Prenzlau

The town is located on the Ucker river, about {{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of Berlin. Prenzlau station—which opened in 1863—is a stop on the Angermünde–Stralsund railway line.

File:Prenzlau, Brandenburg - Marktplatz (Zeno Ansichtskarten).jpg

Settled since Neolithic times, the Prenzlau area from the 7th century AD was the site of several gords erected by the Polabian Slavs called Ukrani. In the late 12th century, the Dukes of Pomerania had the region colonized by Low German settlers.

Prenzlau itself, named after Slavic Premyslaw, was first mentioned in 1187. It received town privileges by Duke Barnim I of Pomerania in 1234. When Duke Barnim signed the Treaty of Landin with the Ascanian margraves of Brandenburg in 1250, Prenzlau was already a fortified town with walls and moats, four parish churches and a monastery. Together with Berlin-Cölln, Frankfurt and Stendal, it ranked among the largest towns in the margraviate.

The Prenzlau and the Uckermark region were devastated during the Thirty Years' War. In 1687, a commune of French Huguenots was established in the town,{{cite book|last=Muret|first=Eduard|title=Geschichte der Französischen Kolonie in Brandenburg-Preußen, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Berliner Gemeinde. Aus Veranlassung der Zweihundertjährigen Jubelfeier am 29. Oktober 1885|year=1885|location=Berlin|language=de|page=259}} and an economic recovery started. Also a garrison town, Prenzlau was again ravaged by passing troops during the Seven Years' War and the Napoleonic Wars. In the mid 19th century, several citizens emigrated to Australia, where they founded the town of Prenzlau, Queensland west of Brisbane.

In World War II the Oflag II-A prisoner-of-war camp, mostly for Polish and Belgian officers, was located just south of Prenzlau on the main road to Berlin. A subcamp of the Ravensbrück concentration camp was established in 1943, later relocated to Lindenhagen.{{cite book|last=Megargee|first=Geoffrey P.|year=2009|title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume I|publisher=Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|page=1218|isbn=978-0-253-35328-3}} The town centre was largely destroyed. The East German authorities had it rebuilt with large panel Plattenbau buildings.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung Prenzlau.pdf|Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany)

Bevölkerungsprognosen Prenzlau.pdf|Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005–2030 (yellow line); for 2017–2030 (scarlet line); for 2020–2030 (green line)

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{{historical populations

|align=none | cols=3 | percentages=pagr

|title = Prenzlau: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Population_projection_Brandenburg Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons]

| 1875 | 18512

| 1890 | 20823

| 1910 | 24327

| 1925 | 24572

| 1939 | 27697

| 1950 | 22960

| 1964 | 23267

| 1971 | 24890

| 1981 | 26020

| 1985 | 26326

| 1990 | 25900

| 1995 | 23847

| 2000 | 22737

| 2005 | 20904

| 2010 | 20078

| 2015 | 19275

| 2016 | 19279

| 2017 | 19110

| 2018 | 19024

| 2019 | 18970

| 2020 | 18849

}}

{{Weather box

| location = Prenzlau (Grünow) (1991–2020 normals)

| metric first = Y

| single line = Y

|Jan high C = 2.6

|Feb high C = 3.6

|Mar high C = 8.0

|Apr high C = 14.2

|May high C = 18.2

|Jun high C = 21.8

|Jul high C = 24.7

|Aug high C = 24.4

|Sep high C = 19.6

|Oct high C = 13.3

|Nov high C = 7.2

|Dec high C = 3.6

| year high C = 13.6

|Jan mean C = 0.4

|Feb mean C = 0.8

|Mar mean C = 3.8

|Apr mean C = 8.7

|May mean C = 13.0

|Jun mean C = 16.3

|Jul mean C = 18.8

|Aug mean C = 18.7

|Sep mean C = 14.7

|Oct mean C = 9.6

|Nov mean C = 4.9

|Dec mean C = 1.8

|year mean C = 9.5

|Jan low C = -2.1

|Feb low C = -2.1

|Mar low C = 0.2

|Apr low C = 3.4

|May low C = 7.1

|Jun low C = 10.8

|Jul low C = 13.3

|Aug low C = 13.4

|Sep low C = 10.2

|Oct low C = 6.2

|Nov low C = 2.3

|Dec low C = -0.7

| year low C = 5.2

| precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 32.2

|Feb precipitation mm = 20.8

|Mar precipitation mm = 28.8

|Apr precipitation mm = 22.5

|May precipitation mm = 44.1

|Jun precipitation mm = 61.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 72.2

|Aug precipitation mm = 54.2

|Sep precipitation mm = 41.3

|Oct precipitation mm = 35.9

|Nov precipitation mm = 33.6

|Dec precipitation mm = 27.7

| year precipitation mm = 489.3

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 15.2

|Feb precipitation days = 12.5

|Mar precipitation days = 12.3

|Apr precipitation days = 10.3

|May precipitation days = 12.6

|Jun precipitation days = 12.6

|Jul precipitation days = 13.6

|Aug precipitation days = 13.2

|Sep precipitation days = 11.5

|Oct precipitation days = 13.9

|Nov precipitation days = 13.9

|Dec precipitation days = 16.4

|year precipitation days = 160.7

|Jan sun = 47.3

|Feb sun = 72.6

|Mar sun = 134.4

|Apr sun = 216.1

|May sun = 241.7

|Jun sun = 240.7

|Jul sun = 228.4

|Aug sun = 218.4

|Sep sun = 172.6

|Oct sun = 112.8

|Nov sun = 50.9

|Dec sun = 34.4

|year sun = 1813.1

|Jan humidity = 87.7

|Feb humidity = 84.2

|Mar humidity = 79.4

|Apr humidity = 71.9

|May humidity = 72.7

|Jun humidity = 73.4

|Jul humidity = 70.8

|Aug humidity = 70.2

|Sep humidity = 76.2

|Oct humidity = 84.6

|Nov humidity = 89.9

|Dec humidity = 89.4

| source 1 = World Meteorological Organization{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231012155455/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Gruenow_10289.csv

| archive-date = 12 October 2023

| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Gruenow_10289.csv

| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020

| work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)

| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

| access-date = 13 October 2023}}

}}

Seats in the town's assembly (Stadtverordnetenversammlung) as of 2014 local elections:

• Christian Democratic Union (CDU): 7
• Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD): 7
• The Left: 6
• Bürgerfraktion (Independent): 4
• Wir Prenzlauer (Independent): 2
• Free Democratic Party (FDP): 1
• National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD): 1

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}

Prenzlau is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Partnerstädte|url=https://www.prenzlau.eu/cms/detail.php/land_bb_boa_01.c.387179.de|website=prenzlau.eu|publisher=Prenzlau|language=de|access-date=2021-03-11}}

• {{flagicon|POL}} Barlinek, Poland
• {{flagicon|RUS}} Pokhvistnevo, Russia
• {{flagicon|SUI}} Uster, Switzerland
• {{flagicon|LTU}} Varėna, Lithuania

File:Natalia Alexeievna of Russia by A.Roslin (1776, Hermitage).jpg

• René Bielke (born 1962), ice hockey player
• Oscar Florianus Bluemner (1867–1938), American painter
• Wilhelm Grabow (1802–1874), civil servant, judge, and politician
• Jacob Philipp Hackert (1737–1807), landscape painter
• Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (1751–1805), queen consort of Prussia
• Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (1753–1830)
• Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754–1832)
• Princess Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (1755–1776)
• Paul Hirsch (1868–1940), politician
• Hans Felix Husadel (1897–1964), composer and conductor
• Otto Kaiser (1924–2017), Old Testament scholar
• Brigitte Rohde (born 1954), sprinter
• Max von Schenckendorff (1875–1943), general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany
• Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering (1824–1889), apothecary and industrialist
• Johannes Schmidt (1843–1901), linguist
• Christian Friedrich Schwan (1733–1815), publisher and bookseller
• Adolf Wilhelm Theodor Stahr (1805–1876), writer and literary historian
• Christiane Wartenberg (born 1956), athlete
• Clemens Wenzel (born 1988), rower
• Carola Zirzow (born 1954), sprint canoer
• Jens-Uwe Zöphel (born 1969), footballer
• Stefan Zierke (born 1970), politician

Prenzlau_Mitteltorturm.jpg|Gate Tower of the Brick Gothic 'Mitteltor'

Prenzlau_Heiliggeistkirche.jpg|War memorial ruin of the Holy Spirit Church

Prenzlau St Marien.jpg|Marienkirche

Schloss Dedelow Sammlung Duncker.jpg|Historical painting of the Dedelow Castle

Dominikanerkloster Prenzlau2.JPG|Dominican abbey

Unteruckersee Prenzlau.JPG|Unterucker Lake

River de Ucker Prenzlau Schleuse2.JPG|Ucker canal watergate

Bahnhof Prenzlau Baustelle10.JPG|Platform of the train station

Lutherdenkmal Prenzlau.JPG|Martin Luther memorial

Prenzlau 10-2016 photo02.jpg|Medieval town wall, gate tower

Dorfkirche Ellingen (Prenzlau) 2018 SW.jpg|Village church in Ellingen

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• [http://www.prenzlau.de/ Municipal website] {{in lang|de}}

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