Angermünde

Angermünde is a town in the district of Uckermark in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. It is about 43 mi northeast of Berlin, the capital of Germany.

The population is about 14,000, but has been declining since its traditional industrial base, enamel-working, has declined. An administrative sub-centre of its district, it has several Protestant churches, a former Franciscan church, a number of schools of higher learning and a recently refurbished historic marketplace with an old town hall. Located in the game-filled forests of the Uckermark, with its many lakes, it now relies heavily on tourism and the sources of revenue linked to it.

Since 2010, Angermünde is a federally declared resort town.

Name
The name Angermünde is an abbreviation of the older town of Tangermünde, for a while the town was named New-Tangermünde (Neu-Tangermünde), until it was changed to "Angermünde", with Anger being German for a central square in a town.

Geography
Angermünde is located in the Uckermarck region, roughly 80 km north of Berlin. It is made up of the Inner City (German: Kernstadt), and 23 adjacent districts. The districts are: Altkünkendorf, Biesenbrow, Bölkendorf, Bruchhagen, Crussow, Dobberzin, Frauenhagen, Gellmersdorf, Görlsdorf, Greiffenberg, Günterberg, Herzsprung, Kerkow, Mürow, Neukünkendorf, Schmargendorf, Schmiedeberg, Steinhöfel, Stolpe, Welsow, Wilmersdorf, Wolletz, and Zuchenberg. In addition, there are 40 registered neighborhoods (German: Wohnplätze) within the districts. The registered neighborhood are: Altenhof, Augustenfelde, Ausbau, Ausbau Mürower Straße, Ausbau Pinnower Weg, Ausbau Welsower Weg, Bauernsee, Blumberger Mühle, Breitenteicher Mühle, Friedrichsfelde, Gehegemühle, Glambecker Mühle, Greiffenberg Siedlung, Grumsin, Henriettenhof, Klein Frauenhagen, Leistenhof, Leopoldsthal, Linde, Lindenhof, Louisenhof, Luisenthal, Mürow-Oberdorf, Neu-Günterberg, Neuhaus, Neuhof, Peetzig, Rosinthal, Schäferei, Sonnenhof, Sternfelde, Stolper Mühle, Thekenberg, Waldfried, Waldfrieden, Wilhelmsfelde, Wilhelmshof, Ziethenmühle, und Zollende. With an area of around 324 km2, Angermünde was, as of 2020, Germany's 17th largest municipality.

History
The town was the site of a 1420 victory of Frederick I of Brandenburg over the Pomeranians.

From 1815 to 1947, Angermünde was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. In the 19th century, the town was the seat of a Prussian circle in the Province of Brandenburg and linked to Berlin by the Berlin–Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland) railway. Angermünde station then served as the junction for branch lines servicing Prenzlau, Bad Freienwalde, and Schwedt.

From 1947 to 1952, Angermünde was part of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany and since 1990 again of Brandenburg.

Mayors

 * 1989–1998: Wolf-Hugo Just
 * 1998–2016: Wolfgang Krakow (SPD)
 * since 2016: Frederik Bewer (independent)

Frederik Bewer was elected in May 2016 with 95.3% of the vote, for an eight-year term.

Sons and daughters of the town

 * Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen (1780–1856), German scholar
 * Albert Manthe (1847–1928), sculptor
 * Hermann Dietrich (1856–1930), born in Schmargendorf, politician (DNVP), member of Reichstag
 * Ehm Welk (1884–1966), writer
 * Hans-Erich Voss (1897–1969), Vice Admiral in World War II
 * Günter Reimann (1904–2005), economist and journalist
 * Heinrich Borgmann (1912–1945), adjutant of Adolf Hitler
 * Hartmut Losch (1943–1997), athlete, European champion in discus throw
 * Maik Heydeck (born 1965), boxer
 * Julia Jäger (born 1970), actress

Twin cities

 * Espelkamp, North Rine-Westphalia
 * Lüdge, North Rine-Westphalia
 * Strzelce Krajeńskie, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland
 * Zurrieq, Malta