postgres Brandenburg Brandenburg surrounds Berlin, has its capital in Potsdam, and covers around 29,650 km² with about 2.53 million inhabitants (2022 census). /en/places/de-brandenburg.html place_de_brandenburg place Brandenburg de-brandenburg Brandenburg surrounds Berlin, has its capital in Potsdam, and covers around 29,650 km² with about 2.53 million inhabitants (2022 census). published category-geography category-history tag-admin-division wikipedia Brandenburg — Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg abgerufen 2026-10-28 2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00 2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00 user:admin 3 ## 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). /places/de-brandenburg.html en zh en Bundesland 52.15 13.5 Deutschland 1990 year 1990 (Beitritt nach der Wiedervereinigung) tag-admin-division admin-division 行政区划 省、地、县各级行政区及其历史沿革。 4403 concept_germany_admin_divisions Administrative divisions of Germany /en/concepts/germany-admin-divisions.html concept 3 2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00 当前版本 true /en/places/de-brandenburg/at/3.html en zh en place_kind Bundesland admin_area Deutschland coordinates 52.15000, 13.50000 established 1990 (Beitritt nach der Wiedervereinigung) 1