Wandlitz is a

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in the district of

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, in

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. It is situated 25 km north of

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, and 15 km east of

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. The municipality was established in 2004 by merger of the nine villages ''

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'', '' Klosterfelde'', ''Lanke'', '' Prenden'', '' Schönerlinde'', ', ', ''Wandlitz'' and '' Zerpenschleuse''. The communal government of the Great municipality has its seat in Wandlitz directly. It consists of deputies from the several parts of the commune and in accordance with the election results of the existing parties here.

Demography

The post-war influx of refugees from eastern regions led to a rise in the population. The population growth stagnated during the communist era. After the fall of the

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, the population began a rising tendency again. File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Wandlitz.pdf, Development of Population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule) File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Wandlitz.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 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Sightseeing

* Wandlitzsee lake * The nearby lake of Liepnitzsee * The Agricultural Museum in Wandlitz-old village ('' Barnim Panorama'') * The Steam Railway Museum in Basdorf (''Heidekrautbahn-Museum'') * The International Museum of Circus Performers in Klosterfelde (''Internationales Artistenmuseum'') * Several old churches * Beautiful lakes in the surrounding area such as '' Wandlitzsee, Liepnitzsee, Bogensee, Rahmersee, Stolzenhagener See'' * In the woods North East of the village Wandlitz is the small Bogensee with a former summer house of

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, later part of the academy of the Free German Youth organization. Today the area belongs to the Berlin state forests and the buildings are to let.

Culture

* Goldener Löwe Kulturbühne: regular concerts, cabaret, opera, poetry readings, and comedy events. * Studio of

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artist Annelie Grund

Sport & Leisure

* Windsurfing school and board hire on Wandlitzsee lake * public beach and bathing area on Wandlitzsee * Horse-riding * 27-hole golf-course at nearby Prenden

Twin towns

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History

Wandlitz was first mentioned as Slavic ''Vandlice'' in a 1242 deed, when the Margraves of Brandenburg John I and Otto III sold it to the Lehnin Abbey. The word means ''men who live at the water''. Situated on the ''Barnim'' plateau among woods and lakes it became a popular recreation area especially in the 20th century. Since 1901 the ''Heidekrautbahn'' railway line links Wandlitz with Berlin. From 1815 to 1945, Wandlitz was part of the

Prussian Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, the House of Hohenzoll ...

Province of Brandenburg The Province of Brandenburg () was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1947. Brandenburg was established in 1815 from the Kingdom of Prussia's core territory, comprised the bulk of the historic Margraviate of Brandenburg (excluding Altmark) and ...

, from 1945 to 1952 of the State of

, from 1952 to 1990 of the

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Bezirk Frankfurt The Bezirk Frankfurt, also Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder), was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Frankfurt (Oder). History The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substitut ...

and since 1990 again of Brandenburg. ; Development The name Wandlitz was and is also often used as a synonym for the nearby " Waldsiedlung" compound, where the highest

functionaries lived removed from the general population. But this settlement is a part of the town Bernau. Shortly after World War II, the village was home to an orphanage of children from Berlin. The orphanage, run by nuns, later became a holiday spot for visiting high-ranking Communist party members. The children of the small orphanage were frowned upon as second-class citizens by villagers, and often went hungry.

Pictures from Towns and Villages in Gemeinde Wandlitz

File:Wandlitz evangelische Kirche.jpg, Village church of old Wandlitz Image:St-Konrad-in-Wandlitz.jpg, Catholic church in the new quarter ''Wandlitzsee'' (Lake of Wandlitz) File:Basdorf_Church.jpg, Village church on Basdorf village green File:Schönwalde Hauptstr. 60 (1).jpg, Old village cottage in Schönwalde File:Schloss Lanke 06.jpg, Lanke Palace File:Schönerlinde Kirche 01.jpg, Village church of Schönerlinde File:Klosterfelde Kirche 04.jpg, Village church of Klosterfelde File:Stolzenhagen Kirche 06.jpg, Village church of Stolzenhagen File:Prenden church.jpg, Village church of Prenden File:Wandlitz_Lanke_church.jpg, Church in Lanke File:Lanke_Obersee.jpg, Obersee in Lanke File:08-10-11 Wandlitz Partnergemeinden.JPG, Information on twin towns

Transport

Wandlitz is situated at the junction of the

Bundesstraße ''Bundesstraße'' (, ), abbreviated ''B'', is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways. Germany Germany's ''Bundesstraßen'' network has a total length of about 40,000 km. German ''Bundesstraßen'' are labelled with re ...

109 to Berlin and the

Bundesautobahn 10 is an ring road, orbital motorway around the German capital city of Berlin. Colloquially called ''Berliner Ring (Berlin Beltway)'', it is predominantly located in the state of Brandenburg, with a short stretch of in Berlin itself. It should ...

(''Berliner Ring'') with the Bundesstraße 273 leading from Oranienburg to the Bundesautobahn 11. The NEB ''Heidekrautbahn'' links Wandlitz with the Berlin-Karow railway station on the Berlin S2 S-Bahn line. Wandlitz is known to be the home of the only existing Skoda Fabia that still uses a steam power engine.

References

External links

Heidekrautmuseum Basdorf

Internationales Artisetenmuseum Klosterfelde

Goldener Löwe

Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn - NEB Heidekrautbahn railway

Prenden Golf Course
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