Oberhavel District
Oberhavel is a Kreis (district) in the northern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Its neighbouring districts are (clockwise from the north): Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district) in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts of Uckermark and Barnim, the Bundesland of Berlin, and the districts of Havelland and Ostprignitz-Ruppin.
Key facts
- District DE.name
- Oberhavel
- District DE.state
- Brandenburg
- District DE.image_flag
- DEU Oberhavel Flag.svg
- District DE.image_coa
- DEU Oberhavel COA.svg
- District DE.capital
- Oranienburg
- District DE.area
- 1,795.3
- District DE.Kreisschlüssel
- 12065
- District DE.district_admin
- Alexander Tönnies
- District DE.admin_party
- SPD
- District DE.carsign
- OHV
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Oberhavel is a Kreis (district) in the northern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Its neighbouring districts are (clockwise from the north): Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district) in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts of Uckermark and Barnim, the Bundesland of Berlin, and the districts of Havelland and Ostprignitz-Ruppin.
==Geography== The district is located on the upper course of the Havel river from its source to the outskirts of Berlin. The north is characterised by many lakes including the Großer Stechlinsee, which is well known thanks to a novel by Theodor Fontane called Der Stechlin.