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| State: | Brandenburg |
| Capital: | Prenzlau |
| Area: | 3,058.2 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 146,434 (2002) |
| pop. density: | 48 inh./km² |
| Car identification: | UM |
| Homepage: | http://www.uckermark.de |
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The region is named after the Uecker river, which is a tributary of the Oder. Its source is close to Angermünde, from where it runs northward to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The Oder river, forming the Polish border, bounds the district in the east. The district is characterised by 600 lakes and 2800 km of rivers. Rare animals still live in the lakeland: ospreys, beavers and otters.
The western parts of the Lower Oder Valley National Park (Nationalpark Unteres Odertal) are located in Uckermark.
Uckermark was always a sparsely populated region. From the 6th to the 12th century Slavic peoples settled in the area; then invaders from Brandenburg came to Uckermark and founded castles and towns. In medieval times the region was claimed by PomeraniaPomerania ( Polish: Pomorze German: Pommern and Pommerellen Pomeranian (Kashubian): Pomorze and Pomorsk Latin: Pomerania Pomorania is a geographical and historical region in northern Poland and Germany on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea between and on and MecklenburgMecklenburg located in Northern Germany, was a duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, then divided, and after 1815 two Grand Duchies, then a state, and now part of the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Its borders are the Baltic Sea to the north. In 1479 a treaty awarded Uckermark once and for all to Brandenburg. It was later divided into the two administrative units Uckerkreis and Stolpirischer Kreis. In 1817Events March 4 James Monroe succeeds James Madison as the President of the United States of America April Earthquake in Palermo, Italy April 3 Princess Caraboo appears in Almondsbury in Gloucestershire, England July 4 At Rome, New York, construction on th a third district was created in the area, the district Angermünde, and the other two districts were renamed to Prenzlau and Templin.
The district Uckermark was created in 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. by merging the previous districts Angermünde, Prenzlau and Templin, as well as the previously district-free city Schwedt.