Max-Steenbeck-Gymnasium

BrandenburgBrandenburg

A federal state in the east of

Germany

W itten b erge

N e u ru pp in

P re n z la u

O ra n ie nb urgB ern au

B ad F re ie nw a ld e

S ee low

E be rsw a ldeF in ow

Stra usb ergR a th en ow N a ue n

Land Berlin

F ü rs ten w a ld e

F ra nk fu rt (O d er )B ran de nb urg

P otsd am

B elz ig

Jü te rb og

L uckenw a lde

Z o sse n

K ön igsW us te r-h au se n

B ee skow

L üb be n

L uckau

B ad L ie be nw e rd a

Herzberg

F in s te rw a ld e

E isen hü tte n -s ta d t

G ub en

C o ttb us

C a lau

S en ften be rg

Sp re m be rg

F o rs t

P ritzw a lk

W itts to ck

G ra nn se eG ra nn se e

Tem plin

K y ritz

S ch w e dt/O d e r

“If you wish to travel around Brandenburg, you will first of all need to love these parts and the people who

inhabit them…to have the magnanimity to recognize the good

for what it is…I have roamed around the Mark and found it richer than I

dared to hope.“

(Theodor Fontane, German author)

N ieder-sachsen

S ch lesw ig -H o lstein

M ecklenburg-Vorpom m ern

Brandenburg

B erlin

Sachsen

Sachsen-Anhalt

Thüringen

Bayern

Baden-W ürttem berg

S aarland

Rheinland-Pfalz

N ordrhein-W estfa len

H essen

Brem en Ham burg

GeographyGeography bordered by:

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania,Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Lower Saxony

river Oder forms a part of theeastern border to Poland

main rivers: Spree, Havel, Elbe wetlands region: Spreewald Slavic people of the Sorbs live in

Lower Lusatia

Capital of BrandenburgCapital of Brandenburg

Potsdamsouth west of Berlinold royal capital of the Hohenzollern dynastyFrench culture and style in culture buildingssights: Sanssouci, Cecilienhof, the New Palace,

the Dutch Quarter, the church Nikolaikirche

HistoryHistory

one of seven Electorships of the Holy Roman Empire

formed the original core of the modern federal state of Germany

ruled by Hohenzollern dynasty and later by the Duchy of Prussia

AdministrationAdministration1. Barnim2. Dahme-Spreewald 3. Elbe-Elster 4. Havelland 5. Märkisch-Oderland 6. Oberhavel 7. Oberspreewald-Lausitz 8. Oder-Spree 9. Ostprignitz-Ruppin 10. Potsdam-Mittelmark 11. Prignitz 12. Spree-Neiße 13. Teltow-Fläming 14. Uckermark

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