Märkisch-Oderland

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Merkisch-Oderland
Map of Brandenburg highlighting the district of Merkisch-Oderland
State	Brandenburg
District seat	Seelow
Area	2,127.7 km²
Population	190,179 (2002)
Pop. density	89 /km²
Licence plate code	MOL
Web page	maerkisch-oderland.de

Märkisch-Oderland is a Kreis (district) in the eastern part of Brandenburg, Germany.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 Other websites

[change] Geography

Much of the district is mainly agricultural land,but there is a swampy area along the Oder called the Oderbruch. The Oderbruch is aabout 60 km (37.3 mi) in length and {convert|17|km|mi|1|abbr=on|lk=on}} in width. It was partially drained in the 18th century, and people started to live in the new area.

[change] History

The districts of Lebus and Oberbarnim were both created in 1816. In 1952 the districts were split into three parts, the districts Bad Freienwalde, Seelow and Strausberg. In 1993 the three parts were joined together to form the current district.

[change] Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows the eagle of Brandenburg in the upper half. The upper half also resembles the coat of arms of the former district Oberbarnim. In the lower half are two boat-hooks and a star, both taken from the coat of arms of the former district Seelow. The wavy line in the bottom represents the Oder river.

[change] Towns and municipalities

Amt-free towns	Ämter
Altlandsberg Bad Freienwalde Müncheberg Seelow Strausberg Wriezen Amt-free municipalities Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf Hoppegarten Letschin Neuenhagen bei Berlin Petershagen-Eggersdorf Rüdersdorf bei Berlin	1. Barnim-Oderbruch [seat: Wriezen] Bliesdorf Neulewin Neutrebbin Oderaue Prötzel Reichenow-Möglin 2. Falkenberg-Höhe Beiersdorf-Freudenberg Falkenberg1 Heckelberg-Brunow Höhenland 3. Golzow Alt Tucheband Bleyen-Genschmar Golzow1 Küstriner Vorland Zechin 4. Lebus Lebus1, 2 Podelzig Reitwein Treplin Zeschdorf	5. Märkische Schweiz Buckow1, 2 Garzau-Garzin Oberbarnim Rehfelde Waldsieversdorf 6. Neuhardenberg Gusow-Platkow Märkische Höhe Neuhardenberg1 7. Seelow-Land [seat: Seelow] Falkenhagen Fichtenhöhe Lietzen Lindendorf Vierlinden
1seat of the Amt; 2town

[change] Other websites

• Official website (German)

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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