Havelland-Fläming Region is the heart of "Mark Brandenburg".

From here the sovereigns, electors of German kings (since 1356) and later Prussian kings (since 1701) ruled and created a powerful state from a poor, wild and remote region.

The heart of the Mark beats strong: The region holds a leading economic position in East Germany is respected as a centre of innovation and scientific research of European importance and is world famous for the unique cultural heritage of Potsdam's parks and palaces.

Aside from the capital Potsdam the region is characterised by a ring of smaller towns, most of them with busy historic town centres and some three hundred proper villages surrounded by a wide and beautiful countryside, fields, forests, rivers and lakes.