Ziesar

Ziesar
Ziesar
Town
	Town church
	Coat of arms
	Location of Ziesar within Potsdam-Mittelmark district
	Ziesar Ziesar
	Coordinates: 52°16′00″N 12°16′59″E / 52.26667°N 12.28306°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Potsdam-Mittelmark
Municipal assoc.	Ziesar
Subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	René Mertens (CDU)
Area
• Total	67.46 km2 (26.05 sq mi)
Elevation	55 m (180 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	2,516
• Density	37/km2 (97/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	14793
Dialling codes	033830
Vehicle registration	PM
Website	www.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)

Ziesar: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)^[3]

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	3,590	—
1890	3,619	+0.05%
1910	3,708	+0.12%
1925	3,757	+0.09%
1933	3,670	−0.29%
1939	3,879	+0.93%
1946	4,964	+3.59%
1950	5,057	+0.47%
1964	4,096	−1.49%
1971	3,677	−1.53%
1981	3,390	−0.81%
1985	3,345	−0.33%
1989	3,266	−0.60%
1990	3,219	−1.44%
1991	3,149	−2.17%
1992	3,110	−1.24%
1993	3,090	−0.64%
1994	3,064	−0.84%
1995	3,028	−1.17%
1996	3,012	−0.53%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1997	3,010	−0.07%
1998	3,031	+0.70%
1999	3,006	−0.82%
2000	2,984	−0.73%
2001	2,930	−1.81%
2002	2,910	−0.68%
2003	2,893	−0.58%
2004	2,860	−1.14%
2005	2,806	−1.89%
2006	2,763	−1.53%
2007	2,716	−1.70%
2008	2,657	−2.17%
2009	2,605	−1.96%
2010	2,553	−2.00%
2011	2,485	−2.66%
2012	2,482	−0.12%
2013	2,453	−1.17%
2014	2,441	−0.49%
2015	2,451	+0.41%
2016	2,444	−0.29%

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

^ Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für 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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[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

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