Stralsund
town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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Summary
Stralsund is a district capital[1]. Stralsund ranks in the top 4% of district capital entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,046 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Wendish cities[3], Climate Alliance[4], Mayors for Peace[5], Städte- und Gemeindetag Mecklenburg-Vorpommern[6], Organization of World Heritage Cities[7]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Western Pomerania-Rügen District[8]
- Country: Germany[9]
- Head of government: Alexander Badrow[10]
- Instance of: Hanseatic city[11], urban municipality in Germany[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Ventspils[13], Stargard[14], Pori[15], Kiel[16], Svendborg[17], Malmö Municipality[18], Huangshan[19], Trelleborg Municipality[20], Boulogne-sur-Mer[21], Meknes[22]
- Coat of arms: Coats of arms from Stralsund[23]
- Postal code: 18435[24], 18437[25], 18439[26]
- Commons category: Stralsund[27]
- Licence plate code: HST[28]
- Local dialing code: 03831[29]
- Archives at: City Archives of Stralsund[30]
- Inception: 1234[31]
- Coordinate location: 54.30916666666667, 13.081944444444444[32]
- Significant event: Siege of Stralsund, 1807[33], Siege of Stralsund[34], Siege of Stralsund, 1678[35]
- Official website: https://www.stralsund.de/[36]
- Topic's main category: Category:Stralsund[37]
- Commons gallery: Stralsund[38]
- Population: 57,525[39], 58,041[40], 59,517[41], 59,421[42], 59,205[43], 59,171[44], 59,363[45], 59,450[46], 54,094[47], 55,481[48]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Stralsund[49]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[50], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[51], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[52], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[53], Topographia Electoratus Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae[54]
Why It Matters
Stralsund has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Stralsund is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]