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Rathenow (German: [ˈʁaːtənoː] ) is a town in the district of Havelland in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany, with a population of 24,063 (2020).




Overview


The Protestant church of St. Marien Andreas, originally a basilica, and transformed to the Gothic style in 1517-1589, and the Roman Catholic Church of St. George, are noteworthy.
Rathenow is known for being the former capital of eyewear manufacturing in East Germany. It is also known for its stones, called Rathenow stones.




History


In 1675, during the Scanian War, it was the site of a battle between Swedish and Brandenburgian forces.
During World War II, Rathenow was the location of a forced labour subcamp of the Nazi prison for women and juveniles in Berlin-Lichtenberg and a subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Prisoners of the latter were mostly Dutch, Belgian and French.




Demographics















Twin towns — sister cities



Rathenow is twinned with:

Złotów, Poland
Rendsburg, Germany




Notable people



Christian Beeck (born 1971), footballer
Stephan Bodecker (1384–1459), Bishop of Brandenburg
Jörg Friedrich (rower) (born 1959), rower
Jörg Freimuth (born 1961), high jumper
Jörg Heinrich (born 1969), football player and manager
Wulf Herzogenrath (born 1944), art historian and curator
Rosemarie Köhn (1939–2022), 1993-2006 Bishop of Hamar (Norway) (world's second woman as a Lutheran bishop)
Joachim Mrugowsky (1905–1948), physician and Nazi war criminal; executed
Mario Streit (born 1967), rower
Immo Stabreit (born 1933), diplomat
George William Ziemann (1809–1881), Christian Missionary




References



This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rathenow". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 916.




External links


Media related to Rathenow at Wikimedia Commons

"Rathenow" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.

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