Ziesar

Ziesar
Town
Town church
Town church
Coat of arms of Ziesar
Coat of arms
Bad BelzigBeelitzBeetzseeBeetzseeheideBensdorfBorkheideBorkwaldeBrückBuckautalGolzowGörzkeGräbenHavelseeKleinmachnowKloster LehninLintheLintheMichendorfMühlenfließNiemegkNuthetalPäwesinPlanebruchPlanetalRabensteinRosenauRoskowSchwielowseeSeddiner SeeStahnsdorfTeltowTreuenbrietzenWenzlowWerder (Havel)WiesenburgWollinWusterwitzZiesarGroß KreutzBrandenburg
Location of Ziesar within Potsdam-Mittelmark district
Interactive map of Ziesar
Ziesar is located in Germany
Ziesar
Location within Germany
Ziesar is located in Brandenburg
Ziesar
Location within Brandenburg
Coordinates: 52°16′00″N 12°16′59″E / 52.26667°N 12.28306°E / 52.26667; 12.28306
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictPotsdam-Mittelmark
Municipal assoc.Ziesar
Subdivisions3 Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor (2024–29)René Mertens (CDU)
Area
 • Total
67.95 km2 (26.24 sq mi)
Elevation
55 m (180 ft)
Population
 (2025-12-31)
 • Total
2,388
 • Density35.14/km2 (91.02/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
14793
Dialling codes033830
Vehicle registrationPM
Websitewww.ziesar.de

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:

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. The Helmstedt checkpoint is called Checkpoint Alpha and is used to cross the inner German border , the Berlin checkpoint is called Checkpoint Bravo and is used to cross from East Germany to West Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie is the most famous one and that is used to cross from West Berlin to East Berlin and later East Germany.

Sons and daughters of Ziesar

Johannes Aepinus

Other personalities associated with Ziesar

References

  1. ↑ Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand im Land Brandenburg Dezember 2025 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen, basierend auf dem Zensus 2022)" (XLS). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German).
  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