Ziesar
{{Infobox German location
|type = Stadt
|image_photo = Stadtkirche Heilig Kreuz Ziesar.jpg
|image_caption = Town church
|image_coa = Wappen Ziesar.png
|coordinates = {{coord|52|16|00|N|12|16|59|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Ziesar in PM.png
|state = Brandenburg
|district = Potsdam-Mittelmark
|Amt = Ziesar
|elevation = 55
|area = 67.46
|postal_code = 14793
|area_code = 033830
|licence = PM
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 69 696
|divisions = 3 Ortsteile
|website = [http://www.ziesar.de/ www.ziesar.de]
|leader_term = 2024–29
|party = CDU
}}
Ziesar ({{IPA|de|tsiˈeːzaʁ|-|De-Ziesar.ogg}}) is a town in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated {{cvt|24|km}} south-west of the city of Brandenburg.
Demography
File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Ziesar.pdf
{{historical populations
|align=none | cols=2 | percentages=pagr
|title = Ziesar: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Population_projection_Brandenburg Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons]
| 1875 | 3590
| 1890 | 3619
| 1910 | 3708
| 1925 | 3757
| 1933 | 3670
| 1939 | 3879
| 1946 | 4964
| 1950 | 5057
| 1964 | 4096
| 1971 | 3677
| 1981 | 3390
| 1985 | 3345
| 1989 | 3266
| 1990 | 3219
| 1991 | 3149
| 1992 | 3110
| 1993 | 3090
| 1994 | 3064
| 1995 | 3028
| 1996 | 3012
| 1997 | 3010
| 1998 | 3031
| 1999 | 3006
| 2000 | 2984
| 2001 | 2930
| 2002 | 2910
| 2003 | 2893
| 2004 | 2860
| 2005 | 2806
| 2006 | 2763
| 2007 | 2716
| 2008 | 2657
| 2009 | 2605
| 2010 | 2553
| 2011 | 2485
| 2012 | 2482
| 2013 | 2453
| 2014 | 2441
| 2015 | 2451
| 2016 | 2444
}}
Local council
Following local elections held on 26 May 2019:[https://www.wahlergebnisse.brandenburg.de/wahlen/KO2019/tabelleLandkreis.html#69818696 Ergebnis der Kommunalwahl am 26. Mai 2019]
- SPD 5 seats
- CDU 4 seats
- Freie Bürger und Bauern (FBB) (Free citizens and farmers) 3 seats
Pictures
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 (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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{{Cities and towns in Potsdam-Mittelmark (district)}}
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Category:Localities in Potsdam-Mittelmark
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