Editing Neustrelitz (section)

{{Short description|Town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany}}
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{{Infobox German place
|type               = Stadt
|German_name        = {{native name|nds|Niegenstrelitz}}
|image_photo        = Marktplatz Neustrelitz.jpg 
|image_caption      = View over Neustrelitz market
|image_coa          = DEU Neustrelitz 1794 COA.svg
|coordinates        = {{coord|53|21|53|N|13|03|49|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan         = Neustrelitz in MBS.svg
|plantext           =
|state              = Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
|district           = Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
|elevation          = 75
|area               = 138.15
|postal_code        = 17235
|area_code          = 03981
|licence            = MST
|Gemeindeschlüssel  = 13 0 71 110
|divisions          = 13 districts
|website            = [http://www.neustrelitz.de/ www.neustrelitz.de]
|mayor              = Andreas Grund
|party              =
}}
'''Neustrelitz''' ({{IPA|de|nɔʏˈʃtʁeːlɪts|lang|De-Neustrelitz.ogg}}; {{langx|nds|label=[[East Low German]]|Niegenstrelitz}}) is a town in the [[Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district)|Mecklenburgische Seenplatte]] district in the state of [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]], [[Germany]]. It is situated on the shore of the [[Zierker See]] in the [[Mecklenburg Lake District]]. From 1738 until 1918 it was the capital of the [[Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]. From 1994 until 2011 it was the capital of the district of [[Mecklenburg-Strelitz (district)|Mecklenburg-Strelitz]].

The name ''Strelitz'' is derived from the [[Polabian language|Polabian]] word ''Strelci'', meaning "archers" or "shooters".<ref>
{{cite book
| last       = Room
| first      = Adrian
| title         = Placenames of the world: origins and meanings of the names for 6,600 countries, cities, territories, natural features, and historic sites
| url           = https://books.google.com/books?id=M1JIPAN-eJ4C
| access-date    = 17 March 2011
| edition   = 2
| year      = 2006
| publisher = McFarland
| isbn      = 978-0-7864-2248-7
| page      = 265
| quote         = The basic name is of Slavic origin and means '(settlement of the) archers/shooters,' from Old Slavic ''strela'', 'arrow'.
}}
</ref><ref>The related [[Polish language|Polish]] form ''[[Strzelce (disambiguation)|Strzelce]]'' is still a common toponym in [[Poland]].</ref>