// Partners:

Bad Doberan County Administration, Planning Dept.

Bad Doberan / Germany
Rostock / Germany
Tallinn / Estonia
Visby / Sweden
Porto Salvo / Portugal
Agios Nicolaos / Greece
Teltow / Germany

Partner characterization

The rural district of Bad Doberan is situated in the north of the federal Land of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It forms a collar directly around the industrial and scientific centre of the Land - the Baltic port town and old Hanseatic city of Rostock.

The total area of the district amounts to 1,362 square kilometres, of which 73.5% is agricultural acreage, 14.9% forest, 1.3% water area and 10.3% area used for infrastructure and building purposes. The economy is mainly influenced by the economic structures of the city of Rostock. Major branches are tourism, technology, services and trade. Agriculture plays an important role, too.

With a population density of 87 inhabitants per square kilometre, being comparatively low on the federal average, and a total population of 118,119 the district Bad Doberan belongs to the sparsely populated areas of Germany.

The international axes Luebeck- Rostock – Baltic Nations in west-east direction and Kopenhagen – Rostock – Berlin in south-west direction provide excellent international connections on rail, road and air.