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Oranienburg is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Oberhavel. Population: 30,200.

Oranienburg is located on the banks of the Havel river, just 35 km north of the city centre of Berlin. The town is now part of the growing Berlin metropolitan area.

The original name of Oranienburg was Bötzow. The town was founded in the 12th century and was first mentioned in 1216. Albert the Bear is believed to have ordered the construction of a castle on the banks of the Havel. Around the castle there was a settlement of traders and craftsmen.

In 1646 Friedrich Wilhelm I of Brandenburg was married with Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau (German: Oranien-Nassau). She was so attracted by the town of Bölkow, that her husband presented her the entire region. The princess ordered to build a new castle in Dutch style and called it Oranienburg. In 1653 the town of Bölkow was renamed to Oranienburg.

In the Nazi era Oranienburg was made a showplace of terror. One of the first German concentration camps was built there in 1933Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 See also 1933 in aviation 1933 in film 1933 in literature 1933 in mu; in 1935Events January January 1 Italian colonies of Tripoli and Kyrenaika are joined together as Libya January 7 World War II: Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French foreign minister Pierre Laval conclude agreement in which each power undertakes not to oppo another camp was established in the quarter of SachsenhausenSachsenhausen may refer to a quarter of Oranienburg in Germany, see Sachsenhausen (Oranienburg), and a detention facility here a quarter of Frankfurt am Main in Germany, see Sachsenhausen (Frankfurt am Main) a municipality of Weimarer Land, see Sachsenhau. While the first one was dissolved as early as 1934Events January-April January 1 Alcatraz becomes a federal prison. January 7 First Flash Gordon comic strip is published. January 10 Execution of Marinus van der Lubbe January 24 Einstein visits White House January 26 The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, Ne, the camp of Sachsenhausen continued to exist; 100,000 people were killed in Sachsenhausen until the liberation of the camp by the Red Army in 1945Events January January 5 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 World War II:.