Wiesenburg ( official name: ''Wiesenburg/Mark'') is a

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in the

Potsdam-Mittelmark Potsdam-Mittelmark is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the western part of Brandenburg, Germany. Its neighbouring administrative units are (clockwise from the north) the district of Havelland, the free cities of Brandenburg and Potsdam, the state of Berl ...

district, in

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. It is situated 10 km west of Bad Belzig, and 34 km southwest of

. It is located in the High Fläming Nature Park.

Geography

Since 2000, when 14 surrounding villages voluntarily merged to form the free municipality Wiesenburg/Mark, it has had an area of 218.19 km². These villages became districts (Ortsteile) of Wiesenburg/Mark: *Benken *Grubo *Jeserig/Fläming *Jeserigerhütten *Kelpzig *Lehnsdorf *Medewitz *Mützdorf *Neuehütten *Reetz *Reetzerhütten *Reppinichen *Schlamau *Wiesenburg

Demography

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Wiesenburg.pdf, Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of

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; Red Background: Time of communist

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) File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Wiesenburg.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)

Politics

The mayor of Wiesenburg/Mark is Marco Beckendorf of the Left Party (Die Linke). He was elected by the municipal council in 2014. The municipal council currently has 16 members, of whom four belong to the Social Democrats (

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), two each to the Left Party (Die Linke) and the Christian Democrats ( CDU), and one each to

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and theFree Democrats ( FDP). The remaining six councillors represent small local groups.

Places of interest

The main attractions are the

Wiesenburg Castle The Wiesenburg Castle (german: Burg Wiesenburg or ) is a castle located in the Wiesenburg district of Wildenfels, Germany, on a hill overlooking the eastern shore of the Mulde river. The castle protects the bridge across the Mulde to Schönau and ...

, a medieval castle that has been partially transformed into a neo-renaissance palace, and its park. Wiesenburg Castle is open to the public on selected days and for the Annual Christmas Market. There is also a set of sculpture walks starting from Wiesenburg and heading towards Bad Belzig.

References

External links

Private Website

Wiesenburg Castle

Wiesenburg Park

High Fläming Nature Park

Bahnhof am Park/Wiesenburg
Fläming Heath Localities in Potsdam-Mittelmark {{Brandenburg-geo-stub