Templin

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Templin

Location of Templin within Uckermark district

Coordinates: 53°07′0″N 13°30′0″E / 53.11667°N 13.50000°ECoordinates: 53°07′0″N 13°30′0″E / 53.11667°N 13.50000°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Ulrich Schoeneich (Ind.)

Area

• Total

377.01 km² (145.56 sq mi)

Elevation

60 m (200 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

16,067

• Density

43/km² (110/sq mi)

Time zone

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Postal codes

17268

Dialling codes

03987, 039882, 039883

Vehicle registration

Website

www.templin.de

Templin is a small town in the Uckermark district of Brandenburg, Germany. Though it has a population of only 17,127 (2006), it is with 377.01 km2 (145.56 sq mi) the second largest town in Brandenburg (after ) and the seventh largest town in Germany by area. The town is located in the south of the rural Uckermark region and its capital Prenzlau, north of the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve. The municipality comprises the villages of Ahrensdorf, Bebersee, Beutel, Densow, Gandenitz, Gollin, Gross Dölln, Gross Väter, Grunewald, Hammelspring, Herzfelde, Hindenburg, Klosterwalde, Petznick, Röddelin, Storkow and Vietmannsdorf.

The town was first mentioned in a 1270 deed issued by Henry of Ostheeren, Bishop of Brandenburg. Then a possession of the Ascanian margraves of Brandenburg, it appeared as a town in 1314 under Margrave Waldemar, who in 1317 concluded the Treaty of Templin here, ending the war against Denmark, Mecklenburg and the Duchy of Pomerania. Heavily devastated by Danish troops in the Thirty Years' War, Templin from 1816 on belonged to the Prussian province of Brandenburg near the border with Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

From 1912 on, Templin was the seat of the Electoral Brandenburgian boarding school (Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium) established in 1601 by Elector Joachim III Frederick of Hohenzollern at nearby Joachimsthal. The school was finally dissolved in 1953. Today, Templin has a modern grammar school built in 1997.

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