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Oberhavel District

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Oberhavel District

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Also known as Landkreis Oberhavel, Oberhavel

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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Official website

Landkreis Oberhavel

oberhavel.de

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Wikidata facts

Country
Germany
Located in
Brandenburg
Population
211249
Area
1795.77
Elevation
67
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Official website
www.oberhavel.de
Licence plate code
OHV
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P11012
Thebes
male population
104111
Commons category
Landkreis Oberhavel
inception
1993-12-06
category of associated people
Category:People from Oberhavel
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • History
  • Coat of arms
  • Towns and municipalities
  • Demography
  • Sport
  • References
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oberhavel District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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