Wandlitz
Encyclopedia
Wandlitz is a municipality
in the district of Barnim
, in Brandenburg
, Germany
. It is situated 25 km north of Berlin
, and 15 km east of Oranienburg
. The municipality was established in 2004 by merger of the nine villages Basdorf, Klosterfelde, Lanke, Prenden, Schönerlinde, Schönwalde, Stolzenhagen, Wandlitz and Zerpenschleuse.
The communal government of the Great municipality has its seat in Wandlitz directly. It consists of deputies from the several parts of the commune and in accordance with the election results of the existing parties here.
, France
Trzebiatów
, Poland
Gladbeck
, North Rhine-Westphalia
. The word means men who live at the water. Situated on the Barnim plateau among woods and lakes it became a popular recreation area especially in the 20th century. Since 1901 the Heidekrautbahn railway line links Wandlitz with Berlin.
Development
The name Wandlitz was and is also often used as a synonym for the nearby "Waldsiedlung
" compound, where the highest East German
functionaries lived removed from the general population. But this settlement is a part of the town Bernau
.
Shortly after WWII, the village was home to an orphanage of children from Berlin. The orphanage, run by nuns, later became a holiday spot for visiting high-ranking Communist party members. The children of the small orphanage were frowned upon as second-class citizens by villagers, and often went hungry.
109 to Berlin and the Bundesautobahn 10
(Berliner Ring) with the Bundesstraße 273 leading from Oranienburg to the Bundesautobahn 11
. The NEB Heidekrautbahn links Wandlitz with the Berlin-Karow railway station
on the Berlin S2 S-Bahn line.
Municipalities of Germany
Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...
in the district of Barnim
Barnim
Barnim is a district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is bounded by Poland, the district of Märkisch-Oderland, the city state of Berlin and the districts of Oberhavel and Uckermark.- History :...
, in Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is situated 25 km north of Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, and 15 km east of Oranienburg
Oranienburg
Oranienburg is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Oberhavel.- Geography :Oranienburg is a town located on the banks of the Havel river, 35 km north of the centre of Berlin.- Division of the town :...
. The municipality was established in 2004 by merger of the nine villages Basdorf, Klosterfelde, Lanke, Prenden, Schönerlinde, Schönwalde, Stolzenhagen, Wandlitz and Zerpenschleuse.
The communal government of the Great municipality has its seat in Wandlitz directly. It consists of deputies from the several parts of the commune and in accordance with the election results of the existing parties here.
Sightseeing
- Wandlitzsee lake
- The nearby lake of LiepnitzseeLiepnitzseeLiepnitzsee is a German lake located in the municipalities of Wandlitz and Bernau bei Berlin, Brandenburg. At an elevation of 49.7 m, its surface area is 1.17 km².- External links :...
- The Agricultural Museum in Wandlitz-old village (Agrarmuseum Wandlitz)
- The Steam Railway Museum in Basdorf (Heidekrautbahn-Museum)
- The International Museum of Circus Performers in Klosterfelde (Internationales Artistenmuseum)
- Several old churches
- Beautiful lakes in the surrounding area such as Wandlitzsee, Liepnitzsee, Bogensee, Rahmersee, Stolzenhagener See'
- In the woods west of the village Wandlitz is the small Bogensee with a former summer house of Joseph Goebbels, later part of the academy of the Free German Youth organization. Today the area belongs to the Berlin state forests and the buildings are to let.
Culture
- Goldener Löwe Kulturbühne: regular concerts, cabaret, opera, poetry readings, and comedy events.
Sport & Leisure
- Windsurfing school and board hire on Wandlitzsee lake
- public beach and bathing area on Wandlitzsee
- Horse-riding
- 27-hole golf-course at nearby Prenden
Twin towns
La Ferrière, VendéeLa Ferrière, Vendée
La Ferrière, Vendée is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.-References:*...
, France
France
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Trzebiatów
Trzebiatów
Trzebiatów is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. As of June 2007, it has 10,196 inhabitants.It was in Pomerania, Germany until 1945.Trzebiatów's Day of the Cereal is a celebration during the first week of August...
, 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...
Gladbeck
Gladbeck
Gladbeck is a city in the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.The name ´Gladbeck´ evolves from Low German, originally spoken in the area around Gladbeck. ´Glad´ means something like gleamy and ´beck´ means about brook. However, the brook Gladbeck flows under the ground...
, North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
History
Wandlitz was first mentioned as Slavic Vandlice in a 1242 deed, when the Margraves of Brandenburg John I and Otto III sold it to the Lehnin AbbeyLehnin Abbey
Lehnin Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in Lehnin in Brandenburg, Germany. Since 1911 it has accommodated the Luise-Henrietten-Stift, a Protestant women's community.-History:...
. The word means men who live at the water. Situated on the Barnim plateau among woods and lakes it became a popular recreation area especially in the 20th century. Since 1901 the Heidekrautbahn railway line links Wandlitz with Berlin.
Development
Waldsiedlung
Waldsiedlung was the secure housing zone built for the leaders of former East Germany. It was located near Wandlitz about north of East Berlin...
" compound, where the highest East German
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
functionaries lived removed from the general population. But this settlement is a part of the town Bernau
Bernau bei Berlin
Bernau bei Berlin is a German town in the Barnim district. The town is located about northeast of Berlin.-History:...
.
Shortly after WWII, the village was home to an orphanage of children from Berlin. The orphanage, run by nuns, later became a holiday spot for visiting high-ranking Communist party members. The children of the small orphanage were frowned upon as second-class citizens by villagers, and often went hungry.
Traffic and Transportation
Wandlitz is situated at the junction of the BundesstraßeBundesstraße
Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...
109 to Berlin and the Bundesautobahn 10
Bundesautobahn 10
runs in Brandenburg and is an orbital motorway around Berlin and is therefore called the Berliner Ring. It should not be confused with the Berliner Stadtring ....
(Berliner Ring) with the Bundesstraße 273 leading from Oranienburg to the Bundesautobahn 11
Bundesautobahn 11
is an autobahn in eastern Germany that was opened in 1936. As it is partly in a dilapidated state, it is currently undergoing modernisation works on various stretches...
. The NEB Heidekrautbahn links Wandlitz with the Berlin-Karow railway station
Berlin-Karow railway station
Karow station is a railway station in the Pankow district of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn line and the line NE27 , operated by the Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn.-2009 Train Collision:...
on the Berlin S2 S-Bahn line.