Rathenow

Rathenow straddles the Havel in Brandenburg’s Havelland, and its lowland river setting helped establish it as a regional centre for trade and industry. The town is known as Germany’s city of optics: Johann Heinrich August Duncker founded an optical workshop here in 1801, beginning a sector that shaped local employment for generations. The Rathenow Optical Museum documents this legacy through instruments and spectacle-making, while the Optikpark combines landscaped grounds with optical installations. St Marien-Andreas Church and waterside paths add historic and everyday texture to the compact centre. Browse additional webcams from Havelland and the Havel region to extend your view of Rathenow.

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