Dominant confession among the population was Roman Catholic until the 1530s, then Lutheran. Elector was Roman Catholic until 1539, then Lutheran until 1613, and then Reformed.

The city of Berlin lit up the iconic Brandenburg Gate with a projection of the Israeli flag on Monday to mark the anniversary ...

Cultural landmarks trace state history Brandenburg's largest university, with 20,000 students, is located in the state capital of Potsdam. For centuries, Prussian kings, including Frederick the ...

55.9 x 38.1 cm. (22 x 15 in.) ...

Waldemar the Great (German: Waldemar der Große; c. 1280 – 14 August 1319), a member of the House of Ascania, was Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal from 1308 until his death. He became sole ruler of the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Apollo’s Fire opens its 2024-2025 season this October with Bach’s “Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4, & 6 ...

"As so often in history, it's Social Democrats who could stop the extremists on their way to power." First analyses also point to increased participation this year compared to the last Brandenburg ...

The premier of the eastern German state of Brandenburg, Dietmar Woidke ... "We have made up ground like never before in the history of our state," said Woidke at the SPD election party in Potsdam.

Cultural landmarks trace state history Brandenburg's largest university, with 20,000 students, is located in the state capital of Potsdam. For centuries, the city's intellectual and visual ...

Brandenburg is the last state in the east of Germany to vote in regional elections ahead of next year's federal vote. The state has been governed by the Social Democrats since the 90s, when ...

Decision day in Brandenburg comes three weeks after elections ... right party has won a state election in Germany’s postwar history. It also scored big in neighbouring Saxony, coming a close ...

“Never has more forest been cut down in the history of Brandenburg than under its first Green environmental minister,” said local activist Steffen Schorcht. On an afternoon in ...