Wriezen () is a town in the district
Märkisch-Oderland, 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 is situated 11 km southeast of
Bad Freienwalde.
Demography
File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Wriezen.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 Wriezen.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 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)
Photogallery
File:Wriezen_church_S.jpg
File:Wriezen_church.jpg
File:Haselberg church.jpg, Church
File:Haselberg distillery.jpg, Distillery
File:Haselberg_Eiche.jpg, English oak
File:Haselberg_Feldsteinmauer.jpg, Fieldstone
Fieldstone is a naturally occurring type of stone, which lies at or near the surface of the Earth. Fieldstone is a nuisance for farmers seeking to expand their land under cultivation, but at some point it began to be used as a construction mate ...
wall
File:Wriezen_Haselberg_Pipifax.jpg, Grave of horse Pipifax
File:Wriezen Sparkasse.jpg, Sparkasse (Savings bank)
Notable people
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Henning von Boehmer
(Justus) Henning von Boehmer (born 16 August 1943 in Wriezen, Germany) is a German author, publisher, lawyer and journalist in Germany, particularly Düsseldorf.
Education
A native of Brandenburg, Boehmer studied law at the universities of Kiel ...
(born 1943), journalist and commercial lawyer, former general secretary of the
International Chamber of Commerce - Germany (ICC)
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Cornelia Froboess (born 1943), actress, teen idol and pop singer
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Michael Succow
Michael Succow (born 21 April 1941 in Lüdersdorf near Bad Freienwalde)[Vita](_blank)
PDF, 171 kB, provided by Deutsche Bundes ...
(born 1941), biologist and agronomist, an honorary citizen of the municipality Lüdersdorf / Biesdorf, now district Wriezen
See also
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Berlin Wriezener Bahnhof
Berlin Wriezener Bahnhof was a passenger railway terminus in Berlin, Germany. The station was situated close to the modern Ostbahnhof, and its goods station (''Wriezener Güterbahnhof'') was extended between it and Warschauer Straße station. F ...
References
External links
Localities in Märkisch-Oderland
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