Bad Freienwalde

St Nicolas Church and town hall

Coat of arms

Bad Freienwalde

Location of Bad Freienwalde within Märkisch-Oderland district

Coordinates: 52°47′08″N 14°01′57″E / 52.78556°N 14.03250°ECoordinates: 52°47′08″N 14°01′57″E / 52.78556°N 14.03250°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Ralf Lehmann (Ind.)

Area

• Total

131.73 km² (50.86 sq mi)

Population (2013-12-31)^[1]

• Total

12,403

• Density

94/km² (240/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

16259

03344

MOL, FRW, SEE, SRB

Bad Freienwalde is a spa town in the Märkisch-Oderland district in Brandenburg, Germany.

Geography

The town is situated on the Alte Oder, an old branch of the Oder River at the northwestern rim of the Oderbruch basin and the steep rise of the Barnim Plateau. It is located 15 km (9.3 mi) east of Eberswalde, and 50 km (31 mi) northeast of Berlin, near the border with Poland.

Bad Freienwalde has an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church as well as manufactures of furniture and machinery. The neighbouring forests and its medicinal springs make it a favorite summer resort of the inhabitants of Berlin. A new tower commands a fine panoramic view over the Oder valley.

The municipal area comprises the villages of Altranft, Altglietzen, Bralitz, Hohensaaten, Hohenwutzen, Neuenhagen and Schiffmühle.

History

Freienwalde Castle

The settlement of Vrienwalde in the Margraviate of Brandenburg was first mentioned in a 1316 deed and appeared as a town in 1364. From 1618, the Freienwalde manor was directly held by the Brandenburg prince-electors (Kurfürsten).

A mineral spring was discovered in 1683. The alchemist Johann Kunckel brought it to the attention of the "Great Elector" Frederick William of Brandenburg, who, gout-ridden, arrived in Freienwalde the next year. Recorded by the physician Bernhardus Albinus in 1685, the Kurfürstenquelle became the foundation of Freienwalde's rise as a spa town. Frederick William's son King Frederick I of Prussia had a first maison de plaisance erected by the architect Andreas Schlüter.

The development was further promoted, when in 1799 the small Neoclassical Freienwalde Castle was built according to plans by David Gilly as a summer residence of Princess Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, the widow of King Frederick William II of Prussia. Its park was redesigned by Peter Joseph Lenné in 1822. The industrialist and politician Walther Rathenau acquired the palace in 1909, it was nationalised after his assassination in 1922. Freienwalde achieved the official status of spa town (Bad) in 1925.

Notable people

Edith Andreae (1883–1952) sister of Walter Rathenau.
Alfred Blaschko (1858–1922), dermatologist
Hans Keilson (1909–2011), Dutch psychotherapist, novelist
Kurt Kretschmann (1914-2007) Nature Conservationist
Elisabeth Radziwill, beloved of Prince Wilhelm I of Prussia died at Freienwalde on 27 August 1834.
Volkmar Sigusch (born 1940), sexologist
Hildegard und Siegfried Schumacher, children's book authors

Demography

Development of population since 1875 within the current boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to population development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule)
Recent population development (Blue Line) and projections

Bad Freienwalde (Oder):
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)^[2]

Year	Population
1875	15 003
1890	17 076
1910	19 016
1925	18 825
1933	18 873
1939	19 850
1946	18 611
1950	20 867
1964	19 077
1971	18 769

Year	Population
1981	17 455
1985	17 023
1989	16 963
1990	16 659
1991	16 393
1992	16 126
1993	16 034
1994	15 753
1995	15 624
1996	15 500

Year	Population
1997	15 324
1998	15 189
1999	15 058
2000	14 808
2001	14 543
2002	14 360
2003	14 107
2004	13 940
2005	13 739
2006	13 538

Year	Population
2007	13 315
2008	13 136
2009	12 964
2010	12 788
2011	12 656
2012	12 491
2013	12 403

International relations

Bad Freienwalde is twinned with:

Bad Pyrmont, Germany
Międzyrzecz, Poland

References

↑ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2013 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2014.
↑ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Freienwalde". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

External links

Media related to Bad Freienwalde at Wikimedia Commons

Towns and municipalities in Märkisch-Oderland

Alt Tucheband Altlandsberg Bad Freienwalde Beiersdorf-Freudenberg Bleyen-Genschmar Bliesdorf Buckow Falkenberg Falkenhagen Fichtenhöhe Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf Garzau-Garzin Golzow Gusow-Platkow Heckelberg-Brunow Höhenland Hoppegarten Küstriner Vorland Lebus Letschin Lietzen Lindendorf Märkische Höhe Müncheberg Neuenhagen bei Berlin Neuhardenberg Neulewin Neutrebbin Oberbarnim Oderaue Petershagen-Eggersdorf Podelzig Prötzel Rehfelde Reichenow-Möglin Reitwein Rüdersdorf Seelow Strausberg Treplin Vierlinden Waldsieversdorf Wriezen Zechin Zeschdorf

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