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State of Brandenburg
Land Brandenburg (German) Land Brannenborg (Low German) Kraj Bramborska (Lower Sorbian) | |
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| Coordinates: 52°21′43″N 13°0′29″E / 52.36194°N 13.00806°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| Capital | Potsdam |
| Government | |
| • Body | Landtag of Brandenburg |
| • Minister-President | Dietmar Woidke (SPD) |
| • Governing parties | SPD / CDU / Greens |
| • Bundesrat votes | 4 (of 69) |
| • Bundestag seats | 25 (of 736) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29,480.24 km2 (11,382.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-09-30)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,520,198 |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| GDP [2] | |
| • Total | €88.800 billion (2022) |
| • Per capita | €34,610 (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | DE-BB |
| Vehicle registration | formerly: BP (1945–1947), SB (1948–1953)[3] |
| NUTS Region | DE4 |
| HDI (2018) | 0.923[4] very high · 14th of 16 |
| Website | brandenburg.de |
Brandenburg,[a] officially the State of Brandenburg,[b] is a state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 square kilometres (11,382 square miles) and a population of 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth-largest German state by area and the tenth-most populous. Potsdam is the state capital and largest city, and other major towns are Cottbus, Brandenburg an der Havel and Frankfurt (Oder).
Brandenburg surrounds the national capital and city-state of Berlin, and together they form the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, the third-largest metropolitan area in Germany with a total population of about 6.2 million.[5] There was an unsuccessful attempt to unify both states in 1996 and the states cooperate on many matters to this day.
Brandenburg originated in the Northern March in the 900s AD, from areas conquered from the Wends. It later became the Margraviate of Brandenburg, a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire. In the 15th century, it came under the rule of the House of Hohenzollern, which later also became the ruling house of the Duchy of Prussia and established Brandenburg-Prussia, the core of the later Kingdom of Prussia. From 1815 to 1947, Brandenburg was a province of Prussia.
Following the abolition of Prussia after World War II, Brandenburg was established as a state by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany, and became a state of the German Democratic Republic in 1949. In 1952, the state was dissolved and broken up into multiple regional districts. Following German reunification, Brandenburg was re-established in 1990 and became one of the five new states of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The origin of the name Brandenburg is believed to be West Slavic brani boru, meaning 'defensive forest'.[citation needed]
- ^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstand im Land Brandenburg 3. Quartal 2019" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Bruttoinlandsprodukt, Bruttowertschöpfung | Statistikportal.de". Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder | Gemeinsames Statistikportal (in German). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ BP = Brandenburg Province, SB = Soviet Zone, Brandenburg. With the abolition of states in East Germany in 1952 vehicle registration followed the new Bezirk subdivisions. Since 1991 distinct prefixes are specified for each district.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Berlin-Brandenburg | IKM". 31 August 2020.
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