Ziesar

Town in Brandenburg, Germany

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.

Demography

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:^[4]

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

Pictures

Ziesar Town hall

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.

Sons and daughters of Ziesar

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

1. Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
2. "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
3. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
4. Ergebnis der Kommunalwahl am 26. Mai 2019