Eberswalde

Eberswalde is a primary metropolis and the administrative seat of the district Barnim in the German State of Brandenburg, approximately 50 km northeast of Berlin. The city is regularly known as Waldstadt, due to the massive forests around it, consisting of the Schorfheide Chorin Biosphere Reserve. Despite this truth, Eberswalde was an critical business middle until the German Reunification. The place round Eberswalde became already populated in Paleolithic. Before the establishment of the Margraviate of Brandenburg it turned into the region of a Slavic stockade.

The Treasure of Eberswalde, the most important pre Christian gold treasure from the vicinity of cutting edge Germany turned into observed right here. Today the treasure is located inside the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. The town of Eberswalde become installed in 1254 by means of the Ascanian margrave Johann I. It changed into first referred to in a report dated April 23, 1276 whilst margrave Albrecht III. In 1300 it acquired market rights. From the year 1317 the principle trade direction among Stettin and Frankfurt went through the metropolis. A main fireplace struck the town in 1499.