Rheinsberg is a town and a municipality in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin

Ostprignitz-Ruppin

Ostprignitz-Ruppin is a Kreis in the northwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are the districts Müritz and Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts...

 district, in Brandenburg

Brandenburg

Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is situated on the river Rhin

Rhin

The Rhin is a 125 km long river in Brandenburg, Germany, right tributary to the river Havel. It flows through the city Neuruppin and several lakes. A few km downstream from Rhinow it flows into the Havel, approx. 20 km upstream from where the Havel meets the Elbe....

, approx. 20 km north-east of Neuruppin

Neuruppin

Neuruppin is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. Located on the shore of Ruppiner See , it is the capital of the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin. Population: 32,800 .-Overview:...

 and 75 km north-west of Berlin

Berlin

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History

Frederick the Great, while still Crown Prince, designed and moved into a restored chateau in Rheinsberg shortly after his 1733 marriage to Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern was a Queen of Prussia as wife of Frederick the Great...

. Here he experienced his "Rheinsberg Period", an era marked by regular correspondence with Voltaire, boisterous celebration in the company of minor philosophers and musicians, and the writing of several works of political theory, including the Anti-Machiavel

Anti-Machiavel

Anti-Machiavel is an 18th century essay by Frederick the Great, King of Prussia and patron of Voltaire, consisting of a chapter-by-chapter rebuttal of The Prince, the 16th century book by Niccolò Machiavelli, and Machiavellianism in general...

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Lakes

• Großer Prebelowsee
  Großer Prebelowsee
  Großer Prebelowsee is a lake in Rheinsberger Seenplatte, Brandenburg, Germany. At an elevation of 55.7 m, its surface area is 2.8 km². It is located in Prebelow, an Ortsteil of the town of Rheinsberg.-See also:*Großer Zechliner See*Schwarzer See...
  
  
• Großer Zechliner See
  Großer Zechliner See
  Großer Zechliner See is a lake in Rheinsberger Seengebiet, Brandenburg, Germany. It is located in Rheinsberg and its surface area is 1.8 km².-See also:*Großer Prebelowsee*Schwarzer See*Tietzowsee*Zootzensee...
  
  
• Schwarzer See
  Schwarzer See (Rheinsberg)
  Schwarzer See is a lake in Rheinsberger Seengebiet, Brandenburg, Germany. At an elevation of , its surface area is 30 ha. It is located in the municipality of Rheinsberg.-See also:*Großer Prebelowsee*Großer Zechliner See*Tietzowsee*Zootzensee...
  
  
• Tietzowsee
  Tietzowsee
  Tietzowsee is a lake in Rheinsberger Seengebiet, Brandenburg, Germany. It covers 44 ha and is located in the town of Rheinsberg.-See also:*Großer Prebelowsee*Großer Zechliner See*Schwarzer See*Zootzensee...
  
  
• Zootzensee
  Zootzensee
  Zootzensee is a lake in Rheinsberger Seenplatte, Brandenburg, Germany. At an elevation of , its surface area is 1.67 km². It is located in the town of Rheinsberg.-See also:*Großer Prebelowsee*Großer Zechliner See*Schwarzer See*Tietzowsee...