Rostock

Rostock, is the largest city in the north German state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Rostock is located on the Warnow river; the quarter of Warnemünde 12 km north of the city centre lies directly on the coast of the Baltic Sea.
The city territory of Rostock stretches for about 20 kilometres along the Warnow to the Baltic Sea. The largest built-up area of Rostock is on the western side of the river. The eastern part of its territory is dominated by industrial estates and the forested area of the Rostock Heath.


Economy


The economy is strongly influenced by tourism, the University of Rostock and maritime industries (especially shipbuilding) and the service sector. Major companies include:
Aker Warnow Werft, shipyard belonging to Aker Yards
Neptun Werft, shipyard belonging to Meyer Neptun Group
Deutsche Seereederei Rostock, transport, cruises, property and tourism holding
Suzlon,worlds 5th largest wind turbine manufacturers
Nordex, a major producer of wind turbines
Hanseatische Brauerei Rostock, German brewery belonging to the Oetker-Gruppe
Liebherr, manufacturer of cranes
Caterpillar Inc., manufacturer of diesel engines for ships
IKEA
Scandlines, German-Danish ferry operator
Inros Lackner AG, Architects, Engineers, Consulting company
Yara International, supplier of plant nutrients
AIDA Cruises, German company for cruises
Furthermore, Rostock is the seventh-largest port of the Baltic Sea, and among the largest in Germany.


Education


Rostock is home to one of the oldest universities in the world. Founded in 1419, the University of Rostock is the third oldest university in Germany in continuous operation, the second oldest in Northern Europe (after St Andrews) and the oldest university in continental northern Europe. It offers graduate and postgraduate programmes in evangelical theology, philosophy and arts, natural sciences and mathematics, law, engineering and naval architecture, agriculture and environmental science, medicine, state, and political and social science, and also maintains a botanical garden (the Botanischer Garten Universität Rostock).
The Academy of Music and Theatre (Hochschule für Musik und Theater) offers graduate degrees in artistic fields. Founded in 1994, the institution combined the former drama school Ernst Busch and the outpost school of the Hanns Eisler Music School Berlin. Today, the school is a member of the Association of Baltic Academies of Music (ABAM), a union of 17 music conservatories at the Baltic Sea and Israel. Unique in Europe is the postgraduate degree in piano duo performance. The school possesses a large opera stage (Katharinensaal) and two chamber music halls. There are concerts every day through the whole year.
Rostock hosts also the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis as well as two branches of Fraunhofer Institutes, one for Computer Graphic and one for Large Structures in Production Technology.