Barnim Barnim CFNY Category="Districts of Brandenburg"

Barnim
Statistics
State:Brandenburg
Capital:Eberswalde
Area:1,494 km²
Inhabitants:174,355 (Jun 30, 2004)
pop. density:117 inh./km²
Car identification:BAR
Homepage:http://www.barumlive.de
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Barnim is a district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) Poland, the district of Märkisch-Oderland, the city state of Berlin and the districts of Oberhavel and Uckermark.

History

The name "Barnim" emerged in the 13th century and was applied to a large forest region east of the Havel and north of the Spree, where noblemen used to hunt. The present district is roughly identical with, but somewhat smaller than this historical region.

The district was established in 1993 by merging the former districts of Bernau and Eberswalde.

Geography

Barnim extends from the Oder (Odra) River to the outskirts of Berlin. The Oder River forms the eastern border. From here the Oder Havel Canal (connecting Oder and Havel) and the historical Finow Canal lead westwards to Eberswalde and beyond. The portions north of these artificial waterways are called Schorfheide. This is a forest region with several large lakes, e.g. Werbellinsee (8 km²), Grimnitzsee (8 km²) and Parsteiner See (10 km²). The Schorfheide is a UNESCO Biosphere reserve and houses several rare animals like White-tailed Eagle, Greater Spotted Eagle, Osprey, Black Stork, European Beaver and Otter.

Coat of arms

[image]The coat of arms of the district resembles the coat of arms of the former district Oberbarnim. The only difference is that the old one had a silver top half and a red bottom half, while the current one is split into four parts and in the right half exchanged red and silver. The eagle in the top half is the eagle of Brandenburg.

Towns and municipalities

TownsÄmterfree municipalities
  1. Bernau bei Berlin
  2. Eberswalde
  3. Werneuchen
  1. Biesenthal-Barnim ¹
  2. Britz-Chorin
  3. Joachimsthal ²
  4. Oderberg ² ¹ including town of Biesenthal
² including town of the same name
  1. Ahrensfelde
  2. Panketal
  3. Schorfheide
  4. Wandlitz

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Cities and rural districts in the Federal State of Brandenburg in Germany
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Cities Brandenburg | Cottbus | Frankfurt an der Oder | Potsdam
Rural
districts		 Barnim | Dahme-Spreewald | Elbe-Elster | Havelland | Märkisch-Oderland | Oberhavel | Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Oder-Spree | Ostprignitz-Ruppin | Potsdam-Mittelmark | Prignitz | Spree-Neiße | Teltow-Fläming | Uckermark