Beeskow ( dsb, Bezkow) is a town in Brandenburg,

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, and capital of the

Oder-Spree Oder-Spree is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the eastern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are (from north clockwise) the district Märkisch-Oderland, the district-free city Frankfurt (Oder), Poland, the districts Spree-Neiße and Dahme-Spree ...

district. It is situated on the river

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, 30 km southwest of

Frankfurt an der Oder Frankfurt (Oder), also known as Frankfurt an der Oder (), is a city in the German state of Brandenburg. It has around 57,000 inhabitants, is one of the easternmost cities in Germany, the fourth-largest city in Brandenburg, and the largest German ...

Demography

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Beeskow.pdf, 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) File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Beeskow.pdf, Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the

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in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

Karl August Otto Hoffmann Karl August Otto Hoffmann (25 October 1853 in Beeskow – 11 September 1909) was a German botanist and a high school teacher in Berlin. Author of ''Sertum plantarum madagascariensium'', the genus '' Hoffmanniella'' in the family Asteraceae was ...

(1853–1909), botanist *

Max Seiffert Maximilian Seiffert (9 February 1868 – 15 April 1948) was a German musicologist and editor of Baroque music. Biography Seiffert was born in Beeskow an der Spree, Germany, the son of a teacher. He was first educated at the Joachimsthal Gymna ...

(1868–1948), musicologist, editor of ancient music *

Hans Sohnle Hans Sohnle (17 September 1895 – 24 March 1976) was a German art director.Chandler p.270 He frequently collaborated with Otto Erdmann on set designs. Selected filmography * '' The Loves of Käthe Keller'' (1919) * ''The Woman in Doctor's Garb ...

(1895–1976), art director *

Otto Holzapfel Otto Holzapfel (born February 5, 1941 in Beeskow) is a German folklorist and researcher of traditional German folk song (folk music, Lied). He is a retired professor at the University of Freiburg. His mother tongue is Danish. He studied in Frankf ...

(born 1941), folklorist and researcher of traditional German folk song (folk music, Lied) *

Joachim Mattern Joachim Mattern (born 2 May 1948 in Beeskow) is an East German sprint canoeist who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Montreal in 1976 with a gold in the K-2 500 m and silver in the K-2 1000 ...

(born 1948), canoeist *

Judith Zeidler Judith Ungemach ( Zeidler, born 11 May 1968) is a German-Australian world champion rower and Olympic gold and bronze medalist. Early life and education Zeidler was born in Beeskow, Brandenburg. She started rowing at the age of thirteen at the E ...

(born 1967), rower *

Jana Thieme Jana Thieme (born 6 July 1970) is a German rower and Olympic champion. Thieme travelled to Barcelona for the 1992 Summer Olympics as a substitute but did not compete. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won a gold medal in double scul ...

(born 1970), rower *

Ronny Ostwald Ronny Ostwald (born 7 April 1974, in Beeskow) is a German sprint athlete. He finished 8th in the 100m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He has had more success as a relay runner for Germany, winning a bronze med ...

(born 1974), sprint athlete

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Localities in Oder-Spree {{Brandenburg-geo-stub