Templin

Templin stands in the Uckermark of Brandenburg. It is first mentioned in a deed of 1270 issued by the bishop of Brandenburg and appeared as a town in 1314, when it belonged to the Ascanian margraves. Its medieval walls and gates reflect its fortified townscape.

In 1317 Margrave Waldemar concluded the Treaty of Templin there, ending a war against Denmark, Mecklenburg and Pomerania. The town was heavily devastated by Danish troops during the Thirty Years' War. From 1816 it belonged to the Prussian province of Brandenburg, near the border with Mecklenburg-Strelitz.