Bad Doberan (district)
is a former district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It was named after its largest town,, the German meaning. The district surrounded the city of Rostock, bordering the Baltic Sea in the north as well as the former original districts of, and. The district was disbanded at the district reform of September 2011. Its territory has been part of the district of Rostock since.
History
Before, East Germanic tribes dominated the area, who later on emigrated to the west. The then very rural region was thereafter scarcely populated by Slavic peoples until the 12th century. Remains of a Slavic castle can be found in the town of Rerik. In 1160 Henry the Lion conquered the region; afterwards German monks, peasants and traders arrived to settle here. In the Middle Ages the region profited from the vicinity of the wealthy Hanseatic city of. The worst time in regional history was the Thirty Years' War, which depopulated the area almost completely.In 1793 the bathing resort of was established, and the region became a summer residence for the dukes of.
In 1952 the districts of and were established. They were merged in 1994 to form the enlarged district of. This district was merged with the district of Güstrow at the district reform of September 2011, forming the new district of Rostock.