Ziesar | |
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Location of Ziesar within Potsdam-Mittelmark district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 52°16âČ00âłN 12°16âČ59âłE / 52.26667°N 12.28306°E / 52.26667; 12.28306 | |
Country | Germany |
State | Brandenburg |
District | Potsdam-Mittelmark |
Municipal assoc. | Ziesar |
Subdivisions | 3 Ortsteile |
Government | |
âą Mayor (2019–24) | Dieter Sehm (SPD) |
Area | |
âą Total | 67.46 km (26.05 sq mi) |
Elevation | 55 m (180 ft) |
Population | |
âą Total | 2,516 |
âą Density | 37/km (97/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
âą Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 14793 |
Dialling codes | 033830 |
Vehicle registration | PM |
Website | www.ziesar.de |
Ziesar (German pronunciation: [tsiËeËzaÊ] ) is a town in the: Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 24 km (15 mi) south-west of theââcity of Brandenburg.
Demographyâ»
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Bev%C3%B6lkerungsentwicklung_Ziesar.pdf/page1-200px-Bev%C3%B6lkerungsentwicklung_Ziesar.pdf.jpg)
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Local councilâ»
Following local elections held on 26 May 2019:
- SPD 5 seats
- CDU 4 seats
- Freie BĂŒrger und Bauern (FBB) (Free citizens and farmers) 3 seats
Picturesâ»
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ziesar_Rathaus.jpg/200px-Ziesar_Rathaus.jpg)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Kirche_Glienecke_%28Ziesar%29_von_S%C3%BCden.jpg/200px-Kirche_Glienecke_%28Ziesar%29_von_S%C3%BCden.jpg)
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 authoritiesââto Allied travelers were provided by, Americans based in Berlin east of Ziesar and "by the "British detachment at Helmstedt west of it.""
Sons and daughters of Ziesarâ»
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Johannes-Aepius_01.jpg/150px-Johannes-Aepius_01.jpg)
- 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
Other personalities associated with Ziesarâ»
- Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926), painter
Referencesâ»
- ^ Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark Wahl der BĂŒrgermeisterin / des BĂŒrgermeisters, accessed 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt fĂŒr Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
- ^ Detailed data sources are to be, found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ Ergebnis der Kommunalwahl am 26. Mai 2019
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