The Seeburger Zipfel (Seeburg strip), comprising
Weinmeisterhöhe and part of
Groß Glienicke
Groß Glienicke is a village located both in Berlin and Potsdam, the capital of the German state of Brandenburg. Until 2003, when it was merged into Potsdam, the Brandenburg—and main—side, was an autonomous municipality. The Berlin side is p ...
, was a
Brandenburgian salient into
Greater Berlin
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's city boundary and as such part of a land swap between Britain and the Soviet Union regarding
West Berlin
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. Since the major access roads to the
RAF Gatow
Royal Air Force Gatow, or more commonly RAF Gatow, was a British Royal Air Force station (military airbase) in the district of Gatow in south-western Berlin, west of the Havel river, in the borough of Spandau. It was the home for the only kno ...
airfield ran through the terrory of
Seeburg, Brandenburg
is a village in the district of in Brandenburg, Germany. Since 2003 Seeburg is part of the municipality of Dallgow-Döberitz.
Overview
Seeburg was first mentioned in 1283. In 1375 the whole village belonged to the cloisters in nearby Spandau. In ...
, which belonged to the
Soviet Zone of Occupation
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, the British exchanged
West-Staaken, part of the
British Sector
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Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
for the "Seeburger Zipfel" on August 30, 1945.
Jürgen Grothe
Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. It is cognate with George. Notable people named Jürgen include:
A
* Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930), German organ builder
*Jürgen Alzen (born 1 ...
, ''Spandau: Stadt an Spree und Havel: aus der Chronik eines Berliner Bezirks'', 1971, S. 175
References
Allied occupation of Germany
Zones of Berlin
Inner German border
Spandau
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