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Brandenburg surrounds the capital Berlin like a ring and lies in the north-east of Germany. Around 2.6 million people live here, spread across a wide landscape of pine forests, lakes and canals: no other German state has so much water in relation to its area. It is governed from Potsdam, right on Berlin's doorstep. That is also where the state's most famous building stands: Sanssouci Palace, which Frederick the Great had built as a summer residence on a vineyard terrace. “Sanssouci” means “without worries”: the king wanted to escape court ceremony here, to make music and to philosophise. The river Havel flows through Brandenburg, a calm waterway rich in lakes, and the coat of arms bears a red eagle on a white field. The state is famous for the Spreewald, where the Spree branches into hundreds of small channels and punts carry freight through the watery maze. To the east Brandenburg borders Poland. Did you know that the Spreewald gherkins from this region are a legally protected speciality?
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Brandenburg
Brandenburg completely surrounds Berlin and is full of water: the Spreewald with its network of channels and the Mecklenburg Lake District shape the landscape.
💡 Did you know? Brandenburg has more inland water than any other German state: over 3,000 lakes, plus a dense web of canals and river arms.
Potsdam
Potsdam was the residence of the Prussian kings; Sanssouci Palace with its terraced vineyards is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
💡 Did you know? Potsdam's Babelsberg district is home to the world's oldest large-scale film studio: movies have been shot there since 1912.
about 2.6 million
the north-east
Foto: Yuropoulos · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sanssouci Palace
Havel
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a red eagle
the Spreewald
Brandenburg surrounds the capital Berlin and is known for its lakes, forests and the Spreewald.
💡 Did you know? Brandenburg completely surrounds the city-state of Berlin.
Poland
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