What is Brandenburg?
{{Infobox German state | Name = Brandenburg | German_name = <!-- Its German name --> | map = Deutschland Lage von Brandenburg.svg | map_size = 200 | map_text = Location of Brandenburg in Germany | flag = Flag of Brandenburg.svg | state_coa = Brandenburg Wappen.svg | capital = Potsdam | area = 29480 | population = 2548200 | pop_date = | Website = brandenburg.de | leader_party = SPD | ruling_party1 = [[SPD]] | ruling_party2 = [[Die Linke|Linke]] | leader_title = [[Minister President]] | leader = [[Dietmar Woidke]] }} '''Brandenburg''' ([[Sorbian languages|Low Sorbian]]: ''Bramborska'', [[Low German language|Low German]]: ''Brannenborg'') is a state (''[[States of Germany|Bundesland]]'') in [[Germany]]. It has been a state since 1990. It is 29,480 km² in area. It has about 2.6 million inhabitants. Until 1945 it was the biggest province in [[Prussia]], with 38,278 km² and 3 million inhabitants. From 1949 to 1952 it was a state in the [[German Democratic Republic]]. In 1952 it became divided into three ''Bezirke'' (Potsdam, Frankfurt and Cottbus). The capital of Brandenburg is [[Potsdam]]. [[Berlin]] is in the middle of Brandenburg. But it is not part of Brandenburg. It is a [[city state]]. == History == * 1373 Karl IV bought Brandenburg for his sons from the [[Wittelsbacher]] * 1539 [[Protestant Reformation]] * 1618 United with Prussia * 1815 Brandenburg became a province in Prussia * 1945 Brandenburg lost 32% to [[Poland]] * 1949 State in East Germany * 1952 Divided into three ''Bezirke'' (Districts) * 1990 State of the reunited Germany == Administration == Brandenburg is divided into fourteen ''Kreise'' (districts): * [[Prignitz]] * [[Ostprignitz-Ruppin]] * [[Oberhavel]] * [[Uckermark]] * [[Havelland]] * [[Barnim]] * [[Märkisch-Oderland]] * [[Potsdam-Mittelmark]] * [[Teltow-Fläming]] * [[Oder-Spree]] * [[Dahme-Spreewald]] * [[Elbe-Elster]] * [[Oberspreewald-Lausitz]] * [[Spree-Neiße]] Also Brandenburg has four ''[[Kreisfreie stadt|Kreisfreie Städte]]'' (district-free city): * [[Brandenburg an der Havel|Brande