Angermünde () is a town in the district of Uckermark in the state of

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. It is about northeast of

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, the capital of

. The population is about 14,000, but has been declining since its traditional industrial base, enamel-working, has declined. An administrative sub-centre of its district, it has several Protestant churches, a former Franciscan church, a number of schools of higher learning and a recently refurbished historic marketplace with an old town hall. Located in the game-filled

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s of the Uckermark, with its many

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s, it now relies heavily on tourism and the sources of revenue linked to it. Since 2010, Angermünde is a federally declared resort town.

Name

The name Angermünde is an abbreviation of the older town of Tangermünde, for a while the town was named New-Tangermünde (''Neu-Tangermünde''), until it was changed to "Angermünde", with ''Anger'' being German for a central square in a town.

Geography

With an area of around 324 km², Angermünde is Germany's 16th largest municipality. It is located in the Uckermarck region, roughly 80 km north of Berlin. The community is made up of the Inner City (German: ''Kernstadt'') and 23 adjacent districts: Altkünkendorf, Biesenbrow, Bölkendorf, Bruchhagen, Crussow, Dobberzin, Frauenhagen, Gellmersdorf, Görlsdorf, Greiffenberg, Günterberg, Herzsprung, Kerkow, Mürow, Neukünkendorf, Schmargendorf, Schmiedeberg, Steinhöfel, Stolpe, Welsow, Wilmersdorf, Wolletz, and Zuchenberg. Additionally, there are 40 more registered neighborhoods within the districts (German: ''Wohnplätze''): Altenhof, Augustenfelde, Ausbau, Ausbau Mürower Straße, Ausbau Pinnower Weg, Ausbau Welsower Weg, Bauernsee, Blumberger Mühle, Breitenteicher Mühle, Friedrichsfelde, Gehegemühle, Glambecker Mühle, Greiffenberg Siedlung, Grumsin, Henriettenhof, Klein Frauenhagen, Leistenhof, Leopoldsthal, Linde, Lindenhof, Louisenhof, Luisenthal, Mürow-Oberdorf, Neu-Günterberg, Neuhaus, Neuhof, Peetzig, Rosinthal, Schäferei, Sonnenhof, Sternfelde, Stolper Mühle, Thekenberg, Waldfried, Waldfrieden, Wilhelmsfelde, Wilhelmshof, Ziethenmühle und Zollende.

History

The town was the site of a 1420 victory of Frederick I of

over the

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ns. In the 19th century, the town was the seat of a

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circle in the

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and linked to

by the

–

Stettin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...

(now Szczecin,

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) railway.

Angermünde station Angermünde station is a transportation hub in the city of Angermünde in the northeast of the German state of Brandenburg. The station opened on 15 November 1842 on the Stettin Railway between Berlin and Szczecin and is the starting point of t ...

then served as the junction for branch lines servicing

Prenzlau Prenzlau (, formerly also Prenzlow) is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, the administrative seat of Uckermark District. It is also the centre of the historic Uckermark region. Geography The town is located on the Ucker river, about north of Berl ...

, Bad Freienwalde, and Schwedt.

Demography

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Angermünde.pdf, Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of

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; Red Background: Time of communist

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) File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Angermünde.pdf, Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the

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in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

Mayors

* 1989–1998: Wolf-Hugo Just * 1998–2016: Wolfgang Krakow (SPD) * since 2016: Frederik Bewer (independent) Frederik Bewer was elected in May 2016 with 95.3% of the vote, for an eight-year term.Ergebnis der Bürgermeisterstichwahl am 8. Mai 2016
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Gallery

File:Angermuende_city_wall.jpg, City wall File:2018 04 Angermuende Stadtinfo IMG 0829.jpg, Touristinformation File:Lake de muendesee.jpg, The lake Mündesee in Angermünde. File:Angermuende 05-2017 img09 chapel.jpg, Holy Spirit Chapel File:2018 04 Angermuende Fachwerkhaus IMG 0831.jpg, Timbered house File:2018 04 StadtpfarrkircheSanktMarienAngermuende IMG 0833.jpg, City Church St. Mary File:Angermuende_Schmiedeberg_church.jpg, Church in Schmiedeberg File:Angermuende_Schmiedeberg_VLH1_2013.jpg, Alcove house in Schmiedeberg File:Angermuende_Schmiedeberg_VLH2_2013.jpg, Alcove house in Schmiedeberg File:Angermuende_town_hall.jpg, File:Angermunde Marktplatz Kunst.jpg, File:Angermuende_Marktbrunnen_Stuhl.jpg, File:Angermuende_Geschichte_ohne_Ende.jpg, File:Angermuende_GeschlossenOffen.jpg,

Sons and daughters of the town

Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen - Germanist

* Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen (1780–1856), German scholar * Albert Manthe (1847–1928), sculptor * Hermann Dietrich (1856–1930), born in Schmargendorf, politician (DNVP), member of Reichstag *

Ehm Welk Emil "Ehm" Welk (August 29, 1884 – December 19, 1966) was a German journalist, writer, professor and founder of ''Volkshochschulen'' (adult education centres). He became known for his work ''Die Heiden von Kummerow'' (''The Heathens of Kummer ...

(1884–1966), writer * Hans-Erich Voss (1897–1969), Vice Admiral in World War II * Günter Reimann (1904–2005), economist and journalist * Heinrich Borgmann (1912–1945), adjutant of

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...

Hartmut Losch Hartmut Losch (11 September 1943 in Angermünde – 26 March 1997 in Neu Fahrland) was a German athlete who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), offi ...

(1943–1997), athlete, European champion in discus throw *

Maik Heydeck Maik Heydeck (born 8 September 1965 in Angermünde) is an East German amateur boxer who competed at the super heavyweight division, winning a bronze medal at the 1989 World Championships in Moscow. He represented the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sport ...

(born 1965), boxer * Julia Jäger (born 1970), actress

Twin cities

Espelkamp Espelkamp ( nds, Espelkämpe) is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Espelkamp is situated approximately 10 kilometers north of Lübbecke and 20 kilometers north-west of Minden. Neighbouring pla ...

, North Rine-Westphalia * Lüdge, North Rine-Westphalia *

Strzelce Krajeńskie Strzelce Krajeńskie (german: Friedeberg in der Neumark) is a town in western Poland, in the Lubusz Voivodeship. It is the capital of the Strzelce-Drezdenko County. The town's population is 9,950 (2019). History In 1254, Margrave Conrad of ...

Lubusz Voivodeship Lubusz Voivodeship, or Lubuskie Province ( pl, województwo lubuskie ), is a voivodeship (province) in western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra Voivodeships, pursuant to the Pol ...

, Poland * Zurrieq, Malta

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References

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External links

Official Website
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