Vorpommern-Greifswald (district)

E311048

district of Germany rural district

Vorpommern-Greifswald is a large rural district in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, located in the country’s northeast along the Baltic Sea and including the university town of Greifswald and parts of the island of Usedom.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Vorpommern-Greifswald	36
Vorpommern-Greifswald district	13
district of Vorpommern-Greifswald	5
Vorpommern-Greifswald (district) canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2926569 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Vorpommern-Greifswald (district)
Context triple: [Barnim (district), borders, Vorpommern-Greifswald (district)]

A. Bezirk Rostock
Bezirk Rostock was an administrative district in the former East Germany, centered around the city of Rostock on the Baltic Sea.
B. Bezirk Schwerin
Bezirk Schwerin was an administrative district in the former East Germany, centered around the city of Schwerin and existing from the 1952 territorial reform until German reunification in 1990.
C. Vorpommern-Rügen
Vorpommern-Rügen is a district in the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern that encompasses the island of Rügen and parts of the Baltic Sea coast.
D. Nordwestmecklenburg
Nordwestmecklenburg is a rural district in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, known for its Baltic Sea coastline and historic towns.
E. Bezirk Neubrandenburg
Bezirk Neubrandenburg was an administrative district in the former East Germany, centered on the city of Neubrandenburg in the northeastern part of the country.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Vorpommern-Greifswald (district)
Target entity description: Vorpommern-Greifswald is a large rural district in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, located in the country’s northeast along the Baltic Sea and including the university town of Greifswald and parts of the island of Usedom.

A. Bezirk Rostock
Bezirk Rostock was an administrative district in the former East Germany, centered around the city of Rostock on the Baltic Sea.
B. Bezirk Schwerin
Bezirk Schwerin was an administrative district in the former East Germany, centered around the city of Schwerin and existing from the 1952 territorial reform until German reunification in 1990.
C. Vorpommern-Rügen
Vorpommern-Rügen is a district in the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern that encompasses the island of Rügen and parts of the Baltic Sea coast.
D. Nordwestmecklenburg
Nordwestmecklenburg is a rural district in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, known for its Baltic Sea coastline and historic towns.
E. Bezirk Neubrandenburg
Bezirk Neubrandenburg was an administrative district in the former East Germany, centered on the city of Neubrandenburg in the northeastern part of the country.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	district of Germany ⓘ rural district ⓘ
borders	Baltic Sea ⓘ Poland ⓘ district of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte ⓘ district of Rostock (district) ⓘ district of Vorpommern-Rügen ⓘ state of Brandenburg ⓘ linked to: State of Brandenburg (since 1990)
capital	Greifswald ⓘ
contains	Anklam ⓘ Eggesin ⓘ Gartz (Oder) ⓘ Greifswald ⓘ Heringsdorf ⓘ Jarmen ⓘ Loitz ⓘ Lubmin ⓘ Pasewalk ⓘ Penkun ⓘ Torgelow ⓘ Ueckermünde ⓘ Usedom (town) ⓘ Zinnowitz ⓘ parts of the island of Usedom ⓘ
containsProtectedArea	Naturpark Insel Usedom ⓘ linked to: Usedom Island Nature Park Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	Ostvorpommern ⓘ Uecker-Randow ⓘ district-free city of Greifswald ⓘ linked to: Greifswald parts of Demmin district ⓘ parts of Müritz district ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Baltic Sea ⓘ
hasMajorRiver	Oder ⓘ linked to: Oder River Peene ⓘ linked to: Peene River Uecker ⓘ
includesUniversityTown	Greifswald ⓘ
locatedIn	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ former Prussian province of Pomerania (historical region) ⓘ northeastern Germany ⓘ region of Vorpommern ⓘ
state	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode	ANK ⓘ GW ⓘ PW ⓘ SAD ⓘ UER ⓘ VG ⓘ

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