Fürstenwalde/Spree (German pronunciation:[ˈfʏʁstn̩ˌvaldə](listen); Lower Sorbian: Pśibor pśi Sprjewje)[3] is the most populous town in the Oder-Spree District of Brandenburg, Germany.
Town in Brandenburg, Germany
Fürstenwalde/Spree
Town
Town hall and Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location of Fürstenwalde/Spree within Oder-Spree district
The town is situated in the glacial valley (Urstromtal) of the Spree river north of the Rauen Hills, about 60km (37mi) east of Berlin and 30km (19mi) west of Frankfurt (Oder). The district capital Beeskow is about 25km (16mi) to the southeast. In the north, the municipal area comprises the village of Trebus. The town is located on the western part of historic Lubusz Land (Land Lebus).
The Fürstenwalde station is a stop on the railway line from Berlin to Frankfurt (Oder), the former Lower Silesian-Marcher Railway. It also has access to the parallel Bundesautobahn 12. The 39 MW Fürstenwalde Solar Park supplies electricity to the local grid.
History
The settlement of Fürstenwalde in the Margraviate of Brandenburg was first mentioned in a 1272 deed, founded in the course of the German Ostsiedlung migration at a ford across the Spree river, probably near the site of a former Slavic settlement. The Lebus Land had been acquired from Poland by the Ascanian margraves in 1248/1249. The town's importance rose as a staple port and terminal of the transportation of goods on the river.
In 1373 Emperor Charles IV, since 1367 also Margrave of adjacent Lower Lusatia campaigned the Brandenburg lands and enforced the renunciation of the Wittelsbach margrave Otto VII of Brandenburg by the Treaty of Fürstenwalde. As also the collegiate church in Lebus was destroyed, Bishop Wenceslaus moved the official seat of the Bishopric of Lebus to Fürstenwalde, where the St Mary's Church was raised to a cathedral.
The last Catholic bishop was Georg von Blumenthal (1490–1550), who was besieged in his palace by Lutheran robbers led by Nickel von Minckwitz. The Bishop had to escape through a window in disguise. The bishopric was secularized during the Reformation in 1555, and was completely disbanded at the ascension of Joachim Frederick as Margrave of Brandenburg in 1598.
Demography
Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule)
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)
Fürstenwalde/Spree: Population development within the current boundaries (2020)[4]
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1875
11,929
—
1890
15,783
+1.88%
1910
26,286
+2.58%
1925
28,369
+0.51%
1939
35,842
+1.68%
1950
30,815
−1.36%
1964
30,849
+0.01%
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1971
31,296
+0.21%
1981
35,566
+1.29%
1985
35,443
−0.09%
1990
35,214
−0.13%
1995
33,628
−0.92%
2000
34,044
+0.25%
2005
33,336
−0.42%
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
2010
32,468
−0.53%
2015
31,741
−0.45%
2016
32,025
+0.89%
2017
32,098
+0.23%
2018
31,941
−0.49%
2019
31,965
+0.08%
2020
31,992
+0.08%
Politics
Seats in the town's assembly (Stadtverordnetenversammlung) as of 2014 local elections:
The Left: 7
Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU): 6
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD): 6
Free Voters (BFZ): 5
Free Democratic Party (FDP): 3
Alternative for Germany (AfD): 2
Alliance 90/The Greens: 2
Pirate Party Germany: 1
Twin towns – sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany
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