Brandenburg
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Brandenburg surrounds Berlin, has its capital in Potsdam, and covers around 29,650 km² with about 2.53 million inhabitants (2022 census).

## Overview

Brandenburg lies in eastern Germany and completely surrounds the capital Berlin. The state capital is Potsdam. The state covers around 29,650 km² and has about 2.53 million inhabitants (2022 census). Its ISO-3166-2 code is DE-BB. Brandenburg joined the Federal Republic in 1990 in the course of reunification.

## Administrative divisions

Brandenburg did not establish government regions in 1990; state administration is organised through four state offices (Landesrathäuser) or branch offices. Below the state level there are 14 rural districts and 4 urban districts (Brandenburg an der Havel, Cottbus, Frankfurt (Oder), Potsdam).

## Major cities

- Potsdam (around 190,000 inhabitants)
- Cottbus (around 100,000 inhabitants)
- Brandenburg an der Havel (around 72,000 inhabitants)
- Frankfurt (Oder) (around 57,000 inhabitants)

## Transport

Brandenburg is well connected via Berlin Brandenburg Airport, the Berlin ring motorways (A 10) and rail lines to Berlin, Hamburg and Poland; several ICE and regional lines run through the state.

## Economy

Important are the Tesla Gigafactory site in Grünheide, oil refining in Schwedt, agriculture and forestry as well as tourism (including the Spree Forest and the Potsdam palace landscape).

Updated: 2026-10-28

Tags:
- Administrative division https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/admin-division.html

Relations:
- Contains places: Falkensee https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/falkensee.html
- Contains places: Werder (Havel) https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/werder-havel.html
- Located in: Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/deutschland.html

Mentioned in:
- Administrative divisions of Germany https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/concepts/germany-admin-divisions.html
- Werder (Havel) https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/werder-havel.html

Sources:
- Brandenburg — Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg abgerufen 2026-10-28