Barnim

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Barnim

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State:	Brandenburg
Capital:	Eberswalde |- | Area:||1,494 km² |- | Inhabitants:||174,355 (Jun 30, 2004) |- | pop. density:||117 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||BAR |- | Homepage:||http://www.barumlive.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Barnim is a district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) Poland, the district of Märkisch-Oderland, the city state of Berlin and the districts of Oberhavel and Uckermark. Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links History The name "Barnim" emerged in the 13th century and was applied to a large forest region east of the Havel and north of the Spree, where noblemen used to hunt. The present district is roughly identical with, but somewhat smaller than this historical region. The district was established in 1993 by merging the former districts of Bernau and Eberswalde. Geography Barnim extends from the Oder (Odra) River to the outskirts of Berlin. The Oder River forms the eastern border. From here the Oder Havel Canal (connecting Oder and Havel) and the historical Finow Canal lead westwards to Eberswalde and beyond. The portions north of these artificial waterways are called Schorfheide. This is a forest region with several large lakes, e.g. Werbellinsee (8 km²), Grimnitzsee (8 km²) and Parsteiner See (10 km²). The Schorfheide is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and houses several rare animals like White-tailed Eagle, Greater Spotted Eagle, Osprey, Black Stork, European Beaver and otter. Coat of arms The coat of arms of the district resembles the coat of arms of the former district Oberbarnim. The only difference is that the old one had a silver top half and a red bottom half, while the current one is split into four parts and in the right half exchanged red and silver. The eagle in the top half is the eagle of Brandenburg. Towns and municipalities Towns Ämter free municipalities Bernau bei Berlin Eberswalde Werneuchen Biesenthal-Barnim ¹ Britz-Chorin Joachimsthal ² Oderberg ² ¹ including town of Biesenthal ² including town of the same name Ahrensfelde Panketal Schorfheide Wandlitz External links [Official website] (German) Cities and rural districts in the Federal State of Brandenburg in Germany Cities Brandenburg | Cottbus | Frankfurt (Oder) | Potsdam Rural districts Barnim | Dahme-Spreewald | Elbe-Elster | Havelland | Märkisch-Oderland | Oberhavel | Oberspreewald-Lausitz Oder-Spree | Ostprignitz-Ruppin | Potsdam-Mittelmark | Prignitz | Spree-Neiße | Teltow-Fläming | Uckermark   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: