Perleberg

Perleberg is the capital of the district of Prignitz, located within the northwest of the German kingdom of Brandenburg. The city obtained metropolis rights in 1239 and today has about 12,000 inhabitants. Located in a ordinarily agricultural area, the city has an extended history of troops being stationed right here and as an administrative center for local authorities. One of the town's oldest homes is St James's church. First cited in 1294, it was regularly altered and notably remodelled within the 1850s. In German, it's far called the Jakobikirche, and therefore once in a while mistakenly referred to as St Jacob's in English.

In the 14th century the town turned into on its height as part of the Hanseatic League. In 1523 it was the muster-point for an military assembled with the aid of Elector Joachim I in support of his brother-in-law Christian II of Denmark's try to get better his throne. The Thirty Years' War prompted severe damage to the city: of three,500 inhabitants, simplest 300 survived. The mayor liable for rebuilding the city after this period turned into Georg Krusemarck. On November 25, 1809, Lord Benjamin Bathurst disappeared in Perleberg. Later debts of the incident exaggerated the circumstances to such an volume that the disappearance is now and again claimed to were as a result of paranormal phenomena.