In 1272 Fürstenwalde is first
mentioned. However, the city
may have been founded in
1225-1250 in the wake of the
German eastward
expansion. The decisive factor
for the choice of location was
the location on the River
Spree, which was only up here
navigable. To continue to get
the East, the goods in
Fürstenwalde had to be
resigned and turned over.The
city grew rapidly to become
one of the wealthiest in the
Mark Brandenburg. Not least
because of the Bishops of
Lebus from 1385 participated
for more than 200 years based
here in.After an arson by the
Hussites in 1446 began the
rebuilding of St. Mary's
Cathedral, the part with its 68
meter high tower of the most
prominent landmark Duke
Forest. From this period dates
the Old Town Hall, the tower
was completed, however, until
the year 1624th
In the Middle Ages
Fürstenwalde also enjoyed a
good reputation as a college
town. One reason why the
plague years 1613, 1625 and
1656, the University "Viadrina"
from the near Frankfurt (Oder)
was relocated here. With the
completion of the FriedrichWilhelm Canal in 1668, the
importance Duke Forest
declined as a commercial and
trading center. With the
commissioning of the Spree
mills in 1837 and the resulting
additional quantities of goods,
the city experienced an
economic boom again. That's
why the city was connected to
a 1842 the first German
railway lines from Berlin to
Frankfurt (Oder).
In the 19th Century flourished
local crafts and was the cradle
of the still existing industrial
structures in a variety of
industries. Finally an industrial
city Fürstenwalde was when
the Berlin company Pintsch
moved much of their
production here in
1872. During the 2nd World
War II, the company
expanded, among others to an
arms company with about
12,000 employees
Long-time imprinted military
the city. While it used troops of
the Elector of Brandenburg and
Prussian kings, of which over
100 years, the
firstBrandenburg Uhlans, so
until 1994 the troops of the
Western Group of the CIS
armed forces stationed in and
around Prince forest. Shortly
before the end of the
second World War Prince forest
was declared a fortress by
bombing and laid in
ruins. 1946 was razed to the
ground in the center 80
percent of the houses. The
cathedral was badly damaged
and the Town Hall were just
the ground.
1950 Prince forest was in the
wake of the district reform for
county seat. In the 50s and
60s of the last century, many
buildings were destroyed in the
Carl Friedrich Julius Pintsch
(born January 6, 1815 in
Berlin, † 20 January 1884 in
Prince woods) was a German
master plumber and
entrepreneur. According to
him, the Pintsch gas system
and the Pintsch buoy is
named. After Julius Pintsch the
Pintschstraße in BerlinFriedrichshain and the JuliusPintsch ring was named in
Fürstenwalde.
war restored. Developed new
residential areas and only in
1960 was the "Bridge of
Thalmann Pioneers" (now
simply called the Prince of
forests Spreebrücke)
and inaugurated by then used
the temporary wooden be
reduced. In the following
years, Prince forest developed
into a major industrial center
of the region with the
Pneumant tire plant and the
chemical tank and equipment
manufacturing as the major
companies.
The local government reform
of 1993 and was incorporated
Trebus Fürstenwalde part of
the Oder-Spree district. New
industrial and commercial
areas with a focus on service
and manufacturing industries
have been developed and
traditional long resident
company remained the city
received. Around the 1995 reopened St. Mary's Cathedral
became the new center of the
town hall in 1996 and the
Prince Gallery 2001, a vibrant
downtown. National and
European funding beginning of
the new millennium brought
further impetus for urban
development. The newly
renovated Domumfeld Culture
Factory and Museum emerged,
in the city center and North
Fürstenwalde created new
parks; early days quarters
were renovated and
modernized DDR typical slabgenerational justice, the Old
Town Hall and the Episcopal
castle was completely
restored.
Today Fürstenwalde is a medium-sized town with about 31,000
inhabitants and is the largest city in the Oder-Spree district and the
region @ see.
Julius Pintsch-Ring 13
15517 Fürstenwalde
Tel: 03361 340000 or 340130
Fax: 03361 340002 info@kulturverein-nord.de www.kulturverein-nord.de
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"Slosh" - swimming and water paradise
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Swimming and Water Paradise "slosh"
Great time 1
Fürstenwalde 15517 Phone: 03361 36370 Fax: 03361
363718info@schwapp.de www.schwapp.de
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Culture Factory Fürstenwalde
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Cathedral Square 7
15517 Fürstenwalde Tel: 03361 2288 Fax: 03361 310288
geschaeftsfuehrung@kulturfabrik-fuerstenwalde.de
www.kulturfabrik-fuerstenwalde.de
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Museum Fürstenwalde
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Cathedral Square 7
15517 Fürstenwalde
Tel. / Fax: 03361 2130
museum@kulturfabrik-fuerstenwalde.de
www.museum-fuerstenwalde.de
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Artistic workshops
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Artistic workshops
Fürstenwalde
Duomo 7
15517 Fürstenwalde
Tel: 03361 2218
Fax: 03361 310890
werkstaetten@kulturfabrik.de
www.kulturfabrik-fuerstenwalde.de
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City Library Fürstenwalde
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in the Culture Factory, Cathedral Square 7 15517 Fürstenwalde
Tel: 03361 557212
Fax: 03361 557444 stadtbibliothek@fuerstenwalde-spree.dewww.bibo-fw.de
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St. Mary's Cathedral Fürstenwalde
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Cathedral Square 10
15517 Fürstenwalde Tel: 03361 591812 dom@evki-fuerstenwalde.dewww.kirchefuerstenwalde.de
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Art Gallery "fish mill"
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Mill Street 10
15517 Fürstenwalde / Spree
Telephone: 03361 368649
www.art-fw.de
info@agenturc.de
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Cinema UNION
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Berliner Strasse 10
15517 Fürstenwalde
Phone: 03361 736440
info @ movie theater-union.de www.filmtheater-union.de
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Brandenburg
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Park Avenue 14
15517 Fürstenwalde
Tel: 03361 310952
Fax: 03361 310956
info@haus-brandenburg-fuerstenwalde.de
www.haus-Brandenburg-fuerstenwalde.de
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Heimattiergarten Fürstenwalde
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Dr. Wilhelm-Straße 10 b Kulice
In City Park
15517 Fürstenwalde Tel / Fax: 03361
4541 leitung@heimattiergartenfuerstenwalde.de www.heimattiergarten-fuerstenwalde.de
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Outdoor stage and Park
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Open-air grounds,
Doctor - William - Kulice - Road / City Park
15517 Fürstenwalde
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Bowling Center Fürstenwalde
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Fun & Leisure GmbH GF:
Joachim Thunack
Big Leisure 7
15517 Fürstenwalde
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Bowling Pub
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MB Sports's bowl GmbH GF: