Friedland

Friedland is a town in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.It is only 22 km from the district seat and bigger town Neubrandenburg, but still Friedland remains a local center for surrounding communities like Galenbeck (Kotelow, Lübbersdorf, Schwichtenberg), Brunn and Boldekow, and has approximately 6,800 citizens.It was founded in 1244 by the Prince-electors Otto and Johann of Brandenburg, then having the name Vredeland.PersonalitiesSons and daughters of the city Andreas Helvigius (1572-1643), philologist, educator Friederike Krüger (1789-1858), participant of the Liberation War Emilie Mayer (1812-1883), composer Rudolf Berlin (1833-1897), ophthalmologistPeople who have worked here Ernst Boll (1817-1868), natural scientist, was a house teacher in Friedland Fritz Reuter (1810-1874), low German poet, studied the school in Friedland Daniel Runge (1804-unknown), theologian and parliamentarian, attended the scholar's school here Wilhelm Sauer (1831-1916), organ builder, spent his youth in Friedland Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783-1850), agriculturist and economist, led the Liepen family in 1806 and married the Friedlander mayor and estate owner Helena Sophia Berlin.