Fürstenwalde

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Fürstenwalde/Spree
Town hall and Cathedral
Town hall and Cathedral
Coat of arms of Fürstenwalde/Spree
Coat of arms
Location of Fürstenwalde/Spree within Oder-Spree district
Fürstenwalde/Spree is located in Germany
Fürstenwalde/Spree
Fürstenwalde/Spree
Coordinates: 52°22′N 14°04′E / 52.367°N 14.067°E / 52.367; 14.067Coordinates: 52°22′N 14°04′E / 52.367°N 14.067°E / 52.367; 14.067
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictOder-Spree
SubdivisionsCity center and 4 districts
Government
 • Mayor (2018–26) Matthias Rudolph[1]
Area
 • Total70.55 km2 (27.24 sq mi)
Elevation
43 m (141 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
 • Total31,992
 • Density450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
15517
Dialling codes03361
Vehicle registrationLOS
Websitewww.stadt-fuerstenwalde.de

Fürstenwalde/Spree (Lower Sorbian: Pśibor pśi Sprjewje)[3] is the most populous town in the Oder-Spree District of Brandenburg, Germany.

Geography[]

The town is situated in the glacial valley (Urstromtal) of the Spree river north of the Rauen Hills, about 60 km (37 mi) east of Berlin and 30 km (19 mi) west of Frankfurt (Oder). The district capital Beeskow is about 25 km (16 mi) to the southeast. In the north, the municipal area comprises the village of Trebus. The town is located on the western part of historic Lubusz Land (Land Lebus).

The Fürstenwalde station is a stop on the railway line from Berlin to Frankfurt (Oder), the former Lower Silesian-Marcher Railway. It also has access to the parallel Bundesautobahn 12. The 39 MW Fürstenwalde Solar Park supplies electricity to the local grid.

History[]

The settlement of Fürstenwalde in the Margraviate of Brandenburg was first mentioned in a 1272 deed, founded in the course of the German Ostsiedlung migration at a ford across the Spree river, probably near the site of a former Slavic settlement. The Lebus Land had been acquired from Poland by the Ascanian margraves in 1248/1249. The town's importance rose as a staple port and terminal of the transportation of goods on the river.

In 1373 Emperor Charles IV, since 1367 also Margrave of adjacent Lower Lusatia campaigned the Brandenburg lands and enforced the renunciation of the Wittelsbach margrave Otto VII of Brandenburg by the Treaty of Fürstenwalde. As also the collegiate church in Lebus was destroyed, Bishop Wenceslaus moved the official seat of the Bishopric of Lebus to Fürstenwalde, where the St Mary's Church was raised to a cathedral.

The last Catholic bishop was Georg von Blumenthal (1490–1550), who was besieged in his palace by Lutheran robbers led by Nickel von Minckwitz. The Bishop had to escape through a window in disguise. The bishopric was secularized during the Reformation in 1555, and was completely disbanded at the ascension of Joachim Frederick as Margrave of Brandenburg in 1598.

Demography[]

  • 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)

  • Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005–2030 (yellow line); for 2017–2030 (scarlet line); for 2020–2030 (green line)

Fürstenwalde/Spree: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)[4]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 11,929—    
1890 15,783+1.88%
1910 26,286+2.58%
1925 28,369+0.51%
1939 35,842+1.68%
1950 30,815−1.36%
1964 30,849+0.01%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1971 31,296+0.21%
1981 35,566+1.29%
1985 35,443−0.09%
1990 35,214−0.13%
1995 33,628−0.92%
2000 34,044+0.25%
2005 33,336−0.42%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2010 32,468−0.53%
2015 31,741−0.45%
2016 32,025+0.89%
2017 32,098+0.23%
2018 31,941−0.49%
2019 31,965+0.08%
2020 31,992+0.08%

Politics[]

Seats in the town's assembly (Stadtverordnetenversammlung) as of 2014 local elections:

Twin towns – sister cities[]

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Fürstenwalde is twinned with:[5]

Notable people[]

Julius Pintsch

References[]

  1. ^ Landkreis Oder-Spree Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 2 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2020". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2021.
  3. ^ Sophie Wauer, Klaus Müller: "Die Ortsnamen des Kreises Beeskow-Storkow", pp. 226–228
  4. ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
  5. ^ "Städtepartnerschaften". fuerstenwalde-spree.de (in German). Fürstenwalde/Spree. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

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