Dahme (; also: Dahme/Mark) is a town in the
Teltow-Fläming district of
Brandenburg
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, Germany. It is situated on the
Dahme River, southeast of
Luckenwalde
Luckenwalde (; Upper Sorbian language, Upper and , , ) is the capital of the Teltow-Fläming district in the state of Brandenburg in eastern Germany. It is situated on the Nuthe river north of the Fläming Heath, at the eastern rim of the Nuthe-Ni ...
, and west of
Lübbenau
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.
History
From 1815 to 1947, Dahme was part of the
Prussia
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n
Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the
Bezirk Cottbus
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History
The district was established, along with the othe ...
of
East Germany
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.
Demography
File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Stadt Dahme-Mark.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 Stadt Dahme-Mark.pdf, Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts
Notable people

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Karsten Greve (born 1946), an internationally renowned art dealer.
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Johannes Groenland (1824–1891), botanist and microscopist who worked for
Vilmorin and was a professor of natural science in Dahme.
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Hermann Hellriegel (1831–1895), first head of the agricultural test station in Dahme from 1857 to 1873
* Max Jacob (1849–1921), architect
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Roswitha Krause (born 1949), swimmer and handball player
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Günther Marks (1897–1978), church musician and composer; lecturer for organ play and church music at the evangelical seminar in Dahme
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Otto Unverdorben (1806–1873), discoverer of the
Aniline
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Birgit Vanderbeke (1956–2021), writer
References
Localities in Teltow-Fläming
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