FREIENWALDE

freienwalde, a town of germany, in the kingdom of prussia, on the oder, 28 m. n.e. of berlin, on the frankfort-angermuende railway. pop. (1905) 7995. it has a small palace, built by the great elector, an evangelical and a roman catholic church, and manufactures of furniture, machinery, &c. the neighbouring forests and its medicinal springs make it a favourite summer resort of the inhabitants of berlin. a new tower commands a fine view of the oderbruch (see oder). freienwalde, which must be distinguished from the smaller town of the same name in pomerania, first appears as a town in 1364.