Mecklenburg German State Flag Travel Tag

Travel from cache to cache around the world ending up in Schwerin, the capitol of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.  Please take photos along the journey.

The flag of Mecklenburg–West Pomerania (also know as Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is the flag used by the German state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.

Mecklenburg–West Pomerania,borders the Baltic Sea to the north, Poland to the east, and the German states of Brandenburg to the south, Lower Saxony to the southwest, and Schleswig-Holstein to the west. The capital is Schwerin. Area 8,947 square miles (23,173 square km). Pop. (2006 est.) 1,693,754.  It is one of Germany’s least populated and least densely populated states. The population is composed largely of ethnic Germans, contains no significant indigenous ethnic minority, and has a very small immigrant population. Mecklenburg–West Pomerania’s population has been declining since 1987, owing to both low birth rates and net out-migration. The state’s most significant urban centres—Rostock, Schwerin, and Neubrandenburg—are relatively small in comparison with cities in other German states.

Schwerin, and Rostock, Stralsund, Neubrandenburg, and Greifswald serve as regional centres for the provision of local services. At the beginning of the 21st century, one of the best-performing sectors of the Mecklenburg–West Pomeranian economy was its fairly large and rapidly growing tourist industry, which primarily serves Germans. Tourists travel to Mecklenburg–West Pomerania to visit the shorelines and beaches in particular, but the lake country and numerous historic towns are also sought out. Especially notable are the old Hanseatic towns of Rostock and Stralsund, the latter of which has a particularly good ensemble of historic buildings. Indeed, most of the state’s cities and towns contain striking brick buildings, often churches, in the distinctive North German Gothic architectural style.

This TB has been missing for over a year so I am giving it a new life.  It has been replaced with a wooden tag with the same tracking number and a photo tag of the original TB to enable it to travl again.