Rathenow

Rathenow
Church
Rathenow
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Havelland
Town subdivisions 6 Ortsteile
Mayor Ronald Seeger
Basic statistics
Area 105.68 km2 (40.80 sq mi)
Elevation 29 m  (95 ft)
Population 25,301 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 239 /km2 (620 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate HVL (früher: RN)
Postal codes 14702, 14712
Area code 03385
Website www.rathenow.de

Rathenow (German pronunciation: [ˈʁaːtənoː]) is a town in the district of Havelland in Brandenburg, Germany, with a population of 26,433 (2007).

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Overview

The Protestant church of St. Marien Andreas, originally a basilica, and transformed to the Gothic style in 1517-1589, and the Roman Catholic Church of St. George, are noteworthy.

Rathenow is known for its Rathenow stones, bricks made of the clay of the Havel, and for its spectacles and optical instruments, which are exported.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, it was revealed that the remains of Hitler and his assistants were secretly buried in graves near Rathenow.[2]

Twin towns — sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Rathenow is twinned with:

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg am am 30. Dezember 2010 nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden. Gebietsstand: 31.12.2010" (in German). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de//Publikationen/OTab/2011/OT_A01-04-00_124_201012_BB.pdf. 
  2. ^ V.K. Vinogradov and others, Hitler's Death: Russia's Last Great Secret from the Files of the KGB, Chaucer Press 2005, 111. This work reproduces a Soviet map showing that the bodies were buried in a field near the village of Neu Friedrichsdorf, approximately one kilometre east of Rathenow.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

External links

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Towns and municipalities in Havelland