Rheinsberg () is a town and a municipality in the

Ostprignitz-Ruppin Ostprignitz-Ruppin is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are (from north clockwise) the districts Müritz and Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts Oberhavel and Have ...

district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is located on lake and the river

Rhin The Rhin is a long river in Brandenburg, Germany, right tributary to the river Havel. It flows through the city Neuruppin and several lakes. A few kilometres downstream from Rhinow it flows into the Havel, about upstream from where the Havel ...

, approximately 20 km north-east of Neuruppin and 75 km north-west of Berlin.

History

Frederick the Great, while still Crown Prince, designed and moved into a restored chateau in Rheinsberg shortly after his 1733 marriage to

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...

. Here he experienced his "Rheinsberg Period", an era marked by regular correspondence with Voltaire, boisterous celebration in the company of minor philosophers and musicians, and the writing of several works of political theory, including the '' Anti-Machiavel.'' In 1870, the painter Eduard Gaertner and his family decided to leave the hectic atmosphere of Berlin and settle in Flecken Zechlin, a suburb of Rheinsberg - where he lived until his death in 1877. Rheinsberg is the location for Kurt Tucholsky's ''

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 ...

'', a 1912 picture book for lovers based on an autobiographical weekend trip.

Demography

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Rheinsberg.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 Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany) File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Rheinsberg.pdf, Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

Geography

Lakes

Großer Prebelowsee The Großer Prebelowsee is a lake in the Rheinsberg Lake Region, Brandenburg, Germany. It has an elevation of and a surface area of . It is in Prebelow, a village in borough of Rheinsberg. See also *Großer Zechliner See * Schwarzer See *Tietzo ...

Großer Zechliner See The Großer Zechliner See is a lake in the Rheinsberg Lake Region of Brandenburg, Germany. It is in Rheinsberg, and its surface area is . See also *Großer Prebelowsee * Schwarzer See *Tietzowsee *Zootzensee Zootzensee is a lake in the Rheinsbe ...

* Schwarzer See *

Tietzowsee The Tietzowsee is a lake in the Rheinsberg Lake Region in the German state of Brandenburg. It covers and area of within the municipality of Rheinsberg. See also *Großer Prebelowsee *Großer Zechliner See * Schwarzer See *Zootzensee Zootzensee i ...

Zootzensee Zootzensee is a lake in the Rheinsberg Lake Region, Brandenburg, Germany. It has an elevation of and a surface area of . It lies within the municipality of Rheinsberg. See also *Großer Prebelowsee *Großer Zechliner See * Schwarzer See *Tietzows ...

Photogallery

File:Rheinsbergehrendenkmal1.jpg, Monument opposite castle File:Rheinsbergschloss3.jpg, Castle seen from monument place File:Rheinsberg001.jpg, Concerthall (part of the castle) File:Dierberg_church.jpg, Church in Dierberg File:Heinrichsdorf_fire_house.jpg, Fire engine house in Heinrichsdorf

Twin towns

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( Ohio,

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People from Rheinsberg

* Gad Granach (1915–2011), German writer *

Erhard Egidi Erhard Egidi (23 April 1929 – 8 September 2014) was a German cantor, organist and composer of sacred music. He was ''Kantor'' at the Neustädter Kirche, Hannover, from 1972 to 1991, where he focused on music in church services, but also conduct ...

(1929–2014), German cantor, composer and organist *

Lothar Baumgarten Lothar Baumgarten (5 October 1944 – 2 December 2018) was a German conceptual artist, based in New York and Berlin. His work includes installation and also film. Early life and education Born 1944 in Rheinsberg, Germany, Baumgarten attended ...

(1944–2018), German artist

References

External links

* {{Authority control Localities in Ostprignitz-Ruppin