Löcknitz is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in north-eastern Germany, located in the historic region of Pomerania, 12 km (7 mi) west of the German-Polish border and 25 km (16 mi) west of Szczecin. It is the seat of the Amt Löcknitz-Penkun.

Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland and the state of Brandenburg. The district seat is the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald. A lake called Berliner See is found in the district.