Bad Saarow ( dsb, Zarow; 1950–2002: Bad Saarow-Pieskow) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in 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, in

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 sq ...

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. The place is known for its hot springs and for its mineral-rich mud. Their healing properties have attracted visitors for many years, and in 1923 led to the town's name acquiring the prefix ''Bad'' ("bath", "

spa A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (and sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa towns or spa resorts (including hot springs resorts) typically offer various health treatments, which are also known as balneoth ...

"). Nearby are the Dubrower Berge, a range of wooded hills popular with hikers and cyclists. Bad Saarow See

Demography

Sons and daughters of the town

* Jörg Schönbohm (1937−2019, born in Neu Golm), former Lieutenant general of the

Bundeswehr The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning literally: ''Federal Defence'') is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ''Bundeswehr'' is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part con ...

, 1999−2009 Minister of the Interior of the State of Brandenburg *

Cornelia Ernst Cornelia Ernst (born 30 November 1956) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany. She is a member of The Left Party, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left. She was elected to the European Pa ...

(born 1956), politician ( The Left) *

Marienetta Jirkowsky Marienetta "Micki" Jirkowsky (25 August 1962 – 22 November 1980) was a German woman who became the one-hundred and twenty-fifth known person to die at the Berlin Wall. Jirkowsky was shot and killed by East German border guards during an escap ...

(1962−1980), death at the Berlin Wall *

Axel Schulz Axel Schulz (born 9 November 1968) is a German former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 1999, and in 2006. He challenged three times for both the IBF and European heavyweight titles. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 198 ...

(born 1968), boxer *

Vivien Kussatz Vivien Kussatz (born 15 August 1972) is a German former sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class. Together with her partner and two-time Olympian Stefanie Rothweiler, she won two gold medals at the European Championships (2006 a ...

(born 1972), sailor *

Isabel Cademartori Isabel Andrea Cademartori Dujisin (born 9 January 1988) is a German politician who was elected as Member of the Bundestag for Mannheim in the 2021 federal election. Early life Cademartori was born in Bad Saarow-Pieskow. She graduated from t ...

(born 1988), politician (

SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been t ...

) *

Franziska Mietzner Franziska Mietzner (born 20 December 1988) is a German handballer who plays for Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football clu ...

(born 1988), handball player

References

Localities in Oder-Spree Spa towns in Germany {{Brandenburg-geo-stub