Contact Admin. The town is situated on the Alte Oder , an old branch of the Oder River at the northwestern rim of the Oderbruch basin and the steep rise of the Barnim Plateau.
Bad Freienwalde has an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church as well as manufacturers of furniture and machinery. The neighbouring forests and its medicinal springs make it a favorite summer resort of Berlin inhabitants.
A new tower commands a fine panoramic view over the Oder valley. The settlement of Vrienwalde in the Margraviate of Brandenburg was first mentioned in a deed and appeared as a town in A mineral spring was discovered in The alchemist Johann Kunckel brought it to the attention of the "Great Elector" Frederick William of Brandenburg , who, gout -ridden, arrived in Freienwalde the next year.
The industrialist and politician Walther Rathenau acquired the palace in , it was nationalised after his assassination in Freienwalde achieved the official status of spa town Bad in Recent Population Development and Projections Population Development before Census blue line ; Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in blue bordered line ; Projection by the Brandenburg state for yellow line ; Projection by the Brandenburg state for red line ; Projection by the Bertelsmann Foundation for green line.
Bad Freienwalde is twinned with:. Media related to Bad Freienwalde at Wikimedia Commons. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Place in Brandenburg, Germany. Coat of arms. Bad Freienwalde. See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany. Dezember Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus ".
