Fehrbellin is a

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in Germany, located 60 km NW of Berlin. It had 9,310 inhabitants as of 2005, but has since declined to 8,606 inhabitants in 2012.

History

In 1675, the Battle of Fehrbellin was fought there, in which the troops of

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defeated those of the occupying

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. In 1758 during the

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Prussian and Swedish forces clashed at the

Battle of Fehrbellin (1758) The Battle of Fehrbellin was a battle at Fehrbellin of the Seven Years' War between Swedish and Prussian forces, fought on 28 September 1758. The Prussian forces under General Carl Heinrich von Wedel were attempting to stop the Swedish offensive ...

. One of the most important

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dropzones of Germany is located at the local airport.

Municipal divisions

*Fehrbellin *Betzin *Brunne *Dechtow *Deutschhof *Hakenberg *Karwesee *Königshorst * *Lentzke *

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*Manker *Protzen *Tarmow *Walchow *Wall *Wustrau-Altfriesack Wustrau and Altfriesack were amalgamated in 1970. With 1221 residents, the combined municipal division is the largest in the municipality. Altfriesack lies between the

Ruppiner See Ruppiner See is a lake in Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Germany. At an elevation of , its surface area is . It is believed to have formed as a glacial tunnel valley. History A Slavic fortification stood at the mouth of the Rhin on the northern ...

and the Bützsee and belonged to Alt

Ruppin Neuruppin (; North Brandenburgisch: ''Reppin'') is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, the administrative seat of Ostprignitz-Ruppin district. It is the birthplace of the novelist Theodor Fontane (1819–1898) and therefore also referred to as ''Fonta ...

until 1872. By area, Fehrbellin is the second-largest rural municipality ("Gemeinde") in Germany, trailing only

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Demography

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Fehrbellin.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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; Red Background: Time of communist

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) File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Fehrbellin.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 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

Sights

Hakenberg Victory Column The Hakenberg Victory Column is a 36-metre tall monument with an observation deck at Hakenberg near Fehrbellin in Brandenburg, Germany. It was designed by Christian Daniel Rauch and built between 1875 and 1879. It commemorates the victory of ...

*Zietenschloß in Wustrau *

Brandenburg-Preußen Museum Brandenburg-Prussia (german: Brandenburg-Preußen; ) is the historiographic denomination for the early modern realm of the Brandenburgian Hohenzollerns between 1618 and 1701. Based in the Electorate of Brandenburg, the main branch of the Hohenz ...

File:Siegessauele-Hakenberg.jpg, Hakenberg Victory Column File:Linum church 2013 SW.jpg, Church in Linum File:Linum_Kriegerdenkmal.jpg, War memorial in Linum File:Fehrbellin Bastfaserfabrik.jpg, Former textile factory in Fehrbellin File:Wustrau church.jpg, Church in Wustrau

Personalities

Hans Joachim von Zieten Hans Joachim von Zieten, sometimes spelled Johann Joachim von Ziethen, (14 May 1699 – 26 January 1786), also known as ''Zieten aus dem Busch'', was a cavalry general in the Prussian Army. He served in four wars and was instrumental in sev ...

(1699–1786), Prussian cavalry general, born and buried in Wustrau. * Hans Ernst Karl, Graf von Zieten (1770–1848), Prussian general field marshal

References

External links

Brandenburg Prussia Museum in Fehrbellin-Wustrau
* Localities in Ostprignitz-Ruppin {{Brandenburg-geo-stub