Frankfurt (Oder)

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Frankfurt (Oder) or Frankfurt an der Oder (German: [ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁt ʔan deːɐ̯ ˈʔoːdɐ]; abbreviated Frankfurt a. d. Oder, Frankfurt a. d. O., Frankf. a. d. O.code: de is deprecated , Polish: [Frankfurt nad Odrą] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Low Sorbian: Frankobrod nad Odru, Low German: Frankfort an de Odercode: nds is deprecated , Upper Sorbian: Frankobrod nad Wódru, lit. 'Frankfurt at the Oder') is a town in Germany. It lies on the Oder river, which marks the current border between Germany and Poland (The so-called Oder-Neisse line). It's in the east of the state of Brandenburg.

In January 1999, the town added a prefix Kleiststadt to refer to Heinrich von Kleist, who was born there in 1777. Today, about 65,000 people are living in Frankfurt an der Oder.

Well-known people

• Manuela Schwesig (born 1974), politician

Frankfurt (Oder) Media

• FrankfurtOder asv2022-07 img10 Friedenskirche.jpg

  The Church of Peace, the city's oldest church, was founded under Polish rule and completed under German rule.

• Braun Frankfurt an der Oder UBHD.jpg

  Frankfurt in the 16th century

• Frankfurt (Oder), Brandeburg, Germany. View from upper-most floor of office skyscaper “Oderturm” north with (from left to right) street Karl-Marx-Straße, church Friedenskirche, concert hall, Oder bridge and Słubice, Poland.

• Viadrina European University, with the tower of the Marienkirche

• Main railway station

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  Aerial view of Frankfurt with Słubice across the Oder River

• Hermann von Wissmann (1853-1905), deutscher Afrikaforscher und Gouverneur von Deutsch-Ostafrika

• René Wilke, MdL Brandenburg

• Heinrich von Kleist2.jpg

  Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811); 25 × 20 cm

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