The State of Brandenburg (Homework for 9/28/2010)

-In the middle ages, Brandenburg was known as Margraviate of Brandenburg.
-At one point, Brandenburg was the heart of the Free State of Prussia.

-This, below, is a picture of the Prussian coat of arms.



http://homepage.newschool.edu/het//schools/historic.htm


-Here is a map of the Prussian Empire in 1871.




http://www.tacitus.nu/historical-atlas/prussia.htm

-In 1952, the East German government dissolved the state of Brandenburg and divided up the land into several new districts.
-The State of Brandenburg was reunited and reestablished in 1990.
-The Capital of Brandenburg is Potsdam.

(Follow the link below for photograph of Potsdam. If I were to post it in the blog, it would cause sidescroll, because it is so big).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_photograph_of_Potsdam.jpg


-Total population is 2,511,525 as of the last day of 2009.
-This state is approximently 1/8th the size of Minnesota.
-The Social Democratic Party got the majority of votes (33%) in the September, 2009 elections.
-Matthias Platzeck of the SDP party is, and has been, the Ministers President of Brandenburg since 2002.



http://www.merkur-online.de/nachrichten/politik/platzeck-wieder-ministerpraesident-brandenburg-518901.html


Sources: http://www.wikipedia.com/ on 9/28/2010.