The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Brandenburg (city)

BRANDENBURG, Germany, Prussian

city in the administrative district of Potsdam

and province of Brandenburg, on the Havel, 35

miles west of Berlin, formerly the residence of

the reigning family of Prussia. The Havel

here expands into a lake and divides Brandenburg

into the Old Town, the New Town and

the Cathedral Island, the last containing a castle

and the cathedral. The latter is a late Romanesque

building (1170-1318), restored in the 19th

century. The industries embrace woolen yarn, silk goods, baskets, leather, hosiery, paper, beer, linen, etc., and the building of boats is also carried on. Pop. about 55,000. It became the seat of a bishopric in 949. From 27 Nov. to 5 Dec. 1848, Brandenburg was the seat of the National Assembly of Prussia.