Neuhardenberg | |
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Location of Neuhardenberg within Märkisch-Oderland district  | |
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| Coordinates:52°36′N14°15′E / 52.600°N 14.250°E /52.600; 14.250 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Märkisch-Oderland |
| Municipal assoc. | Seelow-Land |
| Subdivisions | Hauptgemeinde und 3Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2024–29) | Denny Rüdiger[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 78.13 km2 (30.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,811 |
| • Density | 35.98/km2 (93.18/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 15320 |
| Dialling codes | 033476 |
| Vehicle registration | MOL |
| Website | www.amt-neuhardenberg.de |
Neuhardenberg (German pronunciation:[nɔʏˈhaʁdn̩bɛʁk],lit. 'New Hardenberg') is amunicipality in the districtMärkisch-Oderland, inBrandenburg, in north-easternGermany. It is the site of Neuhardenberg Palace, residence of thePrussian statesman PrinceKarl August von Hardenberg (1750–1822). The municipal area comprises the villages of Altfriedland, Quappendorf and Wulkow. Neuhardenberg is part of theAmt ("collective municipality")Seelow-Land.
The oldest record mentioning the place, then namedQuilicz, dates back to 1348. Later the spelling was changed intoQuilitz. When in 1814 Karl August von Hardenberg received the manor, he renamed the place right away intoNeu-Hardenberg (lit. 'New Hardenberg'). OnLabour Day, 1 May 1949, the precursors ofGerman Democratic Republic renamed itMarxwalde afterKarl Marx. This was reversed on January 1, 1991. Since then the place has borne the old name Neuhardenberg (without the hyphen).
The construction of Neuhardenberg Manor, with interior designs byCarl Gotthard Langhans, dates from the late 18th century. In 1763 the Prussian general Joachim Bernhard von Prittwitz had received Quilitz, a former property of thePfuel noble family. The historic village was devastated by a blaze in 1801 and reconstructed as aNeoclassical model settlement according to plans byKarl Friedrich Schinkel. In 1814 KingFrederick William III vested Hardenberg with the locality together with the princely title as a gratification for his merits as Prussian state chancellor. From 1820 on Schinkel also rebuilt the mansion, while the gardens were redesigned byPrince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau andPeter-Joseph Lenné.
During the Third Reich, the Ministry of Aviation (RLM) used the estate of Count (Graf) Hardenberg to establish an auxiliary airfield known asE-hafen. This was a secret test site for rocket motors and rocket boosters, developed byHellmuth Walter andWernher von Braun.[3]
Later,Count von Hardenberg held clandestine meetings at the mansion in preparation for the20 July plot to kill Hitler. After its failure, he was arrested and his properties were seized by theNazi authorities. DuringWorld War II, there were twoforced labour subcamps of theStalag III-Cprisoner-of-war camp in the settlement.[4] In 1945 Hardenberg again had to face the condemnation of his estates by theSoviet Military Administration. The mansion was turned into a school building. From 1957 on the Marxwalde airfield, built in the 1930s, was extended as the base of anEast German Air Force wing.
Afterreunification the manor was restored to the Hardenberg family and acquired by theDeutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband saving banks association in 1996. After renovation it was reopened in 2002. It is today used as a conference building but also for cultural events.
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