Brandenburg an der Havel is a town in the state of
Brandenburg (which is why it is also called
Brandenburg City in English), Germany, with a population of 71,778 (as of 2010). It is located on the banks of the
River Havel. The town of
Brandenburg, which is almost as widely known as the state of Brandenburg, provided the name for the medieval
Bishopric of Brandenburg, the
Margraviate of Brandenburg, and the current state of Brandenburg. Today it is a small town compared to nearby
Berlin, but it was the original nucleus of the former realms of
Brandenburg and
Prussia.