Ziesar

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.

Ziesar
Town
Town church
Coat of arms
Location of Ziesar within Potsdam-Mittelmark district
Ziesar Show map of Germany Ziesar Show map of Brandenburg
Coordinates: 52°16′00″N 12°16′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Potsdam-Mittelmark
Municipal assoc.	Ziesar
Subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	René Mertens[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	67.95 km2 (26.24 sq mi)
Elevation	55 m (180 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,397
• Density	35/km2 (91/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

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.

Ziesar was the halfway point.

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