Ziesar

Template:Infobox German location Ziesar () is a town in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated Template:Cvt south-west of the city of Brandenburg.

Demography

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Development of population since 1875 within the current boundaries (Blue line: Population; Dotted line: Comparison to population development of Brandenburg state; Grey background: Time of Nazi rule; Red background: Time of communist rule)

Local council

Following local elections held on 26 May 2019:

• SPD 5 seats
• CDU 4 seats
• Freie Bürger und Bauern (FBB) (Free citizens and farmers) 3 seats

Pictures

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Ziesar Town hall

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Church in Glienecke (Ziesar)

History

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.

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Ziesar was the halfway point.

Sons and daughters of Ziesar

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Johannes Aepinus

• 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 Ziesar

• Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926), painter

References

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