Bad Freienwalde
| Bad Freienwalde | ||
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  Bad Freienwalde | ||
Location of Bad Freienwalde within Märkisch-Oderland district _in_MOL.png) | ||
| Coordinates: 52°47′08″N 14°01′57″E / 52.78556°N 14.03250°ECoordinates: 52°47′08″N 14°01′57″E / 52.78556°N 14.03250°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Brandenburg | |
| District | Märkisch-Oderland | |
| Subdivisions | 7 Ortsteile | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Ralf Lehmann (Ind.) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 131.73 km2 (50.86 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 10-158 m (−508 ft) | |
| Population (2012-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 12,491 | |
| • Density | 95/km2 (250/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 16259 | |
| Dialling codes | 03344 | |
| Vehicle registration | MOL, vorher FRW | |
Bad Freienwalde is a spa town in the Märkisch-Oderland district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on an old branch of the Oder river at the northwestern rim of the Oderbruch basin, 15 km (9.3 mi) east of Eberswalde, and 50 km (31 mi) northeast of Berlin, near the border with Poland. The municipality includes the villages of Altranft, Altglietzen, Bralitz, Hohensaaten, Hohenwutzen, Neuenhagen and Schiffmühle.
Overview
Freienwalde was first mentioned in a 1316 deed and appeared as a town in 1364. A mineral spring was recorded in 1685, named Kurfürstenquelle ("Elector source") after Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I of Brandenburg . The small Neoclassical Freienwalde Palace was built in 1799 according to plans by David Gilly as a summer residence of Frederike Louise of Hessen-Darmstadt, the widow of King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia. Its park was redesigned by Peter Joseph Lenné in 1822. The industrialist Walther Rathenau acquired Freienwalde Palace in 1909.
Bad Freienwalde has an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church as well as manufactures of furniture and machinery. The neighbouring forests and its medicinal springs make it a favorite summer resort of the inhabitants of Berlin. A new tower commands a fine panoramic view over the Oder valley.
Notable people
- Hans Keilson (1909-2011), Dutch psychotherapist, novelist
- Alfred Blaschko (1858–1922), dermatologist
- Volkmar Sigusch (born 1940), sexologist
- Elisabeth Radziwill, beloved of Wilhelm I of Prussia died at Freienwalde on 27 August 1834.
- Edith Andreae (1883-1952) sister of Walter Rathenau, the Weimar politician who was assassinated in 1922
Demography
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Development of population since 1875 within the actual boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to population development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule)
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Recent population development (Blue Line) and projections
International relations
Bad Freienwalde is twinned with:
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Bad Pyrmont, Germany -
Międzyrzecz, Poland
References
- ↑ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2012 (XLS-Datei; 83 KB) (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 31 December 2012.
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Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Freienwalde". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press
External links
Media related to Bad Freienwalde at Wikimedia Commons
