Frankfurt (Oder)

Frankfurt (Oder) or Frankfurt an der Oder (; abbreviated , , Low Sorbian: Frankobrod nad Odru, , Upper Sorbian: Frankobrod nad Wódru, lit. 'Frankfurt at the Oder') is a town in Germany. It lies on the Oder river, which marks the current border between Germany and Poland (The so-called Oder-Neisse line). It's in the east of the state of Brandenburg.

In January 1999, the town added a prefix Kleiststadt to refer to Heinrich von Kleist, who was born there in 1777. Today, about 65,000 people are living in Frankfurt an der Oder.

 Well-known people 
 Manuela Schwesig (born 1974), politician

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Category:Urban districts of Brandenburg