as Purkshof. </p><p>Rostock is also directly connected to <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport" title="Berlin Brandenburg Airport">Berlin Brandenburg Airport</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Intercity_(Deutsche_Bahn)" title="Intercity (Deutsche Bahn)">IC 17</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_-_sister_cities">Twin towns - sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Twin towns - sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Germany" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany">List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany</a></div> <p>Rostock is <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Szczecin" title="Szczecin">Szczecin</a>, Poland (1957)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Turku" title="Turku">Turku</a>, Finland (1959)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk" title="Dunkirk">Dunkirk</a>, France (1960)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia"><img alt="Latvia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Riga" title="Riga">Riga</a>, Latvia (1961)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a>, Belgium (1963)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Aarhus_Municipality" title="Aarhus Municipality">Aarhus</a>, Denmark (1964)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gothenburg" title="Gothenburg">Gothenburg</a>, Sweden (1965)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bergen" title="Bergen">Bergen</a>, Norway (1965)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rijeka" title="Rijeka">Rijeka</a>, Croatia (1966)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Varna,_Bulgaria" title="Varna, Bulgaria">Varna</a>, Bulgaria (1966)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a>, Germany (1987)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dalian" title="Dalian">Dalian</a>, China (1988)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh</a>, United States (2001)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Guldborgsund_Municipality" title="Guldborgsund Municipality">Guldborgsund</a>, Denmark (2014)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Rostock" title="Category:People from Rostock">Category:People from Rostock</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bl%C3%BCcher_(nach_Gebauer).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Bl%C3%BCcher_%28nach_Gebauer%29.jpg/140px-Bl%C3%BCcher_%28nach_Gebauer%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Bl%C3%BCcher_%28nach_Gebauer%29.jpg/210px-Bl%C3%BCcher_%28nach_Gebauer%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Bl%C3%BCcher_%28nach_Gebauer%29.jpg/280px-Bl%C3%BCcher_%28nach_Gebauer%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1006" data-file-height="1240" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gebhard_Leberecht_von_Bl%C3%BCcher" title="Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher">Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1815</span></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Schulz_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Peter_Schulz_2010.jpg/140px-Peter_Schulz_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Peter_Schulz_2010.jpg/210px-Peter_Schulz_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Peter_Schulz_2010.jpg/280px-Peter_Schulz_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="443" data-file-height="539" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Peter_Schulz" title="Peter Schulz">Peter Schulz</a>, 2010</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portret_van_Simon_Paulli,_RP-P-1878-A-961.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Portret_van_Simon_Paulli%2C_RP-P-1878-A-961.jpg/140px-Portret_van_Simon_Paulli%2C_RP-P-1878-A-961.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Portret_van_Simon_Paulli%2C_RP-P-1878-A-961.jpg/210px-Portret_van_Simon_Paulli%2C_RP-P-1878-A-961.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Portret_van_Simon_Paulli%2C_RP-P-1878-A-961.jpg/280px-Portret_van_Simon_Paulli%2C_RP-P-1878-A-961.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3292" data-file-height="4138" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Simon_Paulli" title="Simon Paulli">Simon Paulli</a>, 1648</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albrecht_Kossel_nobel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Albrecht_Kossel_nobel.jpg/140px-Albrecht_Kossel_nobel.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Albrecht_Kossel_nobel.jpg/210px-Albrecht_Kossel_nobel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Albrecht_Kossel_nobel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="396" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Albrecht_Kossel" title="Albrecht Kossel">Albrecht Kossel</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_service_&_thinking"><span id="Public_service_.26_thinking"></span>Public service & thinking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Public service & thinking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Borwin_I,_Lord_of_Mecklenburg" title="Henry Borwin I, Lord of Mecklenburg">Henry Borwin I, Lord of Mecklenburg</a> (??–1227), Lord of Mecklenburg</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Behrens" title="Carl Friedrich Behrens">Carl Friedrich Behrens</a> (1701-1750), German sailor and soldier, landed in <a href="/wiki/Easter_Island" title="Easter Island">Easter Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franz_Aepinus" title="Franz Aepinus">Franz Aepinus</a> (1724–1802), German-Russian natural philosopher<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gebhard_Leberecht_von_Bl%C3%BCcher" title="Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher">Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher</a> (1742–1819), Prussian field marshal<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moritz_Wiggers" title="Moritz Wiggers">Moritz Wiggers</a> (1816–1894), politician, lawyer and notary</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudolph_Sohm" title="Rudolph Sohm">Rudolph Sohm</a> (1841–1917), jurist, Church historian and theologian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathilde_Mann" title="Mathilde Mann">Mathilde Mann</a> (1859–1925), prominent German translator and editor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Brockelmann" title="Carl Brockelmann">Carl Brockelmann</a> (1868–1956), <a href="/wiki/Semitic_studies" title="Semitic studies">semiticist</a> and orientalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Paasche" title="Hans Paasche">Hans Paasche</a> (1881–1920), politician and pacifist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernst_Heinkel" title="Ernst Heinkel">Ernst Heinkel</a> (1888–1958), aviation pioneer, worked in <a href="/wiki/Warnem%C3%BCnde" title="Warnemünde">Warnemünde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erika_Fuchs" title="Erika Fuchs">Erika Fuchs</a> (1906–2005), translator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchess_Woizlawa_Feodora_of_Mecklenburg" title="Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg">Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg</a> (1918–2019), member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berndt_von_Staden" title="Berndt von Staden">Berndt von Staden</a> (1919–2014), diplomat, Ambassador to the United States 1973–1979</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Schulz" title="Peter Schulz">Peter Schulz</a> (1930–2013), politician (SPD) and first <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Hamburg" title="List of mayors of Hamburg">Mayor of Hamburg</a> 1971–1974</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klaus_Kilimann" title="Klaus Kilimann">Klaus Kilimann</a> (born 1938), politician (SPD), physicist and Mayor of Rostock 1990–1993</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joachim_Gauck" title="Joachim Gauck">Joachim Gauck</a> (born 1940), politician, civil rights activist and President of Germany 2012–2017</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinz_Eggert" title="Heinz Eggert">Heinz Eggert</a> (born 1946), theologian and CDU politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eva-Maria_Kr%C3%B6ger" title="Eva-Maria Kröger">Eva-Maria Kröger</a> (born 1982), politician, Mayor of Rostock since February 2023</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Science_and_academia">Science and academia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Science and academia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tycho_Brahe" title="Tycho Brahe">Tycho Brahe</a> (1546–1601), Danish astronomer and alchemist. Student and scientist at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Rostock" title="University of Rostock">University of Rostock</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Paulli" title="Simon Paulli">Simon Paulli</a> (1603–1680), Danish physician and naturalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthias_Christian_Sprengel" title="Matthias Christian Sprengel">Matthias Christian Sprengel</a> (1746–1803), geographer and historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Martin_Fr%C3%A4hn" title="Christian Martin Frähn">Christian Martin Frähn</a> (1782–1851), German-Russian numismatist and historian<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Mueller" title="Ferdinand von Mueller">Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller</a> (1825–1896), German-Australian physician, geographer and botanist<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clara_Wehl" title="Clara Wehl">Clara Wehl</a> (1833–1901), Australian botanist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Georg_Noel_Dragendorff" title="Johann Georg Noel Dragendorff">Johann Georg Noel Dragendorff</a> (1836–1898), pharmacist and chemist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermann_von_Maltzan" title="Hermann von Maltzan">Hermann von Maltzan</a> (1843–1891), <a href="/wiki/Malacologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Malacologist">malacologist</a>, worked in the field of <a href="/wiki/Conchology" title="Conchology">conchology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albrecht_Kossel" title="Albrecht Kossel">Albrecht Kossel</a> (1853–1927), biochemist and pioneer in genetics, recipient of 1910 <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine" title="Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine">Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine</a> for determining the chemical composition of nucleic acids</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Walden" title="Paul Walden">Paul Walden</a> (1863–1957), Latvian-German chemist, lived and worked in Rostock</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gustav_Mie" title="Gustav Mie">Gustav Mie</a> (1868–1957), physicist, worked on electromagnetic waves</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Leo_Heinrich_Lehmann" class="mw-redirect" title="Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann">Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann</a> (1894–1960), American art historian, archaeologist and professor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_R._von_Hippel" title="Arthur R. von Hippel">Arthur R. von Hippel</a> (1898–2003), German-American materials scientist and physicist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_von_Ohain" title="Hans von Ohain">Hans von Ohain</a> (1911–1998), physicist and engineer, worked in <a href="/wiki/Warnem%C3%BCnde" title="Warnemünde">Warnemünde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egbert_Brieskorn" title="Egbert Brieskorn">Egbert Brieskorn</a> (1936–2013), mathematician who introduced <a href="/wiki/Brieskorn_sphere" class="mw-redirect" title="Brieskorn sphere">Brieskorn spheres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sibylle_G%C3%BCnter" title="Sibylle Günter">Sibylle Günter</a> (born 1964), theoretical physicist, since 2011 heads the <a href="/wiki/Max_Planck_Institute_for_Plasma_Physics" title="Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics">Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics</a></li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Francesco_Cleyn_(18th_century)_by_Thomas_Chambars.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Francesco_Cleyn_%2818th_century%29_by_Thomas_Chambars.jpg/140px-Francesco_Cleyn_%2818th_century%29_by_Thomas_Chambars.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Francesco_Cleyn_%2818th_century%29_by_Thomas_Chambars.jpg/210px-Francesco_Cleyn_%2818th_century%29_by_Thomas_Chambars.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Francesco_Cleyn_%2818th_century%29_by_Thomas_Chambars.jpg/280px-Francesco_Cleyn_%2818th_century%29_by_Thomas_Chambars.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1442" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Francis_Cleyn" title="Francis Cleyn">Francis Cleyn</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:D%C3%B6rte_Helm_(1898-1941)_-_Selbstbildnis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/D%C3%B6rte_Helm_%281898-1941%29_-_Selbstbildnis.jpg/140px-D%C3%B6rte_Helm_%281898-1941%29_-_Selbstbildnis.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/D%C3%B6rte_Helm_%281898-1941%29_-_Selbstbildnis.jpg/210px-D%C3%B6rte_Helm_%281898-1941%29_-_Selbstbildnis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/D%C3%B6rte_Helm_%281898-1941%29_-_Selbstbildnis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="214" data-file-height="295" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/D%C3%B6rte_Helm" title="Dörte Helm">Dörte Helm</a>, pre-1941</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Arts">The Arts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: The Arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Cleyn" title="Francis Cleyn">Francis Cleyn</a> (c. 1582 – 1658), painter and tapestry designer<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Bartholom%C3%A4us_Walther" title="Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walther">Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walther</a> (1734–1802), Baltic-German architect, worked in <a href="/wiki/Tartu" title="Tartu">Tartu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Brinckman" title="John Brinckman">John Brinckman</a> (1814–1870), poet and short story writer in <a href="/wiki/Low_German" title="Low German">Low German</a></li> <li>Brothers <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Eggers" title="Friedrich Eggers">Friedrich Eggers</a> (1819-1872, art historian & <a href="/wiki/Karl_Eggers" title="Karl Eggers">Karl Eggers</a> (1826–1900), lyric poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Tischbein" title="Paul Tischbein">Paul Tischbein</a> (1820–1874), illustrator and painter primarily of landscapes; part of the <a href="/wiki/Tischbein_family" title="Tischbein family">Tischbein family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Wilbrandt" title="Adolf Wilbrandt">Adolf Wilbrandt</a> (1837–1911), German novelist and dramatist<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edvard_Munch" title="Edvard Munch">Edvard Munch</a> (1863–1944), Norwegian painter, lived in Rostock 1907/08<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Tessenow" title="Heinrich Tessenow">Heinrich Tessenow</a> (1876–1950), architect, professor and urban planner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Wallat" title="Paul Wallat">Paul Wallat</a> (1879–1964), landscape artist, draftsman and sculptor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margarete_Scheel" title="Margarete Scheel">Margarete Scheel</a> (1881–1969), artist, specializing in sculpture and ceramics</li> <li><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Gimpel" class="extiw" title="de:Bruno Gimpel">Bruno Gimpel, (DE Wiki)</a> (1886–1943), painter and illustrator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egon_Tschirch" title="Egon Tschirch">Egon Tschirch</a> (1889–1948), painter and illustrator.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%B6rte_Helm" title="Dörte Helm">Dörte Helm</a> (1898–1941), <a href="/wiki/Bauhaus" title="Bauhaus">Bauhaus</a> artist, painter and graphic designer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessie_Rindom" title="Jessie Rindom">Jessie Rindom</a> (1903–1981), Danish film actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marianne_Hoppe" title="Marianne Hoppe">Marianne Hoppe</a> (1909–2002), actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Borgelt" title="Peter Borgelt">Peter Borgelt</a> (1927–1994), actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Jastram" title="Jo Jastram">Jo Jastram</a> (1928–2011), sculptor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Kempowski" title="Walter Kempowski">Walter Kempowski</a> (1929–2007), writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erik_Smith" title="Erik Smith">Erik Smith</a> (1931–2004), British record producer, pianist and harpsichordist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Frank" title="Mario Frank">Mario Frank</a> (born 1958), writer, CEO of <a href="/wiki/Der_Spiegel" title="Der Spiegel">Der Spiegel</a> 2007/8; now a political biographer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franziska_Knuppe" title="Franziska Knuppe">Franziska Knuppe</a> (born 1974), fashion model</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinnerk_Sch%C3%B6nemann" title="Hinnerk Schönemann">Hinnerk Schönemann</a> (born 1974), actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marteria" title="Marteria">Marteria</a> (born 1982), hip hop artist</li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jan_Ullrich_2016_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Jan_Ullrich_2016_01.jpg/140px-Jan_Ullrich_2016_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Jan_Ullrich_2016_01.jpg/210px-Jan_Ullrich_2016_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Jan_Ullrich_2016_01.jpg/280px-Jan_Ullrich_2016_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2547" data-file-height="3859" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jan_Ullrich" title="Jan Ullrich">Jan Ullrich</a>, 2016</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Rahe" title="Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe">Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe</a> (1888–1949), tennis and field hockey player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siegfried_Brietzke" title="Siegfried Brietzke">Siegfried Brietzke</a> (born 1952), German rower and Olympic team gold medallist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hansj%C3%B6rg_Kunze" title="Hansjörg Kunze">Hansjörg Kunze</a> (born 1959), track and field athlete, bronze medallist at the <a href="/wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics" title="1988 Summer Olympics">1988 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Rohde" title="Frank Rohde">Frank Rohde</a> (born 1960), footballer and coach, played over 250 games and 42 for <a href="/wiki/East_Germany_national_football_team" title="East Germany national football team">East Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martina_Proeber" title="Martina Proeber">Martina Proeber</a> (born 1963), diver, silver medallist at the <a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics" title="1980 Summer Olympics">1980 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Schenk" title="Christian Schenk">Christian Schenk</a> (born 1965), decathlete, gold medallist at the <a href="/wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics" title="1988 Summer Olympics">1988 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramona_Portwich" title="Ramona Portwich">Ramona Portwich</a> (born 1967), canoe sprinter and multiple team medallist at three Summer Olympics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andreas_Tews" title="Andreas Tews">Andreas Tews</a> (born 1968), flyweight boxer, won two medals at two Summer Olympics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6rn_Lenz" title="Jörn Lenz">Jörn Lenz</a> (born 1969), footballer who played over 430 games</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Quast" title="Jan Quast">Jan Quast</a> (born 1970), light flyweight boxer, bronze medallist at the <a href="/wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics" title="1992 Summer Olympics">1992 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steffen_Baumgart" title="Steffen Baumgart">Steffen Baumgart</a> (born 1972), football manager and former player who played 535 games</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rolf_Kohnert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rolf Kohnert (page does not exist)">Rolf Kohnert</a> (born 1938), cyclist, 3 times Australian Masters Champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Ullrich" title="Jan Ullrich">Jan Ullrich</a> (born 1973), cyclist, <a href="/wiki/Tour_de_France" title="Tour de France">Tour de France</a> winner, won two medals at the <a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics" title="2000 Summer Olympics">2000 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%B6rte_Lindner" title="Dörte Lindner">Dörte Lindner</a> (born 1974), diver, bronze medallist at the <a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics" title="2000 Summer Olympics">2000 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annika_Walter" title="Annika Walter">Annika Walter</a> (born 1975), diver silver medallist at the <a href="/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics" title="1996 Summer Olympics">1996 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britta_Kamrau" title="Britta Kamrau">Britta Kamrau</a> (born 1979), long-distance swimmer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Greipel" title="André Greipel">André Greipel</a> (born 1982), road bicycle racer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Zietz" title="Jennifer Zietz">Jennifer Zietz</a> (born 1983), footballer, played 278 games and 15 for <a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Germany women's national football team"> Germany women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannes_Ocik" title="Hannes Ocik">Hannes Ocik</a> (born 1991), rower, three-time world champion, twice an Olympic team silver medallist</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Border constituted by <a href="/wiki/River_Recknitz" class="mw-redirect" title="River Recknitz">River Recknitz</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostock&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ludwigslust-Parchim" title="Ludwigslust-Parchim">Ludwigslust-Parchim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburgische_Seenplatte_(district)" title="Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district)">Mecklenburgische Seenplatte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nordwestmecklenburg" title="Nordwestmecklenburg">Nordwestmecklenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rostock_(district)" title="Rostock (district)">Rostock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vorpommern-Greifswald" title="Vorpommern-Greifswald">Vorpommern-Greifswald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vorpommern-R%C3%BCgen" title="Vorpommern-Rügen">Vorpommern-Rügen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-2011 districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bad_Doberan_(district)" title="Bad Doberan (district)">Bad Doberan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demmin_(district)" title="Demmin 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title="Munich">Munich</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">500,000–999,999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dortmund" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCsseldorf" title="Düsseldorf">Düsseldorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essen" title="Essen">Essen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankfurt" title="Frankfurt">Frankfurt am Main</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanover" title="Hanover">Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leipzig" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuremberg" title="Nuremberg">Nuremberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuttgart" title="Stuttgart">Stuttgart</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">200,000–499,999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen">Aachen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augsburg" title="Augsburg">Augsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bielefeld" title="Bielefeld">Bielefeld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bochum" title="Bochum">Bochum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonn" title="Bonn">Bonn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braunschweig" title="Braunschweig">Braunschweig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemnitz" title="Chemnitz">Chemnitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duisburg" title="Duisburg">Duisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erfurt" title="Erfurt">Erfurt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freiburg_im_Breisgau" title="Freiburg im Breisgau">Freiburg im Breisgau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gelsenkirchen" title="Gelsenkirchen">Gelsenkirchen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halle_(Saale)" title="Halle (Saale)">Halle (Saale)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karlsruhe" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bergisch_Gladbach" title="Bergisch Gladbach">Bergisch Gladbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bottrop" title="Bottrop">Bottrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bremerhaven" title="Bremerhaven">Bremerhaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darmstadt" title="Darmstadt">Darmstadt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erlangen" title="Erlangen">Erlangen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%BCrth" title="Fürth">Fürth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6ttingen" title="Göttingen">Göttingen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCtersloh" title="Gütersloh">Gütersloh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hagen" title="Hagen">Hagen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamm,_North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia">Hamm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanau" title="Hanau">Hanau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heidelberg" title="Heidelberg">Heidelberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heilbronn" 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style="width:1%">Saxon</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="BrunswickMagdeburg" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;font-weight:normal;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><span class="smallcaps"><a href="/wiki/Braunschweig" title="Braunschweig">Brunswick</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Magdeburg" title="Magdeburg">Magdeburg</a></span></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erfurt" title="Erfurt">Erfurt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankfurt_(Oder)" title="Frankfurt (Oder)">Frankfurt an der Oder</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goslar" title="Goslar">Goslar</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/M%C3%BChlhausen" title="Mühlhausen">Mühlhausen</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nordhausen,_Thuringia" title="Nordhausen, Thuringia">Nordhausen</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Baltic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Danzig(Gdańsk)" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em;font-weight:normal;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Gda%C5%84sk" title="Gdańsk"><span class="smallcaps">Danzig</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nobold">(Gdańsk)</span></span></a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div 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