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Schwedt
Schwedt (or Schwedt/Oder; ) is a town in Brandenburg, in northeastern Germany. With the official status of a ''Große Kreisstadt, Große kreisangehörige Stadt'' (major district town), it is the largest town of the Uckermark (district), Uckermark district, located near the river Oder, which forms the border with Poland. Overview The formerly agrarian town today has one of the largest oil refinery, oil refineries (''PCK Raffinerie GmbH'') in Germany, established in 1958 and connected to the Russian Druzhba pipeline network. The refinery uses 20 million cubic meters of water per year for the process. A large Pulp and paper industry, paper factory (''UPM (company), UPM'') is located near Schwedt. Most industries were located in the remote area during East Germany, communist rule in the 1960s and 1970s. Large residential areas were built for the workers moving to Schwedt. About 9% of the town's flats are in prefab concrete buildings (''Plattenbau'') dating from the era. As many jobs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vierraden
Vierraden was the name of a small town in the northeast of the German state of Brandenburg. On October 26, 2003, it was incorporated into the city of Schwedt (Oder), which is about 3 kilometers to the south. Until the incorporation, Vierraden was part of the municipality of Gartz (Oder). Overview The town is near the mouth of the river Welse into the Hohensaaten-Friedrichsthaler Canal, which runs parallel to the River Oder. The Lower Oder Valley National Park begins just east of Vierraden. The "Mill with Four Wheels" (the name ''Vierraden'' means "four wheels") was first mentioned in 1265 in a document. The castle on the north bank of the Welse can be found in a document from 1321. Vierraden was given town privileges in 1515. It was almost completely destroyed during World War II because of its strategic location near the Oder river. Vierraden is known for growing tobacco, the area of the Eastern Uckermark is one of the few places in Germany to do so. The plants were brought to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Oder Valley National Park
The Lower Oder Valley International Park is a shared German- Polish nature reserve. It comprises the western banks of the Oder ( pl, Odra) river within the Uckermark district in the German state of Brandenburg as well as the steep eastern banks in the Gryfino and Police counties of the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship further north. The German part of the core area is the ''Nationalpark Unteres Odertal'' (Lower Oder Valley National Park). There is an information centre at Criewen. The Polish part of the core area is the ''Park Krajobrazowy Dolina Dolnej Odry'' (Lower Odra Valley Landscape Park). The area comprises (Germany , Poland ); together with adjoining nature reserves in Germany and Poland the total area is . By decision of the German-Polish Environmental Council in 1992 the German, Polish and Brandenburg environment ministers as well as the voivode of Szczecin created the Lower Oder Valley International Park. The flat western shore of the Oder features several levees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chojna
Chojna (german: Königsberg in der Neumark; csb, Czińsbarg; la, Regiomontanus Neomarchicus "King's Mountain in the New March") is a small town in northwestern Poland in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It lies approximately south of Szczecin. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 7,330. Chojna is located near two border crossings ( Hohenwutzen and Schwedt) on the Oder River with Germany. It participates in the EU Douzelage town twinning initiative. History High Middle Ages From the 10th-12th centuries an early Pomeranian fortification, probably with a market, developed at the location of present-day Chojna. It became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century under its first historic ruler Mieszko I of Poland. Because of its favorable location on trading routes leading to the principalities of Greater Poland and the duchies of Pomerania, the settlement developed quickly. Duke Bogusław I of Pomerania was entombed in the settlement's church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havel
The Havel () is a river in northeastern Germany, flowing through the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt. It is a right tributary of the Elbe and long. However, the direct distance from its source to its mouth is only . For much of its length, the Havel is navigable; it provides an important link in the waterway connections between the east and west of Germany, as well as beyond. Source The source of the Havel is located in the Mecklenburg Lake District, between Lake Müritz and the city of Neubrandenburg. There is no obvious visible source in the form of a spring, but the river originates in the lakes in the Diekenbruch near Ankershagen, close to and south-east of the watershed between the North and Baltic seas. From there the river initially flows southward, eventually joining the Elbe, which in turn flows into the North Sea. Every river north-east of it flows to the Baltic Sea. The river enters Brandenburg near the town of Fürstenber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkholz-Meyenburg
Berkholz-Meyenburg is a former municipality in the Uckermark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. Since 19 April 2022, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the town Schwedt Schwedt (or Schwedt/Oder; ) is a town in Brandenburg, in northeastern Germany. With the official status of a ''Große Kreisstadt, Große kreisangehörige Stadt'' (major district town), it is the largest town of the Uckermark (district), Uckermark .... Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt für das Land Brandenburg, 25 March 2022. Demography Refe ...
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Mark Landin
Mark Landin is a former municipality in the Uckermark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It was merged into the town Schwedt on 19 April 2022. Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt für das Land Brandenburg, 25 March 2022. It consisted of the villages Grünow, Landin and Schönermark, which became '' Ortsteil
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Druzhba Pipeline
The Druzhba pipeline (russian: нефтепровод «Дружба»; also has been referred to as the Friendship Pipeline and the Comecon Pipeline) is one of the world's longest oil pipelines and one of the largest oil pipeline networks in the world. It began operation in 1964 and remains in operation in 2022. It carries oil some from the eastern part of European Russia to points in Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany. The network also branches out into numerous smaller pipelines to deliver its product throughout Eastern Europe and beyond. The name "Druzhba" means "friendship", alluding to the fact that the pipeline supplied oil to the energy-hungry western regions of the Soviet Union, to its "fraternal socialist allies" in the former Soviet bloc, and to western Europe. Today, it is the largest principal artery for the transportation of Russian (and Kazakh) oil across Europe. History On 18 December 1958, the 10th session of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passow, Brandenburg
Passow is a former municipality in the Uckermark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. Since 19 April 2022, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the town Schwedt Schwedt (or Schwedt/Oder; ) is a town in Brandenburg, in northeastern Germany. With the official status of a ''Große Kreisstadt, Große kreisangehörige Stadt'' (major district town), it is the largest town of the Uckermark (district), Uckermark .... Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt für das Land Brandenburg, 25 March 2022. The former municipality Passow also contained the ''Ortsteile'' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schöneberg, Brandenburg
Schöneberg is a village and a former municipality in the Uckermark district, in Brandenburg, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... Since January 2021 it is part of the city of Schwedt/Oder. Demography References Localities in Uckermark (district) Former municipalities in Brandenburg {{Brandenburg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 square kilometres (11,382 square miles) and a population of 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth-largest German state by area and the tenth-most populous. Potsdam is the state capital and largest city, and other major towns are Cottbus, Brandenburg an der Havel and Frankfurt (Oder). Brandenburg surrounds the national capital and city-state of Berlin, and together they form the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, the third-largest metropolitan area in Germany with a total population of about 6.2 million. There was an unsuccessful attempt to unify both states in 1996 and the states cooperate on many matters to this day. Brandenburg originated in the Northern March in the 900s AD, from areas conquered from the Wends. It later bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gryfino
Gryfino (german: Greifenhagen; nds, Gripenhagen; Kashubian: ''Gripiewò'') is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland, with 21,393 inhabitants (2017). It is also the capital of Gryfino County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Szczecin Voivodeship (1975–1998). The town is located on the Odra Wschodnia, the eastern branch of the Oder river, about south of Szczecin in Poland. The western branch of the Oder, away from the town center, has marked the border with Germany since 1945. There is a direct road link between Gryfino and the German town of Mescherin across the river. The Crooked Forest is located in the village of Nowe Czarnowo, just outside Gryfino. Demographics International relations Gryfino is twinned with: * Barlinek, Poland * Bersenbrück, Germany * Gartz, Germany * Raciechowice, Poland * Schwedt, Germany Towns near Gryfino *Szczecin (Poland) *Stargard (Poland) * Cedynia (Poland) *Chojna (Poland) *Mieszkowice (Poland) *Moryń ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uckermark (district)
Uckermark () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northeastern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (clockwise from the south) Barnim and Oberhavel, the districts Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Vorpommern-Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and to the east Poland (Police County and Gryfino County). It is one of the largest districts of Germany areawise. The district is named after the historical region of Uckermark. Geography The Uckermark is named after the Uecker river. The Oder River, forming the Polish border, bounds the district in the east. The district is characterised by 600 lakes and 2,800 km of rivers. Rare animals still live in the lakeland, such as ospreys, beavers and otters. The western parts of the Lower Oder Valley National Park are located in the district. History The Uckermark was originally divided between the administrative units ''Uckerkreis'' and ''Stolpirischer Kreis''. In 1817 as part of the Province of Brandenburg, a third di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
