Brandenburg German: Brandenburg, Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska (http://www.brandenburg-to...) is both a historical region and a modern federal-state in Germany. Brandenburg was historically composed of a larger amount of territory now located across the Oder River in western Poland. It is also the heart of historic Prussia and thus borders on the federal capital of Berlin. It shares borders with the German federal states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and Lower Saxony. To the east lies the neighboring country of Poland.
