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Neumark (region)

Neumark or East Brandenburg
Neumark or Ostbrandenburg (de)
Nowa Marchia (pl)
terra trans Oderam (la)
Region of the Margraviate of Brandenburg

1252–1945

Coat of arms of Brandenburg, shared by the Neumark of Neumark

Coat of arms of Brandenburg, shared by the Neumark

Location of Neumark
The Margraviate of Brandenburg c. 1320, showing the Neumark as the portion reaching out to the east. Cross-hatched are territories also acquired by the House of Ascania outside of Brandenburg.
Capital Soldin
Historical era Middle Ages,
Modern era
 •  Lubusz Land bought by Mgvt Brandenburg and Abp Magdeburg 1252
 •  Pawned to the Teutonic Knights 1402–63a
 •  Partitioned to form Brandenburg-Küstrin 1535–71
 •  Electors inherited Duchy of Prussia 1618
 •  Expanded on abolition of Posen-West Prussia 1938
 •  Potsdam Conference awarded most of Neumark to Poland 17 July – 2 Aug 1945
 •  Reorganised to Lubusz Voivodeship 1 January 1999
Today part of
a: Pawned to the Teutonic Knights in 1402, who gained complete control of the territory by 1429. Pawned back to Brandenburg in 1455, whose reacquisition of the territory was completed in 1463.
Margraviate of Brandenburg-Küstrin
Markgrafschaft Brandenburg-Küstrin
State of the Holy Roman Empire
1535–1571
A silver coin showing the head of a bearded man, surrounded by the text 'Iohan DG Mar Branden et Ste' Argent an eagle Gules armed and beaked Or, langued Gules, the wings charged with a trefoil Or — ie: a red eagle with golden talons and beak and a red tongue, on a white background; the wings are overlaid with golden trefoils
A groschen of John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin, 1545 Coat of arms of Brandenburg
Capital Soldin (to 1548)a
Küstrin (from 1548)b
Government Principality
Margrave John
Historical era Early modern age
 •  Partitioned from
    Brandenburg
1535
 •  Reabsorbed into
    Brandenburg
1571
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Margraviate of Brandenburg
Margraviate of Brandenburg
Today part of  Poland
 Germany
a: Soldin is now the Polish city of Myślibórz
b: Küstrin straddled the Oder-Neisse line, so was partitioned after World War II and is now Kostrzyn nad Odrą in Poland and the Küstriner Vorland in Germany.

Coat of arms of Brandenburg, shared by the Neumark of Neumark

Coat of arms of Brandenburg, shared by the Neumark

The Neumark (About this sound listen ), also known as the New March (Polish: Nowa Marchia) or as East Brandenburg (German: About this sound Ostbrandenburg ), was a region of the Margraviate of Brandenburg and its successors located east of the Oder River in territory which became part of Poland in 1945.


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