Strausberg

Strausberg is a metropolis in the district Markisch Oderland in Brandenburg. It belongs to the Berlin metropolitan area. In the city of Strausberg traces of Bronze Age settlement 1200 to 700 BC were observed 600 to 1200 of their era, there were within the place of Strausberg Slavic settlements. Around 1225 a castle turned into constructed on the Straus see and a market agreement on Lindenplatz changed into built presently. In 1247 Strausberg is cited underneath the call Struceberch in a record. In 1254, the town was fortified and built the city wall, of which stays are nonetheless preserved these days. The metropolis wall turned into initially 1600 meters long and constructed of fieldstone.

The oldest building inside the city is likewise from this era. Parts of the Marienkirche in Strausberg are greater than 750 years vintage. The Protestant parish church of St. Mary is not most effective the oldest, however additionally the tallest constructing in the metropolis. The church is a three-aisled stone-constructed early Gothic pillar basilica. It changed into constructed round 1250 and is one in all the largest preserved church buildings of the 13^th century in the Mark Brandenburg.