 The villages of Philadelphia and Neu Boston were named after their American counterparts by Frederick the Great in 1772.The town of Storkow was first mentioned in a 1209 deed issued by Emperor Otto IV; it thereby is one of the oldest towns in Brandenburg.In early medieval times, the area was settled by Polabian Slavs, it was incorporated by the Saxon margrave Gero in his vast "marca Geronis" and by 965 formed part of the Imperial March of Lusatia (or Saxon Eastern March).