Meyenburg

The first time Meyenburg was mentioned in official documents was in 1285. Meyenburg obtained municipal status around 1300. Most of the houses burnt down in 1795 and were rebuilt afterwards. From 1815 to 1945, Meyenburg was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Potsdam of East Germany. ==Sights==

Meyenburg is famous for Meyenburg Castle which is surrounded by a park created in 1860. Several half-timbered houses which were built after 1795 can be visited, e. g. in Wallstraße and Grünstraße. A part of the medieval city wall with two towers is preserved in the north of the centre. The Protestant Church has a nave dating from 1749 and a bell tower which was built in a neogothic style from 1848 to 1850. Various buildings built in the Gründerzeit style are preserved as well, e.g. the Town Hall and the Post Office. ==Infrastructure==

Meyenburg has a railway station on the Pritzwalk-Meyenburg railway which was inaugurated in 1897. == Demography ==

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Meyenburg.pdf|Changes in Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Changes of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Nazi period; Orange Background: Communist period MeyenburgBahnhof2024.jpg|Railway Station MeyenburgRathaus3.jpg|Town Hall MeyenburgPost.jpg|Post Office MeyenburgGrünstraße2.jpg|Half-timbered houses in Gruenstrasse MeyenburgRundturmWeg2.jpg|Medieval city wall MeyenburgSchlossRückseite2.jpg|Former shot tower of the medieval city wall MeyenburgTurmAmSchloss2.jpg|Former shot tower of the medieval city wall MeyenburgWallstr.2.jpg|Half-timbered houses in Wallstrasse MeyenburgWallstr.Rosen2.jpg|Half-timbered houses in Wallstrasse MeyenburgSchienenbus.jpg|Train from Meyenburg to Pritzwalk ==References==