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Brandenburg


Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federated states of Germany. It lies in the northeast of the country and has 2.5 million inhabitants....

The capital and largest city is Potsdam, called “Berlin little sister”, with its splendid castles, landscaped parks and a millennial history. The Land is bounded on the South by Saxony, on the West by Saxony-Anhalt and on the North by the Land of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Brandenburg has extensive forests and is crossed by numerous canals (to explore canoeing) and rivers, especially in the south-east in Spreewald and in the north (Havel). The Grumsin beech forest was declared World Heritage by UNESCO in June 2011. The city of Brandenburg is surrounded by the meanders of Havel. The city was, in the Middle Ages, a rich and free one. The statue of Roland, a protective warrior, always bears witness to this glorious past. It houses beautiful churches: Sankt Katharinenkirche, Sankt Gotthardtkirche and Sankt Peter und Paul Cathedral.