Rostock

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Coat of Arms of Rostock with the griffin
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Coat of Arms of Rostock with the griffin

Rostock is a city in the north-east of Germany, in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It has about 200,000 inhabitants and an old university.

Rostock is located at the Baltic Sea. A district of the city, Warnemünde, is famous for its long beaches.

The city ist today carrying the name Hansestadt (hanseatic city) in memory of its history, where it has been important part in the hanseatic league. The arcitecture of the city and the region as well is influenced by this historic period.

Other hanseatic cities today are: Hamburg, Lübeck, Wismar, Stralsund, Bremen, Greifswald and Demmin.

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