Brandenburg

In addition to adjacent Berlin, the State of Brandenburg - which includes Potsdam - offers numerous opportunities for excursions.

The State of Brandenburg covers an area of 29,056 km² (11,218 miles²) and stretches between the rivers Elbe and Oder. Apart from pine and fir forests this region mostly consists of sandy plain. There are 3,000 rivers and lakes in this area - with Havel and the Spree as the main rivers. With only 2.53 million inhabitants the state is rather scarcely populated. Chapels, Churches and Cathedrals. Monuments in our state include St Jacob's Chapel in Perleberg and St Katherine's Church in Brandenburg on the Havel, both dating from the fourteenth century.

Brandenburg on the Havel also inherits a Romanesque cathedral that had its foundation laid in the twelfth century, and was rebuilt in the fourteenth century in the Gothic style. This cathedral was extensively restored in the 1960s.

Tourist regions
Tourist regions include the Spree Forest (Spreewald), Frankfurt (Oder), and Brandenburg an der Havel.  Cottbus is another city of note.

Further information:
TMB Tourismus-Marketing Brandenburg GmbH
Am Neuen Markt
114467 Potsdam
Phone. +49 (0)331-29873-0
Fax +49 (0)331-29873-73
Email tmb[at]reiseland-brandenburg.de
www.reiseland-brandenburg.de