Nauen | |
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Location of Nauen within Havelland district  | |
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| Coordinates:52°36′00″N12°52′59″E / 52.60000°N 12.88306°E /52.60000; 12.88306 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Havelland |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2017–25) | Manuel Meger[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 266.78 km2 (103.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 19,352 |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 14641 |
| Dialling codes | 03321 |
| Vehicle registration | HVL (alt NAU) |
| Website | www.nauen.de |
Nauen is a small town in theHavelland district, inBrandenburg,Germany. It is chiefly known forNauen Transmitter Station, the world's oldest preserved radio transmitting installation.
Nauen is situated within theHavelland Luch glacial lowland, the heart of theHavelland region north of theNauen Plateau, about 38 km (24 mi) west of theBerlin'scity center (18 km (11 mi) from the Berlin city limits) and 27 km (17 mi) northwest ofPotsdam. It is one of Germany's largest municipalities by area, comprising Nauen proper and fourteen surrounding villages, including Ribbeck whose landowners were perpetuated inTheodor Fontane's poemHerr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im Havelland.
The settlement ofNowen was first mentioned in an 1186 deed issued by theBishop of Brandenburg. The citizens receivedtown privileges by theBrandenburg margraves in 1292; a first town hall was built in 1302. TheAscanian margraveWaldemar vested Nauen withmarket rights in 1317. AJewish community already existed in medieval times.
During theThirty Years' War, in 1631, Nauen was devastated by Imperial troops led by Field Marshal CountJohann Tserclaes of Tilly. On 27 June 1675,Swedish and Brandenburg troops met at theBattle of Nauen during theScanian War. UnderPrussian rule, Nauen became a garrison town. In 1846 it received access to theBerlin–Hamburg Railway.
Nauen is well known for the location of atransmission site. It was used from 1906 to 1945 forVLF andshortwave. After 1945 the installations were dismantled, but after 1955 theGDR started building up a shortwave transmission center at Nauen. Since 1997 four turnable shortwave transmission aerials have been sited there.
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Nauen istwinned with:
Kreuztal, GermanySpandau (Berlin), Germany
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