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Brandenburg

Brandenburg. A federal state in the east of Germany.

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Brandenburg

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  1. Brandenburg A federal state in the east of Germany Max-Steenbeck-Gymnasium

  2. “If you wish to travel around Brandenburg, you will first of all need to love these parts and the people who inhabit them…to have the magnanimity to recognize the good for what it is…I have roamed around the Mark and found it richer than I dared to hope.“ (Theodor Fontane, German author)

  3. Geography • bordered by: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania,Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Lower Saxony • river Oder forms a part of theeastern border to Poland • main rivers: Spree, Havel, Elbe • wetlands region: Spreewald • Slavic people of the Sorbs live inLower Lusatia

  4. Capital of Brandenburg • Potsdam • south west of Berlin • old royal capital of the Hohenzollern dynasty • French culture and style in culture buildings • sights: Sanssouci, Cecilienhof, the New Palace, the Dutch Quarter, the church Nikolaikirche

  5. History • one of seven Electorships of the Holy Roman Empire • formed the original core of the modern federal state of Germany • ruled by Hohenzollern dynasty and later by the Duchy of Prussia

  6. Administration • Barnim • Dahme-Spreewald • Elbe-Elster • Havelland • Märkisch-Oderland • Oberhavel • Oberspreewald-Lausitz • Oder-Spree • Ostprignitz-Ruppin • Potsdam-Mittelmark • Prignitz • Spree-Neiße • Teltow-Fläming • Uckermark

  7. Come and visit us!

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