Brandenburg is a home rule-class city[4] on the Ohio River in Meade County, Kentucky, in the United States.

In 1825, the community became the seat of Meade County, but it wasn't formally incorporated by the state assembly until March 28, 1872.

[6] During the Civil War, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan crossed at Brandenburg to start his raid into Indiana in July 1863.

A Union gunship was deployed to block the crossing, but it ran out of ammunition and Morgan and his men were able to pass into Indiana.

[7] There was no early warning from tornado sirens or NOAA Weather Wire Service about the storm.

About an hour after the storm, the same supercell spawned an F4 tornado that formed in the southwest part of Louisville in Jefferson County near Kosmosdale.

Brandenburg is located in north-central Meade County at 37°59′34″N 86°10′29″W / 37.99278°N 86.17472°W / 37.99278; -86.17472 (37.992664, -86.174657),[8] along the south bank of the Ohio River.

[13] Brandenburg is featured in the open world survival horror game Project Zomboid.