Whether entrepreneurial inventiveness or research in the service of science - with innovative thinking and solution approaches in all areas and industries, ODERLAND-SPREE is responding to current challenges and changed living and working conditions. Sustainable, digital and modern - the region is excellently positioned for the future.

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Research in Frankfurt (Oder) © Mathias Eckert

On the pulse of time

Research is also at home in ODERLAND-SPREE. Several research institutes with outstanding expertise as well as the university research facilities make the region an attractive science location

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"Don't tell me that it doesn't work!"

To think nature and tradition, innovation and economic power, intelligently together - Oderland-Spree demonstrates it. This short quote from Regine Hildebrandt expresses how progress goes, namely with spirited pluck, overcome existing obstacles - it is a phrase from Oderland-Spree.

ROLF LINDEMANN | District Administrator of the Oder-Spree district

18.06.2026 | 15:00–19:00 | Strausberg

4th Founders' and Entrepreneurs' Day 2026

The einsA start-up centre of STIC Wirtschaftsfördergesellschaft MOL mbH, the IHK Ostbrandenburg, the Chamber of Crafts Frankfurt (Oder) – Region Ostbrandenburg and the Brandenburg Economic Development Corporation (WFBB) invite all those interested in starting a business, entrepreneurs and economically committed people to the 4th Start-up and Entrepreneur Day Ostbrandenburg on 18 June 2026 in Strausberg. Under the motto "Impulses. Opportunities. Future", visitors can expect an inspiring programme with valuable impulses, direct contact with experts and numerous networking opportunities.

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18.02.2026 | Frankfurt (Oder)

Insights, encounters, perspectives: IHP celebrates the International Day of Women in Science

The IHP - Leibniz Institute for Innovative Microelectronics celebrated the "International Day of Women and Girls in Science" on February 11 with lectures, laboratory tours and artistic impulses. The event brought together schoolgirls, researchers and a scientifically interested audience and set an example for equal opportunities and the visibility of women in scientific careers.

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