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Brandenburg is both a historical region and a modern federal state in . Brandenburg was historically composed of a larger amount of territory now located across the Oder River in western Poland.
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is the capital of Brandenburg and borders . The town has a population of about 190,000. It is widely known for its palaces and landscape as a World Heritage Site.

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is the second-largest city in the state of Brandenburg, . It is considered one of the cultural centres of the Sorbs, a Slavic ethnic minority in eastern Germany.

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Frankfurt is on the Oder River in Brandenburg, a state of . It lies directly on the border with , and is connected via bridge to its Polish sister city Slubice.

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is the third-largest town in the German state of Brandenburg. The town of some 72,000 inhabitants focuses on culture, gardens and tourism, having hosted the federal horticultural show in 2015.

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is in Brandenburg, about one hour north of , .

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is a city of 23,000 people in Brandenburg. It was founded in the 1950s, and its Stalinist architecture is a major draw for travellers. Many buildings are protected due to their historic and architectural value.

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is a major town and the administrative seat of the district in Brandenburg in north-eastern , about 50 km northeast of .

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is a city of 24,000 people in Brandenburg right on the border with . Perhaps the most interesting feature is nearby "Lake Senftenberg", a flooded former open-pit lignite mine which has been used for recreation and tourism since the 1970s.

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Berlin Brandenburg Airport, commonly referred to by its IATA code, BER, is the sole international airport of , the capital of . It is located in Schönefeld in the namesake state of Brandenburg just south of Berlin.

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is a town in the district, Brandenburg, . It is the most populated municipality of its district and it is situated at the western border of .

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Werder is a town is a town in Brandenburg, , on the Havel river in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district. Werder is famous for its Cherry Blossom Festival, the Baumblütenfest, every May.

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is a small industrial city with around 23,000 inhabitants a few km south of .

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is a town in the district of , in Brandenburg, in eastern . It is situated north-west of , just across the city border, which is formed mainly by the river.

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is a town of 3,700 in Brandenburg, but it can more properly be described as a quaint village with a rich history. It has a castle bought by a former president, trails along a slow flowing river, and streets made completely of cobblestones.

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The Spree Forest or is a large inland delta of the river , and a historical cultural landscape located in the region of Lusatia, in the state of Brandenburg, Germany, about 100 km southeast of and close to the city of .

Brandenburg

Latitude of center
52.8455° or 52° 50′ 44″ north
Longitude of center
13.2461° or 13° 14′ 46″ east
Population
2,520,000
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Abbreviation
“BB”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 473862587
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2945356
Wiki­data ID
Q1208
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Brandenburg” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Brandenburg”
  • Albanian: “Brandenburg”
  • Albanian: “Brandenburgu”
  • Amharic: “ብራንደንቡርክ”
  • Amharic: “ብራንደንቡርግ”
  • Arabic: “براندنبورغ”
  • Arabic: “براندينبرغ”
  • Aragonese: “Brandemburgo”
  • Armenian: “Բրանդենբուրգ”
  • Arpitan: “Brandenburg”
  • Asturian: “Brandemburgu”
  • Asturian: “Brandenburg”
  • Aymara: “Brandenburg suyu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Brandenburq”
  • Balinese: “Brandenburg”
  • Bashkir: “Бранденбург”
  • Basque: “Brandenburgo”
  • Bavarian: “Brandnbuag”
  • Bavarian: “Brandnburg”
  • Belarusian: “Брандэнбург”
  • Bengali: “ব্রান্ডেনবুর্গ”
  • Bengali: “ব্র্যান্ডেনবুর্গ”
  • Bosnian: “Brandenburg”
  • Breton: “Brandenburg”
  • Bulgarian: “Бранденбург”
  • Catalan: “Brandenburg”
  • Cebuano: “Brandenburg”
  • Central Kurdish: “براندنبورگ”
  • Chechen: “Бранденбург”
  • Chinese: “Brandenburg”
  • Chinese: “勃兰登堡”
  • Chinese: “勃兰登堡州”
  • Chinese: “勃蘭登堡”
  • Chinese: “勃蘭登堡州”
  • Chuvash: “Бранденбург”
  • Cornish: “Brandenburg”
  • Corsican: “Brandenburg”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Brandenburg”
  • Croatian: “Brandenburg”
  • Czech: “Braniborsko”
  • Dagbani: “Brandenburg”
  • Danish: “Brandenborg”
  • Danish: “Brandenburg”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Brandenburg”
  • Dutch: “Brandenburg”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “براندنبورج”
  • Esperanto: “Brandenburgio”
  • Estonian: “Brandenburg”
  • Faroese: “Brandenburg”
  • Finnish: “Brandenburg”
  • French: “Brandebourg”
  • Friulian: “Brandeburc”
  • Galician: “Brandeburgo”
  • Georgian: “ბრანდენბურგი”
  • Georgian: “ბრანდენბურგის მხარე”
  • German: “BB”
  • German: “Bramborska”
  • German: “Brandenburg”
  • German: “Brannenborg”
  • German: “DE-BB”
  • German: “Kraj Bramborska”
  • German: “Land Brandenburg”
  • German: “Land Brannenborg”
  • German: “Mark Brandenburg” (historical)
  • German: “Provinz Brandenburg” (historical)
  • Greek: “Βραδεμβούργο”
  • Greek: “Βρανδεμβούργο”
  • Guarani: “Brandeburgo”
  • Gujarati: “બ્રાન્ડેનબર્ગ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Brandenburg”
  • Hebrew: “ברנדנבורג”
  • Hindi: “ब्रेंडेनबर्ग”
  • Hindi: “ब्रैंडेनबर्ग”
  • Hungarian: “Brandenburg”
  • Icelandic: “Brandenborg”
  • Ido: “Brandenburg”
  • Iloko: “Brandenburg”
  • Indonesian: “Brandenburg”
  • Interlingua: “Brandeburgo”
  • Interlingua: “Brandenburg”
  • Interlingue: “Brandenburgia”
  • Irish: “Brandenburg”
  • Italian: “Brandeburgo”
  • Japanese: “ブランデンブルク州”
  • Javanese: “Brandenburg”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ರ್ಯಾಂಡನ್ಬರ್ಗ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Brandenburg”
  • Kashubian: “Brandenbùrgiô”
  • Kazakh: “Бранденбург”
  • Kölsch: “Brandeborsch”
  • Kongo: “Brandenburg”
  • Korean: “브란덴부르크 주”
  • Korean: “브란덴부르크”
  • Korean: “브란덴부르크주”
  • Kurdish: “Brandenburg”
  • Ladin: “Brandenburg”
  • Latin: “Brandenburgum”
  • Latvian: “Brandenburga”
  • Ligurian: “Brandenburgo”
  • Limburgan: “Brandeburg”
  • Limburgan: “Brendebörg”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Brandenburg”
  • Literary Chinese: “勃蘭登堡”
  • Lithuanian: “Brandenburgas”
  • Lombard: “Brandebùrgo”
  • Low German: “Braandenborg”
  • Low German: “Braandenbörg”
  • Low German: “Brandenburg”
  • Low German: “Branenburg”
  • Low German: “Brannenborg”
  • Low German: “Ståt Brandenburg”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Bramborska”
  • Luxembourgish: “Brandenburg”
  • Macedonian: “Бранденбург”
  • Malagasy: “Brandenburg”
  • Malay: “Brandenburg”
  • Malayalam: “ബ്രാൻഡൻബർഗ്”
  • Manx: “Brandenburg”
  • Marathi: “ब्रांडेनबुर्ग”
  • Mazanderani: “براندنبورگ”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Brandenburg”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Brandenburg”
  • Minangkabau: “Brandenburg”
  • Mingrelian: “ბრანდენბურგიშ აკანი”
  • Mongolian: “Бранденбург”
  • Narom: “Brandenbourg”
  • Narom: “L‘ Brandenbourg”
  • Neapolitan: “Brandenburg”
  • Nepali: “ब्रान्डेनबर्ग”
  • Nepali: “ब्रान्डेनबुर्ग”
  • Nepali: “ब्रैंडेनबर्ग”
  • Northern Frisian: “Brandenborj”
  • Northern Frisian: “Brandenbörj”
  • Northern Sami: “Brandenburg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brandenburg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brandenburg”
  • Norwegian: “Brandenburg”
  • Novial: “Brandenburg”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Brandeborg”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Brandenburg”
  • Ossetian: “Бранденбург”
  • Pampanga: “Brandenburg”
  • Panjabi: “ਬ੍ਰਾਂਡਨਬੁਰਕ”
  • Panjabi: “ਬ੍ਰਾਂਡਨਬੁਰਗ”
  • Papiamento: “Land Brandenburg”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Brandenburg”
  • Persian: “براندنبورگ”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Brandebursch”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Brandenburg”
  • Picard: “Brandenburg”
  • Piemontese: “Brandeborgh”
  • Polish: “Brandenburgia”
  • Portuguese: “Brandemburgo”
  • Portuguese: “Brandenburg”
  • Pushto: “براندنبورګ”
  • Pushto: “براندنبورگ”
  • Pushto: “براندېنبورګ”
  • Quechua: “Brandenburg”
  • Romanian: “Brandenburg”
  • Romanian: “landul Brandenburg”
  • Romanian: “statul Brandenburg”
  • Romansh: “Brandenburg”
  • Russian: “Бранденбург”
  • Sardinian: “Brandeburgu”
  • Sardinian: “Brandenburg”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Brandenbuurich”
  • Scots: “Brandenburg”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Brandenburg”
  • Serbian: “Brandenburg”
  • Serbian: “Бранденбург”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Brandenburg”
  • Sicilian: “Brandenburg”
  • Sindhi: “برانڊن برگ”
  • Sinhala: “බ්‍රන්ඩෙන්බර්ග්”
  • Slovak: “Brandenbursko”
  • Slovenian: “Brandenburg”
  • South Azerbaijani: “براندنبورق”
  • Spanish: “Brandeburgo”
  • Spanish: “Brandenburgo”
  • Swahili: “Brandenburg”
  • Swedish: “Brandenburg”
  • Swiss German: “Land Brandeburg”
  • Swiss German: “Land Brandenburg”
  • Tagalog: “Brandeburgo”
  • Tagalog: “Brandenburg”
  • Tajik: “Бранденбург”
  • Talysh: “Brandenburg”
  • Talysh: “Brandenburq”
  • Tamil: “பிரண்டென்பேர்க்”
  • Tamil: “பிரான்டென்பர்க்”
  • Tamil: “ப்ரண்டெண்புர்க்”
  • Tatar: “Бранденбург”
  • Telugu: “బ్రాండెన్బర్గ్”
  • Thai: “รัฐบรันเดนบูร์ก”
  • Thai: “รัฐบรันเดินบวร์ค”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Land Brandenburg”
  • Turkish: “Brandenburg”
  • Ukrainian: “Бранденбург”
  • Ukrainian: “Бранденбурґ”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Braniborska”
  • Urdu: “براندنبورگ”
  • Urdu: “برندنبرگ”
  • Uzbek: “Brandenburg”
  • Venetian: “Brandiburgo”
  • Vietnamese: “Brandenburg”
  • Vlaams: “Brandenburg”
  • Volapük: “Brandänburgän”
  • Walloon: “Brandenburg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Brandenburg”
  • Welsh: “Brandenburg”
  • Western Armenian: “Պրանտինպըրկ”
  • Western Frisian: “Brandenboarch”
  • Western Frisian: “Brandenburch”
  • Western Panjabi: “برانڈنبرگ”
  • Wolof: “Brandenburg”
  • Wu Chinese: “勃兰登堡”
  • Wu Chinese: “勃兰登堡州”
  • Yiddish: “בראנדנבורג”
  • Yoruba: “Brandenburg”
  • Yue Chinese: “勃蘭登堡”
  • Yue Chinese: “勃蘭登堡州”
  • Zeeuws: “Brandenburg”
  • Zulu: “Brandenburg”
  • “Brandebûrg”
  • “Brandenburg”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Brandenburg”. Photo: Leviathan1983, CC BY-SA 3.0.