1. Barnim County

2. 2 Barnims‘ Place in Germany:

3. 3 Distances: Eberswalde to - Berlin: 50 km - Potsdam: 116 km - Warsaw: 546 km - Hamburg: 330 km - Hanover: 359 km - Leipzig: 275 km - Dresden: 260 km - Rostock: 264 km - Krakau: 675 km Eberswalde Hamburg Leipzig Dresden Rostock Hanover Warsaw Krakau Frankfurt am Main Berlin

4. 4 Fact Sheet Barnim County  Area: 1,500 sq.km. (52% wooded areas and water bodies)  Population: 175.000  Population Density: 116 inh./sq.km  Important Cities: Eberswalde (County seat) – 42.000 inh. Bernau – 35.000 inh.  Borders: to the south: City of Berlin (3.4 mio. inh.) to the east: Poland

5. 5 Administration of Barnim County 26 local communities 26 local communities Barnim County is one 14 counties in the State of Brandenburg Barnim County is one 14 counties in the State of Brandenburg about 750 people work for the county about 750 people work for the county county‘s overall budget is about 170 mio. € county‘s overall budget is about 170 mio. €

6. 6 Transportation Systems  Roads: Motorways to Berlin, Poland, and to the Baltic Sea and the Baltic states, well-developed systems of highways  Railways: Main link between Berlin and Poland, Scandinavia  Waterways: Oder-Havel-Canal (link between the Baltic Sea, Berlin and Western Europe  Airport: Regional airport Eberswalde

7. 7 Barnim‘s Economy I about 62,000 jobs about 62,000 jobs sectoral distribution: sectoral distribution:  30% manufacturing  42% services  25% public sector  3% agriculture/forestry

8. 8 Barnim‘s Economy II Core competences: Core competences:  metal processing, automotive industry  construction  health sector  renewable energies  tourism