Oberhavel

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Oberhavel
Map of Brandenburg highlighting the district of Oberhavel
State	Brandenburg
District seat	Oranienburg
Area	1,795.3 km²
Population	194,802 (2002)
Pop. density	109 /km²
Licence plate code	OHV
Web page	http://www.oberhavel.de

Oberhavel is a Kreis (district) in the northern part of Brandenburg, Germany.

The district was formed on 6 December 1993 by joining the old districts of Gransee and Oranienburg.

[change] Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows the eagle, which is the heraldic symbol of Brandenburg in the top part. In the bottom are two flying swans on green background representing the nature with many lakes. The coat of arms was used by the old district of Oranienburg before the merging, but was never officially granted. It was granted to the district of Oberhavel on May 18, 1994.

[change] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Ämter	free municipalities
Fürstenberg/Havel Hennigsdorf Hohen Neuendorf Kremmen Liebenwalde Oranienburg Velten Zehdenick	Gransee und Gemeinden Gransee^{1, 2} Großwoltersdorf Schönermark Sonnenberg Stechlin ¹seat of the Amt; ²town	Birkenwerder Glienicke/Nordbahn Leegebruch Löwenberger Land Mühlenbecker Land Oberkrämer

Towns

Ämter

free municipalities

Fürstenberg/Havel
Hennigsdorf
Hohen Neuendorf
Kremmen
Liebenwalde
Oranienburg
Velten
Zehdenick

Gransee und Gemeinden

Gransee^{1, 2}
Großwoltersdorf
Schönermark
Sonnenberg
Stechlin

¹seat of the Amt; ²town

Birkenwerder
Glienicke/Nordbahn
Leegebruch
Löwenberger Land
Mühlenbecker Land
Oberkrämer

[change] Other websites

website (German)

v • d • e Urban and rural districts in the state of Brandenburg in Germany
Urban districts	Brandenburg an der Havel · Cottbus · Frankfurt · Potsdam
Rural districts	Barnim · Dahme-Spreewald · Elbe-Elster · Havelland · Märkisch-Oderland · Oberhavel · Oberspreewald-Lausitz · Oder-Spree · Ostprignitz-Ruppin · Potsdam-Mittelmark · Prignitz · Spree-Neiße · Teltow-Fläming · Uckermark