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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
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| City in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | WIKI |
| Stralsund Clockwise from top: view over the city with St Nicholas Church, skyline of the city seen from Altefxc3xa4hr at night, St Mary's Church, view over the city and its three city ponds, Strelasund Crossing, St James' Church and Ozeaneum Coat of armsLocation of Stralsund within Vorpommern-Rxc3xbcgen district Stralsund Show map of GermanyStralsund Show map of Mecklenburg-VorpommernCoordinates: 54xc2xb018xe2x80xb233xe2x80xb3N 13xc2xb004xe2x80xb255xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf54.30917xc2xb0N 13.08194xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 54.30917; 13.08194Coordinates: 54xc2xb018xe2x80xb233xe2x80xb3N 13xc2xb004xe2x80xb255xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf54.30917xc2xb0N 13.08194xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 54.30917; 13.08194CountryGermanyStateMecklenburg-VorpommernDistrictVorpommern-Rxc3xbcgen Founded1234Governmentxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Lord mayorAlexander Badrow (CDU)Areaxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Total54.07xc2xa0km2 (20.88xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Elevation13xc2xa0m (43xc2xa0ft)Populationxc2xa0(2019-12-31)[1]xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Total59,418xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Density1,100/km2 (2,800/sqxc2xa0mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes18435, 18437, 18439Dialling codes03831Vehicle registrationHSTWebsitewww.stralsund.de | WIKI |
| Stralsund (German pronunciation: [xcbx88xcax83txcax81axcbx90lzxcax8ant] (listen); Swedish: Strxc3xa5lsund),[2] officially the Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German: Hansestadt Stralsund), is a city in the Pomeranian part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. | WIKI |
| [3] The Western Pomeranian city has been the capital of the Vorpommern-Rxc3xbcgen district since the 2011 district reforms. | WIKI |
| Stralsund was granted city rights in 1234 and was one of the most prosperous members of the medieval Hanseatic League. | WIKI |
| In 1628, during the Thirty Years' War, the city came under Swedish rule and remained so until the upheavals of the Napoleonic Wars. | WIKI |
| The city lies on the sound of Strelasund, a strait of the Baltic Sea. | WIKI |
| Stralsund's city borough includes municipal forest and three municipal ponds (the Knieperteich, Frankenteich and Moorteich. | WIKI |
| The three ponds and the Strelasund lend the Old Town, the original settlement site and historic centre of the city, a protected island ambience. | WIKI |
| The highest point of the city is the Galgenberg ("Gallows Hill") on its western approaches. | WIKI |
| The city's territory covers an area of 54.07xc2xa0km2, which makes Stralsund, with its nearly 58,000 inhabitants one of the most densely populated cities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (1,480 inhabitants per km2). | WIKI |
| The city also possesses estates in the local area as well as on the islands of Rxc3xbcgen, Hiddensee and Ummanz. | WIKI |
| At that time the Dxc3xa4nholm isle and fishing village, both at the site of the latter city, were called Strale or Stralow, Polabian for "arrow" (this meaning underlies the city's coat of arms, which shows an arrow). | WIKI |
| Schadegard, a nearby twin city to Stralsund also founded by Wizlaw I, though not granted German law, served as the principal stronghold and enclosed a fort. | WIKI |
| In the Battle of Stralsund (1628), the Imperial (Catholic) forces commanded by Albrecht von Wallenstein besieged the city after the council refused to accept the Capitulation of Franzburg[7] of November 1627. | WIKI |
| [7] With the Treaty of Stettin (1630), the city became one of two major Swedish forts in the Duchy of Pomerania, alongside Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland). | WIKI |
| In World War II the city was subjected to repeated Allied bombing. | WIKI |
| After German reunification in 1990, the city's historic old town was thoroughly restored, and Communist-era apartment blocks were renovated and upgraded. | WIKI |
| St. John's Abbey (Franciscan monastery built in 1254) is one of the oldest buildings in the city. | WIKI |
| This building from 1278 features a remarkable "show faxc3xa7ade" that serves the sole purpose of displaying wealth of the city. | WIKI |
| The former Swedish Government Palace is now home to the city construction department. | WIKI |
| The Museum of Cultural History Museum in Mxc3xb6nchstrasse, in one of the most important surviving original houses of the Hanseatic era, was refurbished with funds from the German Foundation for Monument Conservation It offers a guide to understanding the city's history over seven centuries. | WIKI |
| St. John's Abbey, a Franciscan monastery from 1254, now houses the Stralsund City Archives. | WIKI |
| Other major roads include the B105 (beginning in the city centre and continuing to Rostock) and the B96 (major road to Rxc3xbcgen) and the B194 to the town of Grimmen. | WIKI |
| A small airport, Stralsund Barth Airport, also serves the city locally. | WIKI |
| City buses are run by SWS (Stadtwerke Stralsund). | WIKI |