Capital of the state of Mecklenberg-West
Pomerania. Federal Republic of Germany, on
the W shore of the lake of Schwerin;
population (1990) 130,000; products include
machinery and chemicals. Formerly the capital
of Mecklenburg and earlier of the old
republic of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Schwerin
became capital of Mecklenberg-West Pomerania
with the reunification of Germany 1990.