Capital of the Land (administrative region) of MecklenburgWest Pomerania, Germany, on the western shore of the lake of Schwerin; population (1995) 117,200. Products include machinery, foods, and chemicals. Formerly the capital of Mecklenburg and earlier of the old republic of MecklenburgSchwerin, Schwerin became capital of MecklenburgWest Pomerania with the reunification of Germany in 1990.