Economy, Main Industries, Trade Partners, and Income per Capita: Investitionsband des landes brandenburg and Brandenburg Economic Development Board are main banks in Brandenburg.
Energy, Steel, Mechanical Engineering, biotechnology, tourism, and Rolls Royce are all main industries in Brandenburg. New Hampshire is a main trade partner with Brandenburg.
GDP per capita is Euro 50 billion total.
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Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. The capital is Potsdam. The population is 2,503,273 and 11,381 square miles. The GDP is 53,89 billion euros.(2009) It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were recreated in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. It has 15 protected areas. Consisting of 11 nature parks and 1 national park. It has 14 rural distracts and 4 urban.
Brandenburg is divided into 14 rural districts:
1. Barnim 2. Dahme-Spreewald 3. Elbe-Elster 4. Havelland 5. Märkisch-Oderland 6. Oberhavel 7. Oberspreewald-Lausitz | 8. Oder-Spree 9. Ostprignitz-Ruppin 10. Potsdam-Mittelmark 11. Prignitz 12. Spree-Neiße 13. Teltow-Fläming 14. Uckermark |
1. Brandenburg an der Havel
2. Cottbus
3. Frankfurt (Oder)
4. Potsdam capital
Protected areas in Brandenburg
Brandenburg is known for its well-preserved natural environment and its ambitious natural protection policies which began in the 1990s. 15 large protected areas were designated following Germany's reunification. Each of them is provided with state-financed administration and a park ranger staff, who guide visitors and work to ensure nature conservation. Most protected areas have visitor centers.National parks
Lower Oder Valley National Park (106 km²)
Biosphere reserves
The Spreewald, a biosphere reserve by UNESCO
Spreewald Biosphere Reserve (474 km2/183 sq mi)
Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve (1.291 km2/0.50 sq mi)
River Landscape Elbe-Brandenburg Biosphere Reserve (533 km2/206 sq mi) Nature parks
Barnim Nature Park (750 km2/290 sq mi)
Dahme-Heideseen Nature Park (594 km2/229 sq mi)
High Fläming Nature Park (827 km2/319 sq mi)
Märkische Schweiz Nature Park (204 km2/79 sq mi)
Niederlausitzer Heidelandschaft Nature Park (490 km2/189 sq mi)
Niederlausitzer Landrücken Nature Park (580 km2/224 sq mi)
Nuthe-Nieplitz Nature Park (623 km2/241 sq mi)
Schlaube Valley Nature Parke (225 km2/87 sq mi)
Uckermark Lakes Nature Park (895 km2/346 sq mi)
Westhavelland Nature Park (1.315 km2/0.51 sq mi)
Stechlin-Ruppiner Land Nature Park (1.080 km2/0.42 sq mi)
Brandenburg is bordered by Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the north, Poland in the east, the Freistaat Sachsen in the south, Saxony-Anhalt in the west, and Lower Saxony in the northwest.
History, Cultural and Interesting Information:
Brandenburg in the medieval and early modern times was one of seven electoral states of the Holy Roman Empire. With Prussia it became the original core of the German Empire. It was governed by the Hohenzollern dynasty from 1415 to the end of WW I. In 1618 Brandenburg was combined with Prussia to make Brandenburg-Prussia, and in 1701 the state was the Kingdom of Prussia. In the early middle ages Slavic people were said to live there, but later was driven out by the Huns and Avars. Emperor Otto I was trying to establish margraves to have control over the Oder river. In the 12th century the German crusade against the Wends was starting to happen, Albert the Bear took over Brandenburg and made it his own. Brandenburg converted to Protestantism in 1539, when this religion was on the up rise. Way later, after WWII, Neumark became part of Poland.
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Before 1918
Before 1948
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Economy, Main Industries, Trade Partners, Income Per Capita: Agriculture, fishery, fish processing, food industry, ship building, and tourism are main industries. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern trades with France and the United States. Their Economy includes inovation, quality and tradition which are the three main pillars of Economy to them. Three-Forth of the people work in the service sector. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is one of the top three destinations within Germany. Income per capita is 32.6 billion euros total.
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern it is located in northern Germany has a population of 1.6 million and its 8,947.5 square miles. the gdp is € 31 billion 2005 survey The capital is Schwerin, its called the “state of a thousand lakes” has 3 out Germany’s 14 national parks.Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is among the top three destinations for inner-German tourism. Mecklenburg was a constituent state of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) upon its formation in 1949. In 1952, the East Berlin government abandoned "states" in favor of districts. The largest city “Rostock” has about 200k people. Significant industries in MV include lumber, logistics, agriculture, food processing, and the service sector.
Sixth-largest in area but only fourteenth in overall population among Germany's sixteen Bundesländer, it is bounded to the north by the Baltic Sea,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's state capital is Schwerin. The largest city is Rostock with approximately 200,000 people. Other major cities include Greifswald, Güstrow, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund and Wismar.
Germany's two largest islands, Rügen and Usedom, are part of the state as well as many smaller islands such as Hiddensee or Poel. Due to its clean air and it idyllic setting, medical tourism has become a notable tourism sector in the region
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since September 4 2011 divided into six rural Kreise (districts) and two independent urban districts
1. Landkreis Rostock
2. Ludwigslust-Parchim
3. Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
4. Nordwestmecklenburg
5. Vorpommern-Greifswald
6. Vorpommern-Rügen
...And 2 Urban are
1. Rostock (HRO)
2. Schwerin (SN)
History and Other Cultural Information:
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern had human settlement after the ice age in 10,000 BC. 2,000 years ago Germanic people were recorded in the area. First off, Mecklenburg and Vorpommern use to be two separate states. Mecklenburg became duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1348. In the middle ages it was ruled by Pomeranian dukes. In Vorpommern, it was under the Swedish rule from 1648-1815, until it became a part of Prussia. This area remained Prussian Province until 1947. In 1945 the two places were united as one under the Soviet Union, after the Potsdam agreement was made and western allies handed Mecklenburg over.
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Hessen
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Hessen's Economy is one of the highest and largest. It's main industries are textile, machinery, chemicals, metal goods, electrical products, transport and development. About 30,000 people work in research projects. The income per capita is 209 billion euros total.
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Hessen, it is located in Germany and it has an area of 8150 square miles and just over six million inhabitants.Hesse is one of the largest and healthiest economies in Germany. Its GDP in 2009 about 300 billon US$.This makes Hesse itself one of the largest economies in Europe and the 31st largest in the world. Some large companies headquarters in Hesse inc. After figures among the GDP per capita, Hesse is the wealthiest State in Germany. The principal cities of Hessen include Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Offenbach, Hanau, Gießen, Wetzlar, and Limburg in the greater Rhine Main Area, Fulda in the east, and Kassel and Marburg an der Lahn in the north. The most important rivers in Hesse are the Fulda and Eder rivers in the north, the Lahn in the central part of Hesse, and the Main and Rhine in the south. The countryside is hilly and there are numerous mountain ranges, including the Rhön, the Westerwald, the Taunus, the Vogelsberg, the Knüll and the Spessart.
Most of the population of Hesse is in the southern part of Hesse in the Rhine Main Area. The Rhine borders Hesse on the southwest without running through the state, only one old arm – the so-called Alt-Rhein – runs through Hesse.
Hessen is the greenest state 42% covered in forest. Population 6,067,021
Hesse has one of the best transportation networks in Europe. It has motorways, high-speed train, and waterways lines cross Hesse. Frankfurt International Airport is Germany's largest and Europe's third largest airport. Death penalty in Hesse is still present in Hessian constitution but it's not applied at all.
Hesse is divided into 21 districts and 5 independent cities (with their abbreviations, as used on vehicle number plates):
1. Bergstraße (Heppenheim) (HP) 2. Darmstadt-Dieburg (Darmstadt) (DA) 3. Groß-Gerau (Groß-Gerau) (GG) 4. Hochtaunuskreis (Bad Homburg) (HG) 5. Main-Kinzig-Kreis (Gelnhausen) (MKK) 6. Main-Taunus-Kreis (Hofheim am Taunus) (MTK) 7. Odenwaldkreis (Erbach) (ERB) 8. Offenbach (Dietzenbach) (OF) 9. Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis (Bad Schwalbach) (RÜD) 10. Wetteraukreis (Friedberg) (FB) 11. Gießen (Gießen) (GI) 12. Lahn-Dill-Kreis (Wetzlar) (LDK) 13. Limburg-Weilburg (Limburg) (LM) 14. Marburg-Biedenkopf (Marburg) (MR) 15. Vogelsbergkreis (Lauterbach) (VB) 16. Fulda (Fulda) (FD) 17. Hersfeld-Rotenburg (Bad Hersfeld) (HEF) 18. Kassel (Kassel) (KS) 19. Schwalm-Eder-Kreis (Homberg (Efze)) (HR) 20. Werra-Meißner-Kreis (Eschwege) (ESW) 21. Waldeck-Frankenberg (Korbach) (KB) |
1. Darmstadt (DA)
2. Frankfurt am Main (F)
3. Kassel (KS)
4. Offenbach am Main (OF)
5. Wiesbaden (WI)
Rhenish Hesse refers to the part of the former Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt located west of the Rhine river and now part of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a hilly countryside largely devoted to vineyards; therefore, it is also called the "land of the thousand hills." Its larger towns include Mainz, Worms, Bingen, Alzey, Nieder-Olm and Ingelheim. Many inhabitants commute to work in Mainz, Wiesbaden, or Frankfurt.
Hessen emerged as a Landgraviate in 1247. After the death of Phillip of Hesse in 1567, the state was then divided in 4 sections to his 4 sons: Kassel, Marburg, Rheinfels, and Dormstadt. In WWII all major cities in Hessen suffered severe damage. Some interesting facts are that Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe was born in Frankfurt, and he was a very well known German Writer, Biologist, and Theoretical Physicist. Also, the Brothers Grimm was born in Hanau.
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