Perleberg
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Perleberg is the capital of the district of Prignitz, located in the northwest of the German state of Brandenburg. The town was founded in 1239 and today has about 13,000 inhabitants. Located in a mostly agricultural area, the town has a long history of troops being stationed here (most notably Prussian) and as an administrational center for local government.
In the 14th century the town was on its height as part of the Hanseatic League. In 1523 it was the muster-point for an army assembled by Elector Joachim I in support of his brother-in-law Christian II of Denmark's attempt to recover his throne. The Thirty Years' War caused serious damage to the town: of 3,500 inhabitants, only 300 survived. The mayor responsible for rebuilding the city after this period was Georg Krusemarck.
On November 25th, 1809 Lord Benjamin Bathurst disappeared in Perleberg in a mysterious way. There are even rumours that his disappearance was caused by paranormal phenomena.
In the 14th century the town was on its height as part of the Hanseatic League. In 1523 it was the muster-point for an army assembled by Elector Joachim I in support of his brother-in-law Christian II of Denmark's attempt to recover his throne. The Thirty Years' War caused serious damage to the town: of 3,500 inhabitants, only 300 survived. The mayor responsible for rebuilding the city after this period was Georg Krusemarck.
On November 25th, 1809 Lord Benjamin Bathurst disappeared in Perleberg in a mysterious way. There are even rumours that his disappearance was caused by paranormal phenomena.
People
- Ernst Ehrenbaum, born here
- Lotte Lehmann, born here
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Prignitz
''Map of Brandenburg highlighting the district of Prignitz
State| Brandenburg
Perleberg
2,123 km
92,646 (2002)
Pop. density| 44 /km
Licence plate code| PR
landkreis-prignitz.
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''Map of Brandenburg highlighting the district of Prignitz
State| Brandenburg
Perleberg
2,123 km
92,646 (2002)
Pop. density| 44 /km
Licence plate code| PR
landkreis-prignitz.
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Anthem
"Das Lied der Deutschen" (third stanza)
also called "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit"
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"Das Lied der Deutschen" (third stanza)
also called "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit"
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Brandenburg
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Location
Coordinates
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
Country Germany
NUTS Region
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Flag Coat of arms
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Location
Coordinates
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
Country Germany
NUTS Region
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Prussia (German: (help info ) [1]; Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Latvian: Prūsija
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Hanseatic League was an alliance of trading guilds that established and maintained a trade monopoly over the Baltic Sea, to a certain extent the North Sea, and most of Northern Europe for a time in the Late Middle Ages and the early modern period, between the 13th and 17th
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Joachim I Nestor (21 February 1484 – 11 July 1535) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1499-1535). He was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and nicknamed after the Nestor of Greek mythology.
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Christian II
By the grace of God, King of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, the Wends and the Goths, Duke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn and Dithmarschen, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst [1]
Reign July 22 1513 – January 20 1523 Denmark
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By the grace of God, King of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, the Wends and the Goths, Duke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn and Dithmarschen, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst [1]
Reign July 22 1513 – January 20 1523 Denmark
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Thirty Years' War was fought between 1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of today's Germany, and involved most of the major European continental powers. Although it was ostensibly a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics, the rivalry between the Habsburg
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Benjamin Bathurst (1784 - November 25, 1809?) was a British diplomat serving in Continental Europe during the Napoleonic Wars. He was the younger son of Lord Chancellor Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, and his second wife Tryphena (née Scawen).
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Paranormal is an umbrella term used to describe a wide variety of reported anomalous phenomena. According to the Journal of Parapsychology, the term paranormal describes "any phenomenon that in one or more respects exceeds the limits of what is deemed physically possible according
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Ernst M. E. Ehrenbaum (December 20, Perleberg, 1861 - March 6, 1942, Marburg an der Lahn) was a German biologist (especially fishes), oceanographer.
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Literary works
- Naturgeschichte und wirrtschaftliche Bedeutung der Seefische Nordeuropas, 1936
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Lotte Lehmann (February 27, 1888 – August 26, 1976) was an German soprano opera and Lieder singer who was especially associated with German repertory. She gave memorable performances in the operas of Richard Strauss; the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier
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Prignitz
''Map of Brandenburg highlighting the district of Prignitz
State| Brandenburg
Perleberg
2,123 km
92,646 (2002)
Pop. density| 44 /km
Licence plate code| PR
landkreis-prignitz.
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''Map of Brandenburg highlighting the district of Prignitz
State| Brandenburg
Perleberg
2,123 km
92,646 (2002)
Pop. density| 44 /km
Licence plate code| PR
landkreis-prignitz.
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Bad Wilsnack is a town in the Prignitz district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated approximately halfway between Berlin and Hamburg. Since 1928 its has been officially recognised as a spa town, before which time its name was simply Wilsnack since then.
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geographic coordinate system enables every location on the earth to be specified by the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system aligned with the spin axis of the Earth.
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