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Brandenburg an der Havel

Western Europe

Brandenburg an der Havel is a town in the German state of Brandenburg, on the banks of the River Havel, which served as the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg until it was replaced by Berlin in 1417. It gave its name to the medieval Bishopric of Brandenburg, the Margraviate of Brandenburg and the present day state of Brandenburg, and had a population of 73,945 as of 2025; though now a small town compared with nearby Berlin, it was the original nucleus of the former realms of Brandenburg and Prussia.

Facts
Population
73,945 1
Area (sq km)
228.8 2
Founding Year
928 3
Population Estimate Year
2025 2
Elevation (m)
32 2
Latitude
52.414139 degrees north 2
Longitude
12.554083 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 4
Climate Zone
Temperate 5
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
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Sources
1. Brandenburg an der Havel (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead paragraph, population
    population of 73,945
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Brandenburg an der Havel (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 52.414139, longitude 12.554083
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 32 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 228.8 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population (2025)
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3. Wikidata: Brandenburg an der Havel
  • Wikidata Q3931, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q3931 P1249, class allow-list match, knownqid pass (w-bbfill-geography5-0926)
    P1249 value year 928
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4. GeoNames: Brandenburg an der Havel - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2945358
    52.41667 12.55 P PPL DE 11 00 12051 12051000 59826 57 Europe/Berlin
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 57 m
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5. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 52.25, 12.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 52.25, 12.75
52.25 12.75 Cfb
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