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29-668: The town was first mentioned in a 1270 deed issued by Henry of Ostheeren, Bishop of Brandenburg . Then a possession of the Ascanian margraves of Brandenburg , it appeared as a town in 1314 under Margrave Waldemar , who in 1317 concluded the Treaty of Templin here, ending the war against Denmark , Mecklenburg and the Duchy of Pomerania . Heavily devastated by Danish troops in the Thirty Years' War , Templin from 1816 on belonged to

58-509: A botanical garden was recreated in 1988 in the park of the former Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium . Hermann Göring from 1933 on had his country residence Carinhall erected in the forest south of Gollin. The building designed by Werner March was destroyed by Luftwaffe personnel in April 1945, just days before the Red Army reached the area. North of Groß Dölln is an airfield built in

87-637: A single town. In 1928, the Brandenburg cathedral district was added. In the late 19th century Brandenburg an der Havel became a very important industrial center in the German Empire. Steel industries settled there, and several bicycle brands such as Brennabor , Corona and Excelsior were manufactured in the city. A toy industry was also established. A giant industrial complex, the Deutsche Reichsbahn (German Imperial Railways)

116-642: Is a small town compared to nearby Berlin but was the original nucleus of the former realms of Brandenburg and Prussia . The name of the city is a combination of two words braniti – to protect/defend and bor – forest/wood. Brenna, which had been a fort of the West Slavic tribe Stodoranie , was conquered in 929 after the Battle of Lenzen by the German King Henry the Fowler of Saxony . It

145-581: Is a town in Brandenburg , Germany, which served as the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg until it was replaced by Berlin in 1417. With a population of 72,040 (as of 2020), it is located on the banks of the River Havel . The town of Brandenburg provided the name for the medieval Bishopric of Brandenburg , the Margraviate of Brandenburg and the current state of Brandenburg. Today, it

174-455: The Margraviate of Brandenburg , which was originally seated in the same city. Chapter and cathedral, surrounded by further ecclesiastical institutions, were located on the Dominsel (Cathedral Island), which formed a prince-episcopal cathedral immunity district ( Domfreiheit ), distinct from the city of Brandenburg. Only in 1929 the - meanwhile former - immunity district was incorporated into

203-539: The Protestant Reformation , married, and in every way furthered the undertakings of the Hohenzollern elector Joachim II . There were two more nominal bishops, but on the petition of the latter of these, the electoral prince John George of Brandenburg appointed in 1560, the secularisation of the bishopric was undertaken and finally accomplished in 1571, in spite of legal proceedings to reassert

232-550: The Prussian province of Brandenburg near the border with Mecklenburg-Strelitz . From 1912 on, Templin was the seat of the Electoral Brandenburgian boarding school ( Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium ) established in 1601 by Elector Joachim III Frederick of Hohenzollern at nearby Joachimsthal . The school was finally dissolved in 1953. Today, Templin has a modern grammar school built in 1997. Detlef Tabbert

261-606: The Stadtschleuse Brandenburg , but this route is constrained in size and now limited to leisure craft. Commercial traffic instead uses the Silo Canal that passes through the eastern and northern fringes of the city. The city is located at the junction of Federal Highways 1 and 102 and the A2 autobahn is nearby. The Berlin and Magdeburg railway also runs through Brandenburg an der Havel. The centrepiece of

290-633: The 1950s as a military airbase of the 16th Air Army of the Soviet Forces Templin has recently built a spa and mainly relies on tourism. It is a popular destination for day-trippers from Berlin to enjoy the many glacial lakes and extended forests. There is no discothèque in Templin, the closest is in Milmersdorf . The town square with the old town hall building is surrounded by an active downtown. There are many shops and restaurants in

319-592: The Arado Aircraft Company ( Arado Flugzeugwerke ), which originated in Warnemünde , built a satellite factory in Brandenburg that began producing planes in 1935. The factory was expanded over the next five years, and produced trainers and other aircraft for the Luftwaffe during World War II. The existence of this factory was one of the reasons Brandenburg was heavily bombed in later stages of

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348-768: The Elbe-Havel-Spree basin by nobility, burghers, and peasants from the Schwabengau area (Harz), the Netherlands , the Rhineland, and Westphalia was in progress. In 1165 the foundation stone for a cathedral was laid on the cathedral island of Brandenburg. It was consecrated five years later in the presence of Albert the Bear and his sons. The town was restricted to the western bank of the Havel until 1196, when it

377-789: The Nazis murdered people with mental diseases, including children. This programme later came to be known as " Action T4 " because of the Berlin address, Tiergartenstraße 4, the headquarters of this planned and well-organized forced euthanasia organisation. Brandenburg an der Havel was one of the first locations in Nazi Germany where the Nazis experimented with murdering their victims by gas . The lessons here were later applied for mass murders in Auschwitz and other extermination camps . In 1934,

406-525: The New Town), and Rathenower Torturm and Plauer Torturm (in the Old Town). The Brandenburg Industrial Museum is an Anchor Point of ERIH, The European Route of Industrial Heritage . Brandenburg has its own theatre (Brandenburger Theater), a professional symphony orchestra ( Brandenburger Symphoniker ) and a wide range of local history and archaeology museums. The current mayor is Steffen Scheller of

435-477: The area and an outdoor market every week. Many neighbouring municipalities like Milmersdorf and several other villages rely on Templin for many services. There is an old powder tower in the town wall known as the Pulverturm . [REDACTED] Media related to Templin at Wikimedia Commons Prince-Bishopric of Brandenburg The Prince-Bishopric of Brandenburg ( German : Hochstift Brandenburg )

464-462: The city itself. As rulers of imperial immediacy , regnant in a, however, dispersed territory partitioned into the four bailiwicks ( German : Ämter ) of Brandenburg/Havel, Ketzin , Teltow and Ziesar . The prince-bishops from the early 14th century onwards resided in their fortress in Ziesar on the road to Magdeburg . The last actual bishop was Matthias von Jagow (d. 1544), who took the side of

493-498: The city's population declined from around 100,000 in 1989 to roughly 75,000 in 2005 through emigration. The migration was mainly by young people. The city is located on the navigable River Havel , a European Waterway, and vessels travelling through the city have a choice of two routes. The original route used the Brandenburg City Canal , a 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) route through the city centre that descends through

522-523: The city's urban public transport system is the Brandenburg an der Havel tramway network . The Dominsel (Cathedral Island) is the historic heart of the town. Here stands its oldest edifice: the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral . Although construction began in the Romanesque style in 1165, it was completed as a Gothic cathedral during the 14th century. While the exterior is rather austere, the cathedral surprises

551-525: The imperial immediacy of the prince-bishopric within the Empire and so to likewise preserve the diocese, which dragged on into the 17th century. Secularized and merged into Brandenburg. 52°24′30″N 12°33′45″E  /  52.40842°N 12.56249°E  / 52.40842; 12.56249 Brandenburg an der Havel Brandenburg an der Havel ( German pronunciation: [ˈbʁandn̩bʊʁk ʔan deːɐ̯ ˈhaːfl̩] ; Polabian : Brenna )

580-579: The middle of the 12th century the area east of the Elbe remained under their control. During this period the area was ruled by Slavic chiefs of the Hevelli tribe. The last of them, Pribislav , died in 1150. Following Pribislav's death his widow Petrissa enabled Albert I of Brandenburg to take over Brandenburg fort by agreement and provide it with a joint German-Slav garrison. Albert now styled himself Margrave of Brandenburg. By 1160 systematic settlement of

609-536: The prince-bishop exercised only spiritual authority, was a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Magdeburg , its seat was Brandenburg an der Havel . The Prince-Bishopric of Brandenburg was an imperial estate of the Holy Roman Empire for some time, probably starting about 1161/1165. However, the Brandenburg bishops never managed to gain control over a significant territory, being overshadowed by

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638-559: The same material just a few years later. Another interesting building is the Altstädtisches Rathaus (Old Town Hall), a late Gothic brick building with stepped gables and an ornate portal. In front of it stands a 5.35m high statue of the knight Roland . Made of sandstone, the statue was erected in 1474 as a symbol of the town's independence. There is also a part of Brandenburg's medieval city wall , with four preserved watchtowers : Steintorturm and Mühlentorturm (in

667-628: The visitor with its sumptuous interior, especially the painted vault of the Bunte Kapelle (Coloured Chapel) and the Wagner organ (1725), one of the most famous Baroque organs in Germany. The Katharinenkirche (St. Catherine's Church) built in 1401 in the Neustadt is an impressive example of northern German brick Gothic architecture. The Gotthardtkirche (St. Gotthardt's Church) was built of

696-475: The war; by 1945, 70% of the city was destroyed. Friedrich Fromm , a German officer involved in the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler , was executed here in March 1945 for his part in the plot, even though Fromm betrayed those conspirators he knew and ordered their execution. On 25 July 1952 Plaue and Kirchmöser were incorporated in the city of Brandenburg an der Havel. After German reunification

725-604: Was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from the 12th century until it was secularized during the second half of the 16th century. It should not be confused with the larger Diocese of Brandenburg ( Latin : Dioecesis Brandenburgensis ) established by King Otto I of Germany in 948, in the territory of the Marca Geronis ( Saxon Eastern March ) east of the Elbe river. The diocese, over which

754-670: Was at this time first mentioned in documents as Brennaburg . By the death of King Henry all the tribes between the Middle Elbe and Middle Oder paid tribute to the German King. At the Magdeburg Assembly of Princes in 948 the Bishoprics of Brandenburg and Havelburg were established. The Holy Roman Emperor Otto I took control of these new sees. In 983 there was a major Slav uprising involving numerous tribes and until

783-512: Was elected in 2010 with 63.4% of the vote, and re-elected in 2018. Templin's city walls are small, but complete. There are 3 main gate towers and several modern entrances, where parts of the wall were torn down. The main Protestant church is the St.-Maria-Magdalenen-Kirche. The town has many eastern era Plattenbau houses (highrise apartments) and smaller neighborhoods. The Lehmann-Garten ,

812-584: Was extended to the eastern side. The parts on either side of the river were regarded as three towns (Old Town, New Town and Brandenburg cathedral district) for centuries. In 1314–1315 the Old and New Towns joined the Hanseatic League . In the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) the towns suffered plundering and destruction; this caused Potsdam to become the new capital, and the court left the town of Brandenburg. In 1715, Old Town and New Town were merged to form

841-734: Was located in Brandenburg-Kirchmöser between the two world wars and under the former GDR . In 1933/34, a concentration camp , one of the first in Nazi Germany , was located on Neuendorfer Straße in Brandenburg Old Town. After closing this inner city concentration camp, the Nazis used the Brandenburg-Görden Prison , located in the suburb of Görden. Later the old gaol became the Brandenburg Euthanasia Centre where

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