Bad Freienwalde
Bad Freienwalde
Coordinates	52°47′08″N 14°01′57″E / 52.78556°N 14.0325°E / 52.78556; 14.0325
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Märkisch-Oderland
Town subdivisions	7 Ortsteile
Mayor	Ralf Lehmann (Ind.)
Basic statistics
Area	131.73 km2 (50.86 sq mi)
Elevation	10-158 m
Population	13,315  (31 December 2007)
- Density	101 /km2 (262 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MOL, vorher FRW
Postal code	16259
Area code	03344
Location of the town of Bad Freienwalde within Märkisch-Oderland district

Bad Freienwalde is a spa town in the Märkisch-Oderland district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on an old branch of the Oder river at the northwestern rim of the Oderbruch basin, 15 km (9 mi) east of Eberswalde, and 50 km (31 mi) northeast of Berlin, near the border with Poland. The municipality includes the villages of Altranft, Altglietzen, Bralitz, Hohensaaten, Hohenwutzen, Neuenhagen and Schiffmühle.

Town hall

Former St George Church, now a concert hall

Church in Altranft

Freienwalde was first mentioned in a 1316 deed and appeared as a town in 1364. A mineral spring was recorded in 1685, named Kurfürstenquelle after Elector Frederick William I. The small Neoclassical Freienwalde Palace was built in 1799 according to plans by David Gilly as a summer residence of Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, the widow of King Frederick William II of Prussia. Its park was redesigned by Peter Joseph Lenné in 1822. The industrialist Walther Rathenau acquired Freienwalde Palace in 1909.

Bad Freienwalde has an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church as well as manufactures of furniture and machinery. The neighbouring forests and its medicinal springs make it a favorite summer resort of the inhabitants of Berlin. A new tower commands a fine panoramic view over the Oder valley.

[edit] Notable people

• Alfred Blaschko (1858–1922), dermatologist
• Volkmar Sigusch (born 1940), sexologist
• Elisabeth Radziwill, beloved of Wilhelm I of Prussia died at Freienwalde on 27 August 1834.

[edit] International relations

[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities

Bad Freienwalde is twinned with:

• Bad Pyrmont, Germany
• Międzyrzecz, Poland

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This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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