Frankfurt an der Oder
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Frankfurt an der Oder | |
Frankfurt (left) and Słubice (right), separated by the Oder river | |
Coat of arms | Location |
Administration | |
Country | |
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State | Brandenburg |
District | Urban district |
Lord Mayor | Martin Patzelt (CDU) |
Basic statistics | |
Area | 147.61 km² (57 sq mi) |
Elevation | 19-135 m |
Population | 63,748 (31/12/2005)[1] |
- Density | 432 /km² (1,119 /sq mi) |
Other information | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Licence plate | FF |
Postal codes | 15201 – 15236 |
Area code | 0335 |
Website | www.frankfurt-oder.de |
Frankfurt an der Oder is a city 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.
Since January 1999, the city added a prefix Kleiststadt to refer to Heinrich von Kleist, who was born there in 1777. Today, about 65,000 people live in the city.
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Urban districts | Brandenburg an der Havel · Cottbus · Frankfurt · 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 |
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