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Topic: Brandenburg (town)


  
  Around Berlin - Free Travel Guide Germany
Belzig is a town in Brandenburg, Germany with a population of 11,808.
Brandenburg an der Havel is a town in the state of Brandenburg, Germany.
Dessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt.
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 Stadt Brandenburg an der Havel: engl
The town of Brandenburg is the masterpiece of the March.
Brandenburg an der Havel, the town with a past of over 1000 years, doesn’t only live from the history and its scenic attractively surroundings.
Brandenburger Elektrostahlwerke GmbH (in 1992 assumtion of the electrical steel mill from the former VEB Stahl- und Walzwerk Brandenburg)
www.stadt-brandenburg.de /stadt-brandenburg/index.php?id=643   (958 words)

  
  Brandenburg (town)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Brandenburg an der Havel is a town in the state of Brandenburg, Germany.
Although the town of Brandenburg is less known than the state of Brandenburg, the state was named after the town and not vice versa.
In the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) the towns suffered plundering and destruction which led to a loss of power; Potsdam became the new capital, and the court left the town of Brandenburg.
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  ANTIQUANOVA MINT - M3 Otto I, Bracteat (silver coin replica)
In 1320 the Brandenburg Ascanian line came to an end, and from 1323 until 1373 Brandenburg was under the control of the Wittelsbach family, better known as rulers of Bavaria.
Brandenburg was one of the German states to switch 1539 to Protestantism in the wake of the Reformation, and generally did quite well in the century following, as the dynasty expanded its lands to include the Duchy of Prussia in 1618 and along the lower Rhine Duchy of Cleves (1614) and elsewhere.
Brandenburg was still the most important portion of the kingdom (and the state was often referred to informally as Brandenburg-Prussia) but for the purposes of accuracy, the continuation of this history can be found at Prussia.
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 Brandenburg - Dilos Holiday World
Brandenburg can be counted among the biggest federal states of Germany with a total area of 29.476 km 2 and with a maximum distance from north to south of 244 km and from west to east of 291 km.
The state of Brandenburg was named after the town of Brandenburg an der Havel, which is notable in several respects, for being the oldest town in the state and for its remarkable setting, surrounded by the rivers and lakes of the Havel region.
The town boasts one of the largest north German brick Gothic hall churches and one of the oldest medieval town halls in North Germany with magnificent gables dating from the 14th and 15th centuries.
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A former frontier town of the Pomeranian dukes, captured in 1310 by the Teutonic Knights, regained in 1466.
A fortified town in the 9th century, in 1000 the seat of a Polish bishopric; in the 14th century a member of Hansa; town charter from duke Warcislaw III in 1255.
The New Gate and fragments of town walls from the 15th century, Gothic church of the Dominicans (1278), rebuilt in the 14th century to a castle church, with tombs of duchess Anna de Croy (sister of duke Boguslaw XIV) and her son.
info-poland.buffalo.edu /web/geography/regions/pomorze/cached_1.html   (4653 words)

  
 Brandenburg
It lies in the east of the country as it is one of the new states created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany.
Historically Brandenburg was an independent state, the Margraviate of Brandenburg, which grew to become the core of modern Germany.
The state of Brandenburg was named after the town of Brandenburg an der Havel.
www.buzznet.com /tags/brandenburg   (98 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Brandenburg
Brandenburg A German state, the nucleus of the kingdom of PRUSSIA.
It was built in 1788–91 by Carl Langhans (1732–1808), chief architect to Frederick William II of Prussia, in neoclassical style, and surmounted by the Quadriga of Victory, a chariot drawn by four horses.
He failed to turn the strategic position of Brandenburg to advantage in the Thirty Years War, and his possessions were devastated by the armies of both sides.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Brandenburg   (804 words)

  
 Guide to Bach Tour - Brandenburg
Brandenburg (82,000 inhabitants) is the oldest town in the March of Brandenburg, with a history going back to at least the 6
Although still recovering after severe damage from World War II (and GDR planning), the town is being restored, and its baroque churches and waterside setting make it a decent day trip.
has never been in Brandenburg, his name will forever be connected to this town through the Six Concertos “avec plusieurs instruments” dedicated to Margrave Christian of Brandenburg and performed for the first time in 1721 Köthen.
www.bach-cantatas.com /Tour/Brandenburg.htm   (154 words)

  
 Fachhochschule Brandenburg: Brandenburg - town and state
Quiet corners and imposing architecture dating from the late Middle Ages can be still be found everywhere in Brandenburg, but the town is undergoing a transformation: the University of Applied Sciences, the Higher Regional Court, many new businesses along with cultural and tourist attractions are contributing to a new joie de vivre in Brandenburg.
An industrial museum commemorating Brandenburg's role as a city of steel and roller mills is the latest addition to Brandenburg's collection of museums; its most important exhibit is a Siemens-Martin oven, the only one of its kind left in Europe.
Brandenburg is characterised by the nature of the River Havel region called Havelland.
www.fh-brandenburg.de /brandenburg.1.html   (699 words)

  
 Macomb Daily : Protection order vs. Brandenburg denied 11/10/06
Jack Brandenburg, 55, who easily defeated Democratic challenger Karen Abella in Tuesday's election, was campaigning near the school for his son, Bryan, who lost to Dana Camphous-Peterson in a race for the Macomb County Board of Commissioners.
The younger Brandenburg defeated Harrison Trustee James Ulinski in the primary election.
Brandenburg also pleaded guilty in 2002 in Mansfield, Ohio, to shooting paintballs at a home and slashing tires on someone's vehicle.
www.macombdaily.com /stories/111006/loc_brandenburg001.shtml   (631 words)

  
 Germany after the Thirty Years War   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In the town of Stendal, in western Brandenburg, 2,980 children were born between 1600 and 1610.
The towns of the west recovered quickly, in the south slowly, and in the northeast not at all.
Hanover was a duchy raised to the dignity of an electorate in 1692.
www.boisestate.edu /courses/reformation/germany/after30yw.shtml   (2267 words)

  
 CAA 2007 Conference, Berlin - Excursions
Although the town of Brandenburg is less known than the state of Brandenburg, the state was named after the town and not vice versa.
The town was restricted to the western bank of the Havel until 1196, when it was extended to the eastern side.
In the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) the towns suffered plundering and destruction which led to a loss of power; Potsdam became the new capital, and the court left the town of Brandenburg.
www.caa2007.de /excursions.html   (1922 words)

  
 Racist attacks raise questions before World Cup - Printer Friendly Page - Sports - Telugu Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
One is planned for June 10 in the Ruhr area town of Gelsenkirchen, another for June 21 in the eastern city of Leipzig when Iran and Angola meet.
Brandenburg, which surrounds Berlin, has the highest per capita rate of violent neo-Nazi crime in all of Germany's 16 federal states.
Early last week, a court in the Brandenburg town of Senftenberg handed down a 13-month jail sentence to a German neo-Nazi who goose-stepped up to a group of Polish tourists on the main square and began punching and kicking them.
www.teluguportal.net /modules/news/print.php?storyid=4491   (602 words)

  
 Destination Germany - Federal States - Brandenburg - Town and country
The federal state of Brandenburg with its regional capital Potsdam is located in eastern Germany surrounding the vibrant city of Berlin.
Countless crystal-clear lakes and waterways, broad expanses of countryside, verdant tree-lined roads, fruit orchards and unspoilt natural scenery are the hallmarks of the region.
In the last 300 years, the former garrison town of Potsdam has become one of Europe's most magnificent royal cities.
www.germany-tourism.de /ENG/destination_germany/master_tlbundesland-id13.htm   (240 words)

  
 Einfamilienhaus Berlin und Brandenburg - Town & Country Massivhäuser
Ihr neues Einfamilienhaus in Berlin –; Town and Country Massivhäuser
Nordstadt Immobilien GmbH IVD in Kooperation mit HS‑SOLID Bautreuhand GmbH and Co. KG – Town and Country Lizenzpartner – Wir bauen Ihr Haus massiv!
Aufgeführt sind nur einige Beispiele aus dem umfangreichen Town and Country Sicherheits­paket.
www.nordstadt.com /einfamilienhaus/town-und-country   (88 words)

  
 Tarnished German image on World Cup eve | csmonitor.com
"There are small and medium-sized towns in [the German state of] Brandenburg, as well as elsewhere, which I would advise a visitor of another skin color to avoid going to....
Kahane, who heads the Amadeu Antonio Foundation - named after the first postreunification victim of racist violence, who was beaten to death by skinheads in the Brandenburg town of Eberswalde in 1990.
Brandenburg and other states of the former East Germany make up just 20 percent of the country's population, but half of the right-wing activity, according to a report released last week by the Interior Ministry.
www.csmonitor.com /2006/0530/p07s02-woeu.html   (986 words)

  
 Welcome To The City Of Brandenburg, Kentucky
Brandenburg is a small town of around 2100 people, and we are continuing to grow all the time.
Brandenburg is proud to be the home of the award-winning Meade County Fair and "Christmas by the River Festival".
Brandenburg is a community with both a lot of history and a lot of potential.
www.brandenburgky.org /welcome.shtml   (237 words)

  
 City History of Brandenburg, Kentucky
Since Claysville was not a healthy location, on January 8, 1825, an act of the General Assembly authorized Solomon Brandenburg's Landing and Ferry as the seat of justice and the town was named Brandenburg.
Brandenburg was the site of General John Hunt Morgan's cavalry of approximately 2,500 crossing the Ohio River on his raid into Indiana and Ohio.
Brandenburg was bypassed by the railroad when it was built.
www.brandenburgky.org /history.shtml   (1141 words)

  
 NPR: Performance Today -- Live in Studio 4A -- Apollo's Fire
The Brandenburg Concertos are a highlight of one of the happiest and most productive periods in Bach's life.
At the time he wrote them, Bach was the Kapellmeister--the music director--in the small town of Coethen, where he was composing music for the court.
All the evidence suggests that these virtuosic Brandenburg concertos perfectly matched the talents of the musicians on hand in Coethen.
www.npr.org /programs/pt/4a/apollosfire_brandenburg4.html   (775 words)

  
  Stolp - LoveToKnow 1911
STOLP, or Stolpe, a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Pomerania, on the Stolpe, 10 m.
The large church of St Mary, with a lofty tower, dating from the 14th century, the Renaissance castle of the 16th century, now used as a prison, and one of the ancient town-gates restored in 1872 are memorials of the time when Stolp was a prosperous member of the Hanseatic League.
Until 16 3 7, when it passed to Brandenburg, the town was generally in the possession of the dukes of Pomerania.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Stolp   (221 words)

  
 Brandenburg
Brandenburg is bordered by Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the north, Poland in the east, the Free State of Saxony in the south, Saxony-Anhalt in the west, and Lower Saxony in the northwest.
Brandenburg converted to Protestantism in 1539 in the wake of the Protestant Reformation, and generally did quite well in the century following, as the dynasty expanded its lands to include the Duchy of Prussia in 1618 and, along the lower Rhine, the Duchy of Cleves (1614) and elsewhere.
Brandenburg was still the most important portion of the kingdom (and the state was often referred to informally as Brandenburg-Prussia) but for the purposes of accuracy, the continuation of this history can be found at Kingdom of Prussia.
www.globalguide.org /index.html?id=44905   (1424 words)

  
 brandenburg.de | Administration structure   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Neighbour districts are Barnim in the north, Oder- Spree and the district free town Frankfurt/Oder in the south and the capital Berlin in the west.
In the west it borders on Berlin, in the north on the district Märkisch- Oderland and the district free town Frankfurt/ Oder.
Frankfurt is a green town on a river with typical meadows, woods and lakes in the south, the “Oderbruch” in the north and the lake “Helenesee” with its crystal clear water and its white sandy beach.
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 Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg Summary
Frederick William (1620-1688) was elector of Brandenburg from 1640 to 1688.
He took advantage of conflicts between the towns and the landed nobility, weakened the opposition, and created the financial base for a large standing army, which in turn became the instrument for imposing reforms on the institutions of the state.
Frederick William was born in Berlin to George William of Brandenburg and Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate.
www.bookrags.com /Frederick_William,_Elector_of_Brandenburg   (1573 words)

  
 Search Results for "Brandenburg"
A formulary or confession of faith drawn up in the city of Brandenburg, by order of the elector, with the view of reconciling the tenets...
...Albert of Brandenburg, 1490-1568, grand master of the Teutonic Knights (1511-25), first duke of Prussia (1525-68); grandson of Elector Albert Achilles of Brandenburg....
...Frederick William, elector of Brandenburg, known as the Great Elector, 1620-88, elector of Brandenburg (1640-88), son and successor of George William.
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Dangerous dogs, which are kept outside the State Brandenburg, when inside of Brandenburg shall wear on their collar besides name and address of the dog owner a tag according to para 3 2nd and 4th sentence, insofar as such a marking is prescribed by the regulations of that outside state.
The identity of the dog (breed, weight, size, age, color and chipnumber) shall be reported to the local town office together with the report to be made according to para.
The permission shall be granted by the local town clerk's office in cooperation with the competent veterinary and food supervision authority.
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 The Brandenburg Gate History
The Brandenburger gate, landmark of Berlin and symbol of the German unit, was built from 1789 to 1791 by Carl Gotthard Langhans.
In July 1958, the restoration of the Brandenburg Gate was terminated, and on August 1st and 2nd, the Quadriga had been built up on Pariser Platz.
Today, a red line on the roadway in front of the Brandenburg Gate marks the former course of the border of the west wall.
www.smart-travel-germany.com /brandenburg-gate.html   (879 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
The new town grew with the coming of the railroad, and a mercantile store, a gin, and a post office soon served the community.
The town's population dropped to 175 by the late 1940s, and the drought of the early 1950s forced many people out of work.
The town's population was reported as 250 by 1965.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/OO/hlo11.html   (517 words)

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