Rathenow
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Location of Rathenow within Havelland district ![]() | ||
Coordinates: 52°36′N 12°20′E / 52.600°N 12.333°ECoordinates: 52°36′N 12°20′E / 52.600°N 12.333°E | ||
Country | Germany | |
State | Brandenburg | |
District | Havelland | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Ronald Seeger | |
Area | ||
• Total | 105.68 km2 (40.80 sq mi) | |
Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
• Total | 24,387 | |
• Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
Postal codes | 14702, 14712 | |
Dialling codes | 03385 | |
Vehicle registration | HVL (früher: RN) | |
Website | www.rathenow.de |
Rathenow (German pronunciation: [ˈʁaːtənoː]) is a town in the district of Havelland in Brandenburg, Germany, with a population of 26,433 (2007).
Overview
The Protestant church of St. Marien Andreas, originally a basilica, and transformed to the Gothic style in 1517-1589, and the Roman Catholic Church of St. George, are noteworthy.
Rathenow is known for its Rathenow stones, bricks made of the clay of the Havel, and for its spectacles and optical instruments, which are exported.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, it was revealed that the remains of Hitler and his assistants were secretly buried in graves near Rathenow.[2]
Demography
- Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state)
- Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts
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Twin towns — sister cities
Rathenow is twinned with:
Sons and daughters of the town
- Joachim Mrugowsky (1905-1948), physician and Nazi criminal
- Immo Stabreit (born 1933), diplomat
- Rosemarie Köhn (born 1939), 1993-2006 Bishop of Hamar (Norway) (world's second wife as a Lutheran bishop)
- Wulf Herzogenrath (1944), art historian and curator
References
- ↑ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2015 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2016.
- ↑ V.K. Vinogradov and others, Hitler's Death: Russia's Last Great Secret from the Files of the KGB, Chaucer Press 2005, 111. This work reproduces a Soviet map showing that the bodies were buried in a field near the village of Neu Friedrichsdorf, approximately one kilometre east of Rathenow.
- ↑ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
External links
Media related to Rathenow at Wikimedia Commons
"Rathenow". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.