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{{Infobox District DE
|name=Ostprignitz-Ruppin
|state=Brandenburg
|image_flag=Flagge des Landkreises Ostprignitz-Ruppin.svg
|image_coa=Wappen des Landkreises Ostprignitz-Ruppin.svg
|capital=[[Neuruppin]]
|area=2,508.7
|Kreisschlüssel    = 12068
| district_admin    = Ralf Reinhardt
| admin_party       = SPD
|carsign= OPR, KY, NP, WK
|url=[http://www.ostprignitz-ruppin.de ostprignitz-ruppin.de]
|map={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q1208}}
}}

'''Ostprignitz-Ruppin''' is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northwestern part of [[Brandenburg]], [[Germany]]. Neighboring are (from north clockwise) the districts [[Müritz]] and [[Mecklenburg-Strelitz (district)|Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] in [[Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania]], the districts
[[Oberhavel]] and [[Havelland (district)|Havelland]], the district [[Stendal (district)|Stendal]] in [[Saxony-Anhalt]], and the district [[Prignitz]].

==Geography==
The district consists of plain countryside northwest of [[Berlin]]. It is densely forested. Many rivers and lakes can be found in its western, its central and its northeastern part. The main river in the district is the [[Dosse (river)|Dosse]].

==History==
The district has always been distinguishable from the West Prignitz, having been settled originally by Slavs from a different part of Mecklenburg. It was officially created in 1993 by merging the districts Kyritz, Neuruppin and Wittstock. The district roughly covers the same territory as the two historic districts Ostprignitz and Ruppin. Osprignitz was created in 1815 as one of two districts covering the former county Prignitz, and was split into the districts Kyritz, Pritzwalk and Wittstock in 1952. Also in 1952 the district Ruppin was renamed to Neuruppin and had to give part of its territory to the districts Kyritz and Gransee.

== Demography ==
<gallery widths="250" heights="200">
File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin.pdf|Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state)
File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin.pdf|Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the [[Census in Germany]] in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)
</gallery>

{{historical populations
|align=none | cols=3 | percentages=pagr
|title = Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin: Population development <br/>within the current boundaries (2017)<ref>Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Population_projection_Brandenburg Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons].</ref>
| 1875 | 101605
| 1890 | 102153
| 1910 | 102634
| 1925 | 106311
| 1933 | 109576
| 1939 | 114606
| 1946 | 157875
| 1950 | 153496
| 1964 | 124190
| 1971 | 123486
| 1981 | 119269
| 1985 | 120184
| 1989 | 120271
| 1990 | 118794
| 1991 | 116002
| 1992 | 117102
| 1993 | 116866
| 1994 | 116180
| 1995 | 116005
| 1996 | 115637
| 1997 | 115670
| 1998 | 115193
| 1999 | 114273
| 2000 | 112930
| 2001 | 111878
| 2002 | 111009
| 2003 | 110057
| 2004 | 108893
| 2005 | 108027
| 2006 | 106830
| 2007 | 105812
| 2008 | 104786
| 2009 | 103734
| 2010 | 102868
| 2011 | 99753
| 2012 | 99125
| 2013 | 98944
| 2014 | 98886
| 2015 | 99110
| 2016 | 99414
| 2017 | 99368
| 2018 | 99078
| 2019 | 98861
}}

==Coat of arms==
The eagle in the top of the coat of arms derives from the Counts of Arnstein, who ruled Ruppin in the 13th century. To the left is a [[fleur-de-lis]] representing the Counts [[von Plotho]], a Wendish family who ruled Kyritz, where they had migrated from the Magdeburg area bringing German families such as the [[von Blumenthal]]s with them. The [[mitre]] to the right symbolizes Wittstock, as Bishop Heinrich I made Wittstock the capital of the [[Bishopric of Havelberg|Prince-Bishopric of Havelberg]].

==Towns and municipalities==
{{Imagemap Germany district OPR|Municipalities in OPR.png|300px{{!}}thumb{{!}}Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district}}
{|
! width=33% align=left|Amt-free towns
! width=33% align=left|[[Amt (political division)|Ämter]]
! width=33% align=left|
|- valign=top
||
#[[Kyritz]]
#[[Neuruppin]]
#[[Rheinsberg]]
#[[Wittstock]]
<br/>
'''Amt-free municipalities'''
#[[Fehrbellin]]
#[[Heiligengrabe]]
#[[Wusterhausen]]
||
'''1.''' [[Lindow (Amt)|Lindow (Mark)]]
#[[Herzberg, Ostprignitz-Ruppin|Herzberg]]
#[[Lindow (Mark)|Lindow]]<sup>1, 2</sup>
#[[Rüthnick]]
#[[Vielitzsee]]

'''2.''' [[Neustadt (Amt)|Neustadt (Dosse)]]
#[[Breddin]]
#[[Dreetz]]
#[[Neustadt an der Dosse]]<sup>1, 2</sup>
#[[Sieversdorf-Hohenofen]]
#[[Stüdenitz-Schönermark]]
#[[Zernitz-Lohm]]
||
'''3.''' [[Temnitz]]
#[[Dabergotz]]
#[[Märkisch Linden]]
#[[Storbeck-Frankendorf]]
#[[Temnitzquell]]
#[[Temnitztal]]
#[[Walsleben]]<sup>1</sup>
|-
|colspan=3 align=center|<sup>1</sup>seat of the Amt; ²town
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin|Ostprignitz-Ruppin}}
* [http://www.ostprignitz-ruppin.de Official website] (German)

{{Germany districts brandenburg}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Coord|52|58|N|12|40|E |region:DE-BB_scale:300000_type:adm2nd |display=title}}

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