Ziesar
Ziesar (German pronunciation: [tsiˈeːzaʁ] ⓘ) is a town in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 24 km (15 mi) south-west of the city of Brandenburg.
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Ziesar | |
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Town church | |
Location of Ziesar within Potsdam-Mittelmark district | |
| Coordinates: 52°16′00″N 12°16′59″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Potsdam-Mittelmark |
| Municipal assoc. | Ziesar |
| Subdivisions | 3 Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Dieter Sehm[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 67.46 km2 (26.05 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 55 m (180 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,516 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (97/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 14793 |
| Dialling codes | 033830 |
| Vehicle registration | PM |
| Website | www.ziesar.de |
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Following local elections held on 26 May 2019:[4]
- SPD 5 seats
- CDU 4 seats
- Freie Bürger und Bauern (FBB) (Free citizens and farmers) 3 seats
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During the Cold War the Western Allies considered Ziesar, specifically Exit 76 from Autobahn 2, the halfway point of the transit route between West Berlin and "mainland" West Germany. Road patrols offering breakdown services and assistance with DDR and Soviet authorities to Allied travelers were provided by Americans based in Berlin east of Ziesar and by the British detachment at Helmstedt west of it.
- Johannes Aepinus (1499-1553), theologian and church reformer
- Paul Schneider (1863-1946), the secret war councilor, farmer and the last private owner of Castle Ziesar from 1917 to 1945
- Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926), painter
- Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 2 July 2021.
- "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
- Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
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