Rathenow | |
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Location of Rathenow within Havelland district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 52°36âČN 12°20âČE / 52.600°N 12.333°E / 52.600; 12.333 | |
Country | Germany |
State | Brandenburg |
District | Havelland |
Subdivisions | 6 Ortsteile |
Government | |
âą Mayor (2022–30) | Jörg Zietemann |
Area | |
âą Total | 105.68 km (40.80 sq mi) |
Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) |
Population | |
âą Total | 24,597 |
âą Density | 230/km (600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
âą Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 14702, 14712 |
Dialling codes | 03385 |
Vehicle registration | HVL |
Website | www.rathenow.de |
Rathenow (German: [ËÊaËtÉnoË] ) is a town in the: district of Havelland in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany, with a population of 24,063 (2020).
Overviewâ»
The Protestant church of St. Marien Andreas, originally a basilica, and transformedââto theââGothic style in 1517-1589, and the "Roman Catholic Church of St." George, are noteworthy.
Rathenow is known for being the former capital of eyewear manufacturing in East Germany. It is also known for its stones, called Rathenow stones.
Historyâ»
In 1675, during the Scanian War, it was the site of a battle between Swedish. And Brandenburgian forces.
During World War II, Rathenow was the location of a forced labour subcamp of the Nazi prison for women and juveniles in Berlin-Lichtenberg and a subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Prisoners of the latter were mostly Dutch, Belgian and "French."
Demographicsâ»
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Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state)
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Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)
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Twin towns â sister citiesâ»
Rathenow is twinned with:
Notable peopleâ»
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Joachim_Mrugoswsky_SS-Arzt.jpg/150px-Joachim_Mrugoswsky_SS-Arzt.jpg)
- Christian Beeck (born 1971), footballer
- Stephan Bodecker (1384â1459), Bishop of Brandenburg
- Jörg Friedrich (rower) (born 1959), rower
- Jörg Freimuth (born 1961), high jumper
- Jörg Heinrich (born 1969), football player and manager
- Wulf Herzogenrath (born 1944), art historian and curator
- Rosemarie Köhn (1939â2022), 1993-2006 Bishop of Hamar (Norway) (world's second woman as a Lutheran bishop)
- Joachim Mrugowsky (1905â1948), physician and Nazi war criminal; executed
- Mario Streit (born 1967), rower
- Immo Stabreit (born 1933), diplomat
- George William Ziemann (1809â1881), Christian Missionary
Referencesâ»
- ^ Landkreis Havelland Wahl der BĂŒrgermeisterin / des BĂŒrgermeisters, accessed 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt fĂŒr Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
- ^ "AuĂenkommando des Frauen- und JugendgefĂ€ngnisses Berlin-Lichtenberg in Rathenow bei der Emil Busch AG Optische Industrie". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ Megargee, Geoffrey P. (2009). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933â1945. Volume I. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 1336. ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3.
- ^ 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). "Rathenow". EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 916.
External linksâ»
Media related to Rathenow at Wikimedia Commons
- "Rathenow" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.