Eberswalde

Eberswalde
Coat of arms
Eberswalde
Location of Eberswalde within Barnim district
Coordinates: 52°49′59″N 13°49′59″E / 52.83306°N 13.83306°E / 52.83306; 13.83306Coordinates: 52°49′59″N 13°49′59″E / 52.83306°N 13.83306°E / 52.83306; 13.83306
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Barnim
Government
• Mayor	Friedhelm Boginski (FDP)
Area
• Total	58.17 km2 (22.46 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	39,303
• Density	680/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	16225/16227
Dialling codes	03334
Vehicle registration	BAR, BER, EW
Website	www.eberswalde.de

Eberswalde (German pronunciation: [ˌʔeːbɐsˈvaldə]) is a major town and the administrative seat of the district Barnim in the German Federal State (Bundesland) of Brandenburg, about 50 km northeast of Berlin. Population 42144 (census in June 2005), geographical location 52°50′N 13°50′E / 52.833°N 13.833°E / 52.833; 13.833. The town is often called Waldstadt (forest town), because of the large forests around it, including the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve. Despite this fact, Eberswalde was an important industrial center until the German Reunification.

The area around Eberswalde was already populated in Paleolithic. Before the establishment of the Margraviate of Brandenburg it was the place of a Slavic . The Treasure of Eberswalde, the largest pre-Christian gold treasure from the area of today's Germany was found here. Today the treasure is located in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.