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Apr 5, 2024 · After the war that part of Brandenburg west of the Oder River was constituted as a separate state upon the dissolution of Prussia by the Allies in 1947. In 1952, however, Brandenburg’s old administrative identity was lost when the East German states were dissolved into new Bezirke (districts).
Following the abolition of Prussia after World War II, Brandenburg was established as a state by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany, and became a state of the German Democratic Republic in 1949. In 1952, the state was dissolved and broken up into multiple regional districts.
6 days ago · In 1356 the margravate became the electorate of Brandenburg. The original Slavic settlement on the south bank became the Altstadt (“Old City”), while the German settlement on the north bank became the Neustadt (“New City”) and the seat of the margraves of Brandenburg.
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Dec 8, 2022 · With the unification of Germany in 1989, the German Democratic Republic was dissolved and made a part of the Federal Republic of Germany. The area east of the Oder and Neisse rivers still belongs to Poland. The rest of what was Brandenburg is now the German state of Brandenburg.
The Margraviate of Brandenburg (German: Markgrafschaft Brandenburg) was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806 that played a pivotal role in the history of Germany and Central Europe.
AD 936 - 1136. Brandenburg began as the North March (Nordmark). This border region was formed in AD 936, when territory to the west of the Oder was incorporated into the march of the Billungs and the North March of the Holy Roman empire. The German word 'march' or 'mark' was also rendered in Old English as 'mierce', meaning 'boundary, borderland'.
