Löwenberger Land is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

Oberhavel Oberhavel is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Its neighbouring districts are (clockwise from the north): Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts of Uckermark and Barnim, the ''Bundesl ...

district, in the

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state of

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, about 50 km north of

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Overview

Established on December 31, 1997 it consists of 15 villages: Löwenberg was first mentioned in a 1269 deed, when it was acquired by the

Bishopric of Brandenburg The Prince-Bishopric of Brandenburg (german: Hochstift Brandenburg) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from the 12th century until it was secularized during the second half of the 16th century. It should not be confused wi ...

from the Brandenburg Margraves. A

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was erected in the 13th century. The church and large parts of the village were devastated by a fire in 1808. In 1877 Löwenberg gained access to the new

Prussian Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an e ...

''Nordbahn'' railway line from Berlin to

Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg (lit. ''New Brandenburg'', ) is a city in the southeast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located on the shore of a lake called Tollensesee and forms the urban centre of the Mecklenburg Lakeland. The city is famous for its ...

. The municipality is known for (''Schloss Liebenberg'') built in 1745, the former residence of

Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg and Hertefeld, Count of Sandels (german: Philipp Friedrich Karl Alexander Botho Fürst zu Eulenburg und Hertefeld Graf von Sandels; 12 February 1847 – 17 September 1921) was a diplomat and composer of Imperial Germ ...

(1847–1921) who from 1886 on held a

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political salon - the Liebenberg Circle - here. Members included the Berlin military commander

Kuno von Moltke Lieutenant General Kuno Augustus Friedrich Karl Detlev Graf von Moltke (13 December 1847 – 19 March 1923), adjutant to Wilhelm II of Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II and military commander of Berlin, was a principal in the homosexual scandal known as t ...

, the later Chancellor

Bernhard von Bülow Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin, Prince of Bülow (german: Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin Fürst von Bülow ; 3 May 1849 – 28 October 1929) was a German statesman who served as the foreign minister for three years and then as the chancellor of t ...

and Emperor Wilhelm II. The circle broke up in 1907 with the Harden-Eulenburg Affair.

Transportation

Löwenberg is situated at the junction of the

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n 96 and 167. The Löwenberg railway station is served by the ''Nordbahn'' line from Berlin to

Stralsund Stralsund (; Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin, Neub ...

. In east-west direction train connections are also available toward

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 ...

and

Rheinsberg Rheinsberg () is a town and a municipality in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is located on lake and the river Rhin, approximately 20 km north-east of Neuruppin and 75 km north-west of Berlin. History Fre ...

. Further ''Nordbahn'' railway stations are also in the villages of Grüneberg and Nassenheide.

Notable people

Libertas Schulze-Boysen Libertas "Libs" Schulze-Boysen, born Libertas Viktoria Haas-Heye (20 November 1913 in Paris – 22 December 1942 in Plötzensee Prison ) was a German aristocrat and resistance fighter against the Nazis. From the early 1930s to 1940, Libs attem ...

, Resistance fighter, born November 20, 1913 in

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, died December 22, 1942 in Berlin

Plötzensee Prison Plötzensee Prison (german: Justizvollzugsanstalt Plötzensee, JVA Plötzensee) is a juvenile prison in the Charlottenburg-Nord locality of Berlin with a capacity for 577 prisoners, operated by the State of Berlin judicial administration. The d ...

, granddaughter of Philipp zu Eulenburg, spent her childhood at Liebenberg Castle.

Some historical sites

File:Loewenberg_church.jpg, Church in Löwenberg File:Glambeck_church.jpg, Church in Glambeck File:Grieben_church.jpg, Church in Grieben File:Linde_church.jpg, Church in Linde File:Nassenheide-6 WT2005.jpg,

Sachsenhausen Sachsenhausen () or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year. It mainly held political prisoners ...

''Todesmarsch'' (death march) route marker File:Gutengermendorf_church.jpg, Church in Gutengermendorf File:Loewenberg_OdF-Platz_4.jpg, Building in Löwenberg File:Gutengermendorf_Gasthaus.jpg, Former tavern in Gutengermendorf File:Castle Liebenberg.JPG, Liebenberg Castle File:Liebenberg_Vorlaubenhaus.jpg, Alcove house in Liebenberg File:Klevesche_Haeuser_bell.jpg, Former schoolhouse in Klevesche Häuser File:Haesen_Gutshaus.jpg, Manor File:Haesen_Gutsanlage.jpg, Estate

Demography

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Löwenberger Land.pdf, 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) File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Löwenberger Land.pdf, Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the

Census in Germany A national census in Germany (german: Volkszählung) was held every five years from 1875 to 1910. After the World Wars, only a few full population censuses have been held, the last in 1987. The most recent census, though not a national census, wa ...

in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2020-2030 (green line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

References

External links

Liebenberg Castle
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