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Location of the town of Perleberg within Prignitz district
Perleberg
Town hall

Perleberg
Coordinates	53°04′00″N 11°52′00″E / 53.0666667°N 11.8666667°E / 53.0666667; 11.8666667
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Prignitz
Town subdivisions	12 Ortsteile
Mayor	Fred Fischer (Ind.)

Basic statistics
Area	137.81 km² (53.21 sq mi)
Elevation	31 m (102 ft)
Population	13,029 (31 December 2006)
- Density	95 /km² (245 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	PR
Postal code	19348
Area code	03876
Website	www.stadt-perleberg.de

Roland

Perleberg is the capital of the district of Prignitz, located in the northwest of the German state of Brandenburg. The town was founded in 1239 and today has about 13,000 inhabitants. Located in a mostly agricultural area, the town has a long history of troops being stationed here (most notably Prussian) and as an administrational center for local government.

In the 14th century the town was on its height as part of the Hanseatic League. In 1523 it was the muster-point for an army assembled by Elector Joachim I in support of his brother-in-law Christian II of Denmark's attempt to recover his throne. The Thirty Years' War caused serious damage to the town: of 3,500 inhabitants, only 300 survived. The mayor responsible for rebuilding the city after this period was Georg Krusemarck.

On November 25th, 1809 Lord Benjamin Bathurst disappeared in Perleberg in a mysterious way. There are even rumours that his disappearance was caused by paranormal phenomena.

People

Ernst Ehrenbaum, born here
Lotte Lehmann, born here
Dörte von Westernhagen, born here

Towns and municipalities in Prignitz

Bad Wilsnack \| Berge \| Breese \| Cumlosen \| Gerdshagen \| Groß Pankow \| Gülitz-Reetz \| Gumtow \| Halenbeck-Rohlsdorf \| Karstädt \| Kümmernitztal \| Lanz \| Legde/Quitzöbel \| Lenzen \| Lenzerwische \| Marienfließ \| Meyenburg \| Perleberg \| Pirow \| Plattenburg \| Pritzwalk \| Putlitz \| Rühstädt \| Triglitz \| Weisen \| Wittenberge

Categories: Towns in Brandenburg | Brandenburg geography stubs

1911 encyclopedia

Up to date as of January 14, 2010

From LoveToKnow 1911

PERLEBERG, a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Brandenburg, on the Stepenitz, 6 m. N.E. from Wittenberge by the railway to Neustrelitz. Pop. (1905), 95 02. It contains a fine Gothic Evangelical church, a Roman Catholic church, a synagogue and several schools, and has a town-hall, dating from the 15th century, and a Roland column. Its chief manufactures are machinery, soap, blacking and clogs.

See Hopfner, Perleberger Reimchronik. Perleberg von 1200 bis 1700 (Perleberg, 1876).

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