A holiday destination: MV was host to 32.2 million overnight stays by tourists in 2023.
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the first federal state in Germany to be able to cover 100 % of its energy needs with renewable resources.
The Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin is one of the oldest orchestras in Germany. In 2023, it celebrated its 460th anniversary.
MV is a festival region: the Festspiele MV, the Fusion Festival and the AIRBEAT ONE Festival alone attract around 375,000 music fans to MV from all over the world.
MV is one of the frontrunners when it comes to green business start-ups, 32 % of which have an ecological background.
At just under 5,500 km2 the Mecklenburg Lake District is the largest rural district in Germany and more than twice the size of the entire Saarland region.
In the 2022/2023 winter semester, more than 38,000 students were enrolled at the 7 state universities in MV.
Visitors can discover more than 4,000 kilometers of avenues and 10.000 kilometres of tree-lined roads in MV.
3 national parks, 7 nature parks and 3 biosphere reserves as well as several other protected areas cover roughly 30 % of the region.
Caspar David Friedrich, born in 1774 in Greifswald, is now thought to be one of the most important artists from the German Romanticism movement. His works of art impress with both their dreamy magic and their oppressive sense of melancholy.
MV is home to 5 Leibniz Institutes, 2 Max Planck Institutes and 3 Fraunhofer Institutes.
In MV, some 150 ship propellers are designed and manufactured each year, including the largest in the world.
At a height of 118 metres, the Königsstuhl cliffs in Jasmund National Park on Rügen are the landmark of the imposing chalk coastline.
An all-round great honour.
The beauty of Rügen’s mighty chalk cliffs is both fascinating and inspiring. They are so enchanting that they have now been immortalised on two-euro coins – 30 million times over. The view on location is invaluable, though.