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Bernau bei Berlin
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Barnim
Population	35,047 source (2005)
Area	103.72 km²
Population density	338 /km²
Elevation	67 m
Coordinates	52°40′ N 13°35′ E
Postal code	16321
Area code	03338
Licence plate code	BAR
Mayor	Hubert Handke
Website	bernau-bei-berlin.de

Bernau bei Berlin (English Bernau near Berlin) is a German city in the Barnim district. The city is located about 10 km (6.25 miles) northeast of Berlin. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 539 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (690 × 768 pixel, file size: 131 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bernau bei Berlin ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ...   (Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... Barnim is a district in Brandenburg, Germany. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen, abbreviated to PLZ), consist of five digits, which indicate the wider area (first two digits), and the postal district (last three digits). ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... A Web site (or colloquially, Website) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP... Barnim is a district in Brandenburg, Germany. ... Location of Berlin within Germany / EU Coordinates Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE3 City subdivisions 12 boroughs Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit (SPD) Governing parties SPD / Left. ...

History

Archaeological excavations of Mesolithic prove the fact that this place has been inhabeted since about 8800 BCE. The city was mentioned first in 1232. The true reasons of the foundation are not known. Concerning a legend Albert I of Brandenburg has permitted the city to be founded in 1140 because of the good beer which has been offered to him. It is true that beer has been brewed with the water of the river Panke. Therefore it was forbidden by law to pollute this river with waste and excrements before the days the brewing took place. The Mesolithic (Greek mesos=middle and lithos=stone or the Middle Stone Age[1]) was a period in the development of human technology between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods of the Stone Age. ... Europe and surrounding areas in the 9th millennium BC. Blue areas are covered in ice. ... Albert I (c. ...

Bernau had its boom years before the Thirty Years' War. Large parts of the defensive wall with town gate and wet moats are relicts of that time. These helped Bernau defend itself successfully against attackers, e.g. the Hussites in 1432. After times with pest and war Bernau was poor and bleak. Frederick I of Prussia settled 25 Huguenotic families (craftsmen, farmers, traders and scientists) in 1699. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Separation barrier. ... Categories: Stub ... The Hussites comprised a Christian movement following the teachings of the reformer Jan Hus (circa 1369–1415), who was influenced by John Wyclif and became one of the forerunners of the Protestant Reformation. ... Friedrich I of Prussia, Kurfürst of Brandenburg, King in Russia (Fredrick I, July 11, 1857 -- February 25, 1913), Hohenzollern, was the first King in Prussia, reigning from January 18, 2001, until his death. ... In the 16th and 17th centuries, the name Huguenot was applied to a member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France, historically known as the French Calvinists. ...

In 1842 a railway line was opened. One of the first electrical suburban railway lines in the world has been opened in 1924. This line of the Berlin S-Bahn connected Bernau with station Stettiner Bahnhof (today Berlin Nordbahnhof) in Berlin. The Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (ADGB) (General German Confederation of Trade Unions) opened its school in 1930. The Waldsiedlung (engl. residential area in the wood) is a district of the city where the policial leaders of the GDR lived isolated from the people. Berlins S-Bahn network The Berlin S-Bahn is a metro system operated by S-Bahn Berlin GmbH, a subsidiary of the Deutsche Bahn. ... Berlin Nordbahnhof is a railway station in the city of Berlin, Germany. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Disambiguation Page Global Depositary Receipt East Germany ...

Pulverturm (armoury).

Church St. Marien.

Timber framed houses and Plattenbauten.

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Main sights

Museums

The museum of local history has two locations. One is the town gate with the former prison Hungerturm (engl. Tower of Hunger). It is one of formerly three town gates, that were part of the defensive wall. Today armours and instruments of torture of the Middle Ages are shown there. Common furniture of several epochs and utensils of the executioner are exhibited in the Henkerhaus (engl. executioner's house) to demonstrate the life in the small town. Categories: Stub ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...

In 2005 the Wolf Kahlen Museum opened. Media art from 40 years is shown.

Buildings

The church St. Marien (Late Gothic style) dominates the skyline of the town. The nave was built in the 15th century. Gothic art refers to the art of the Gothic cultural movement in northern Europe. ... Links to full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are also found at the entry Cathedral diagram. ...

Large parts of the defensive walls and wet moats of the Middle Ages are preserved. The defensive wall is supplemented by several lookout houses, the Pulverturm (armoury) and a town gate.

Until the 1960s the city center, enclosed by the defensive wall, consisted of small old buildings with timber framed construction. Most of them where in a bad state because no funds where available in the GDR to renovate these buildings. It was decided to change Bernau into an exemplary city of socialist architecture. Nearly all the old houses were torn down in the 1960s and 1970s and new so-called Plattenbauten (buildings constructed of prefabricated concrete slabs) have been built. The new houses had a maximum of four storeys to fit in with the architecture to the historic structure of the city. Braubach (Germany) Timber framing is the modern term for the traditional half-timbered construction in which timber provides a visible skeletal frame that supports the whole building. ... Modernized Plattenbau in Rostock Modernized Plattenbau in Berlin-Friedrichshain Original Plattenbau like it was built in 1980 Plattenbau is the German word for a building whose structure is constructed of large, prefabricated concrete slabs, a method often found in communist architecture in central and eastern Europe. ...

The former school of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (ADGB) ("General German Confederation of Trade Unions") is located in the northeast of the town. It is the largest building in the Bauhaus style besides the Bauhaus itself. Typography by Herbert Bayer above the entrance to the workshop block of the Bauhaus, Dessau, 2005. ...

Transportation

See also: Bernau bei Berlin railway station

The line S2 of the Berlin S-Bahn (suburban railway) connects Bernau with Berlin. The trains take about 35 minutes to the Friedrichstraße station in the center of Berlin. Regional rail services connect Bernau with Eberswalde, Schwedt, Stralsund, Frankfurt (Oder) in northbound direction and with Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Senftenberg in southbound direction. Long-distance trains go to Stralsund, Dortmund, Düsseldorf and Dresden. Bernau bei Berlin (in German Bahnhof Bernau bei Berlin) is a railway station in the city of Bernau bei Berlin, Germany. ... S2 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn. ... Berlins S-Bahn network The Berlin S-Bahn is a metro system operated by S-Bahn Berlin GmbH, a subsidiary of the Deutsche Bahn. ... Friedrichstraße - view to north The Friedrichstraße (pronounced in IPA) (Frederick Street) is a major shopping street in (east) central Berlin. ... A Connex commuter train stands by the platform in Melbourne, Australia Regional rail systems, or commuter rail systems, usually provide a rail service through a central business district area into suburbs or other locations that draw large numbers of people on a daily basis. ... Eberswalde is a major town and the administrative seat of the district Barnim in the German Federal State (Bundesland) of Brandenburg, about 50 km northeast of Berlin. ... Schwedt (or Schwedt/Oder) is a city in Brandenburg, Germany. ... Stralsund is a city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. ... Frankfurt (Oder) ( Sorbian/Lusatian: Frankobord ) is a city in Brandenburg, Germany located on the Oder River, on the German-Polish border directly opposite the city of SÅ‚ubice. ... Berlin Hauptbahnhof Berlin Ostbahnhof was named Berlin Hauptbahnhof from 1987 to 1998. ... Senftenberg is a town in southern Brandenburg, Germany, capital of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district. ... Stralsund is a city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. ... Dortmund is a city in Germany, located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. ... Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and (together with Cologne and the Ruhr Area) the economic center of Western Germany. ... Dresden (Sorbian: Drježdźany; etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Czech: ) is the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony. ...

The Bundesautobahn A11 from Berlin to Prenzlau and Szczecin has the two exits Bernau Nord (number 15) and Bernau Süd (number 16). It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Prenzlau is a city in the Uckermark District of Brandenburg, Germany. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Twinned cities

• - Champigny-sur-Marne, France
• - Meckhenheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• - Skwierzyna, Poland

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Cities and towns in Barnim district

Ahrensfelde | Althüttendorf | Bernau bei Berlin | Biesenthal | Breydin | Britz | Chorin | Eberswalde | Friedrichswalde | Hohenfinow | Hohensaaten | Joachimsthal | Liepe | Lunow-Stolzenhagen | Marienwerder | Melchow | Niederfinow | Oderberg | Panketal | Parsteinsee | Rüdnitz | Schorfheide | Sydower Fließ | Wandlitz | Werneuchen | Ziethen Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... The Wikimedia Commons (also called Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Barnim is a district in Brandenburg, Germany. ... Church in the village centre of Ahrensfelde. ... Althüttendorf is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. ... Biesenthal is a town in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. ... Breydin is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. ... Britz is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. ... Chorin is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. ... Eberswalde is a major town and the administrative seat of the district Barnim in the German Federal State (Bundesland) of Brandenburg, about 50 km northeast of Berlin. ... Friedrichswalde in der Schorfheide is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. ... Hohenfinow is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. ... Hohensaaten is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. ... Joachimsthal is a town in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. ... Liepe is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. ... Lunow-Stolzenhagen is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. ... Marienwerder is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. ... Melchow is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. ... Niederfinow is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. ... Bohumín (-Czech, German: Oderberg, Polish: Bogumin) is a city in the Czech Republic near the border with Poland. ... Panketal is a municipality in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. ... Parsteinsee is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. ... Rüdnitz is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. ... Schorfheide is a municipality in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. ... Sydower Fließ is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. ... Wandlitz is a municipality in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. ... Werneuchen is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, in the district of Barnim northeast of Berlin within the metropolitan area. ... Ziethen is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. ...