Wriezen

Wriezen () is a town in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, in north-eastern Germany, near the border with Poland. It is situated southeast of Bad Freienwalde.

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German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_coa: DEU Wriezen COA.svg
German location.image_photo: Wriezen Rathaus Taubstummenanstalt.jpg
German location.image_caption: Town hall
German location.image_plan: Wriezen in MOL.png
German location.state: Brandenburg
German location.district: Märkisch-Oderland
German location.elevation: 10
German location.area: 95.14
German location.postal_code: 16269
German location.area_code: 033456
German location.licence: MOL
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 12 0 64 512
German location.divisions: 4 Ortsteile
German location.mayor: Karsten Ilm
German location.leader_term: 2017–25
German location.party: CDU
German location.website: www.wriezen.de

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Official name: Wriezen
Population: 7200
Area: 95.14
Elevation: 10
Official website: www.wriezen.de
Image: Wriezen Rathaus Taubstummenanstalt.jpg
Dialing code: 033456
Licence plate code: MOL

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native label: Wriezen
Commons category: Wriezen
postal code: 16269
P8168: Schwanda the Bagpiper
street address: Freienwalder Str. 50, 16269 Wriezen
hashtag: Wriezen

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Wriezen () is a town in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, in north-eastern Germany, near the border with Poland. It is situated southeast of Bad Freienwalde.

==Etymology== The name is of medieval Slavic Lechitic origin, and comes from the words we and rice or rika (modern , ), which means "on the river". The modern Polish name is Wrzecień.