Division of the town

The following villages were incorporated into Storkow after local council elections in 2003

Alt-Stahnsdorf (population: 384) Bugk (population: 194) Görsdorf (population: 556) Groß Eichholz (population: 141) Groß Schauen (population: 178) Karlslust Kehrigk (population: 325) Kummersdorf (population: 499)

Limsdorf (population: 377) Neu Boston Philadelphia (population: 258) Rieplos (population: 132) Selchow (population: 269) Schwerin (population: 131) Wochowsee (population: 60) Wolfswinkel

(Karlslust, Neu Boston and Wolfswinkel had already been considered as part of the Storkow municipality prior to the elections)

Twin Towns

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  Opalenica
  Opalenica
  Opalenica is a town in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 9,861 inhabitants .The noble de Opalenica Opaliński family originated here as lords of the area and a branch of the de Bnin Bniński family of Clan Łodzia.There was a narrow-gauge railway in Opalenica but it closed...
  
   (Poland
  Poland
  Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
  
  ) -- since 2003

History

The town of Storkow was first mentioned in 1209 by Otto IV and is one of the oldest towns in Brandenburg. Originally part of Lower Lusatia

Lusatia

Lusatia is a historical region in Central Europe. It stretches from the Bóbr and Kwisa rivers in the east to the Elbe valley in the west, today located within the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg as well as in the Lower Silesian and Lubusz voivodeships of western Poland...

, it was presented as a gift to the margraves of Brandenburg by King Ferdinand I of Bohemia

Bohemia

Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...

 together with neighbouring Beeskow

Beeskow

Beeskow is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, and capital of the Oder-Spree district. It is situated on the river Spree, 30 km southwest of Frankfurt an der Oder....

. Since then it has remained part of Brandenburg.

Philadelphia and Neu Boston

The villages of Philadelphia and Neu Boston were named after their American counterparts by Frederick II of Prussia

Frederick II of Prussia

Frederick II was a King in Prussia and a King of Prussia from the Hohenzollern dynasty. In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was also Elector of Brandenburg. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel...

in 1772.