Bernau bei Berlin
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Location of Bernau bei Berlin within Barnim district
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| Coordinates: 52°40′00″N 13°34′59″E / 52.66667°N 13.58306°ECoordinates: 52°40′00″N 13°34′59″E / 52.66667°N 13.58306°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Brandenburg | |
| District | Barnim | |
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| • Mayor | André Stahl (Die Linke) | |
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| • Total | 103.73 km2 (40.05 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 37,169 | |
| • Density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 16321 | |
| Dialling codes | 03338 | |
| Vehicle registration | BAR, BER, EW | |
| Website | www.bernau-bei-berlin.de | |
Bernau bei Berlin (English Bernau by Berlin, commonly named Bernau) is a German town in the Barnim district. The town is located about 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Berlin.
Archaeological excavations of Mesolithic prove the fact that this area has been inhabited since about 8800 BC. The city was first mentioned in 1232. The true reasons of its founding are not known. According to a legend Albert I of Brandenburg permitted the founding of the city in 1140 because of the good beer which was offered to him. It is true that beer has been brewed with the water of the river Panke. Therefore, it was forbidden by law to pollute this river with waste and excrements before the days the brewing took place.
Bernau had its boom years before the Thirty Years' War. Large parts of the defensive wall with town gate and wet moats are relics of that time. These helped Bernau defend itself successfully against attackers, e.g. the Hussites in 1432. Following the plague and war Bernau was poor and bleak. Frederick I of Prussia settled 25 Huguenotic families (craftsmen, farmers, traders and scientists) in 1699.
In 1842 a railway line was opened. One of the first electrical suburban railway lines in the world began operation in 1924. This line of the Berlin S-Bahn connected Bernau with the Stettiner Bahnhof (today Berlin Nordbahnhof) in Berlin. The Bundesschule des Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, (ADGB Trade Union School), designed by Bauhaus director Hannes Meyer, opened in 1930. The Waldsiedlung (engl. residential area in the wood) is a district of the city where the political leaders of the GDR lived isolated from the people.
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