Weisen 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
Prignitz district, in
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...
,
Germany
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. It consists of the main village Weisen, the small settlement Waldhaus and the village Schilde.
Geography
Weisen is located between the towns of
Wittenberge in the southwest and
Perleberg in the northeast, from which Weisen is separated by a forest. The south border of Weisen is marked by the
Stepenitz river with the municipality of
Breese on the other side. The west border corresponds roughly to the
Berlin–Hamburg Railway. The village of Schilde constitutes the northern part of the municipality of Weisen. North of Schilde is Dergenthin, which belongs to Perleberg.
The
German federal highway 189 crosses between the villages Weisen and Schilde. The village of Weisen has a train stop on the Wittenberge–Wittstock–Berlin railway.
Weisen is situated in the
Elbe Urstromtal. Parts of the municipality belong to the
UNESCO biosphere reserve ''Elbe river landscape''.
Demography
References
Localities in Prignitz
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