Bad Freienwalde
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Location of the town of Bad Freienwalde within Märkisch-Oderland district
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| Coordinates | 52°47′8″N 14°01′57″E / 52.78556°N 14.0325°ECoordinates: 52°47′8″N 14°01′57″E / 52.78556°N 14.0325°E |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Märkisch-Oderland |
| Town subdivisions | 7 Ortsteile |
| Mayor | Ralf Lehmann (Ind.) |
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| Area | 131.73 km2 (50.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10-158 m |
| Population | 12,788 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 97 /km2 (251 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | MOL, vorher FRW |
| Postal code | 16259 |
| Area code | 03344 |
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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.
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[edit] 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 after Elector Frederick William I. The small Neoclassical Freienwalde Palace was built in 1799 according to plans by David Gilly as a summer residence of Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, the widow of King Frederick William 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] International relations
Bad Freienwalde is twinned with:
Bad Pyrmont, Germany
Międzyrzecz, Poland
[edit] References
- ^ "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.
Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Freienwalde". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
[edit] External links
Media related to Bad Freienwalde at Wikimedia Commons
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