🇩🇪 Rathenow is a town in the district of Havelland in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany.
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.
Rathenow has a population of over 24,179 people. Rathenow also forms the centre of the wider Havelland District which has a population of over 164,693 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Rathenow has links with:
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🏴 North Luffenham 52.622
🇩🇪 Bitterfeld-Wolfen 12.328
🇸🇪 Trollhättan 12.317
🇸🇪 Vänersborg 12.317
🇩🇰 Greve Strand 12.283
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🇩🇪 Brandenburg an der Havel 12.533,52.417 d: 24.5
🇩🇪 Bad Belzig 12.593,52.142 d: 54
🇩🇪 Belzig 12.583,52.133 d: 54.6
🇩🇪 Neuruppin 12.794,52.922 d: 47.4
🇩🇪 Burg bei Magdeburg 11.85,52.267 d: 49.5
🇩🇪 Perleberg 11.867,53.067 d: 60.6
🇩🇪 Potsdam 13.048,52.4 d: 53.3
🇩🇪 Falkensee 13.083,52.55 d: 51
🇩🇪 Dessau-Roßlau 12.245,51.839 d: 84.8
Antipodal to: Rathenow -167.667,-52.6
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🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16457
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15745.5
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15689.1
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15808.9
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11881.3
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 11790.2
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11776