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., Polish: Frankfurt nad Odrą, 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

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
Hermann von Wissmann (1853-1905), deutscher Afrikaforscher und Gouverneur von Deutsch-Ostafrika
René Wilke, MdL Brandenburg
Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811); 25 × 20 cm
Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf

References

Other websites

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