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

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Uckermark The Uckermark () is a historical region in northeastern Germany, straddles the Uckermark (district), Uckermark District of Brandenburg and the Vorpommern-Greifswald District of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Its traditional capital is Prenzlau. Geogra ...

, with its many

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s, it now relies heavily on

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and the sources of revenue linked to it. Since 2010, Angermünde is a federally declared

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Name

The name Angermünde is an abbreviation of the older town of

Tangermünde Tangermünde (; nds, Tangermünn) is a historic town on the Elbe River in the district of Stendal, in the northeastern part of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Geography Tangermünde is situated in the historic Altmark region of the North German Plain, ...

, 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

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over the

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

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

(now Szczecin,

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) railway. Angermünde station 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), Uckermark District. It is also the centre of the historic Uckermark region. Geography The town is located on the Uecker, Ucke ...

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, and

Schwedt Schwedt (or Schwedt/Oder; ) is a town in Brandenburg, in northeastern Germany. With the official status of a ''Große Kreisstadt, Große kreisangehörige Stadt'' (major district town), it is the largest town of the Uckermark (district), Uckermark ...

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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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 Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen (19 February 1780 – 11 June 1856) was a German philologist, chiefly distinguished for his researches in Old German literature. He was born at Angermünde-Schmiedeberg in the Uckermark region of the Margraviate ...

(1780–1856), German scholar *

Albert Manthe Albert August Karl Manthe (18 August 1847, in Angermünde – 4 February 1929, in Berlin) was a German sculptor. He studied at the Prussian Academy of Art under August Julius Streichenberg, Hermann Schievelbein and Hugo Hagen. After some furthe ...

(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 Kumme ...

(1884–1966), writer * Hans-Erich Voss (1897–1969), Vice Admiral in World War II *

Günter Reimann Hans Steinicke (November 13, 1904 – February 5, 2005), better known by his pen-name Günter Reimann, was a German-born economist and writer. He was noted as founder and editor of ''International Reports'', a New York-based weekly publicatio ...

(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 (1943–1997), athlete, European champion in discus throw * Maik Heydeck (born 1965), boxer *

Julia Jäger Julia Jäger (born 28 January 1970) is a German actress. She was born in Angermünde, Brandenburg and grew up in Frankfurt (Oder), where her father Diether Jäger was a stage actor. At the age of 13, she appeared in the children's film ''Morit ...

(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 Br ...

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 Po ...

, Poland * Zurrieq, Malta

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References

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External links

Official Website
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