Küstriner Vorland
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Location of Küstriner Vorland within Märkisch-Oderland district
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| Coordinates | 52°34′6″N 14°36′35″E / 52.56833°N 14.60972°ECoordinates: 52°34′6″N 14°36′35″E / 52.56833°N 14.60972°E |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Märkisch-Oderland |
| Municipal assoc. | Golzow |
| Local subdivisions | 3 Ortsteile |
| Mayor | Bernd Korb (WG IGKV) |
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| Area | 45.97 km2 (17.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Population | 2,713 (31 December 2011)[1] |
| - Density | 59 /km2 (153 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | MOL |
| Postal code | 15328 |
| Area code | 033472 |
| Website | www.kuestriner-vorland.de |
Küstriner Vorland is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany at the border with Poland.
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History [edit]
It was established on January 1, 1998 by the merger of Küstrin-Kietz with the villages of Gorgast and Manschnow. Küstriner Vorland is part of the Amt ("municipal federation") Golzow.
The settlement of Küstrin-Kietz formed the western part of Küstrin (Polish Kostrzyn nad Odrą today) until it was split off by the implementation of the Oder-Neisse line in 1945. The town's quarters west of the Oder River then belonged to East Germany and were renamed Kietz in 1954. In a 1991 vote the inhabitants chose to readopt the historic denotation.
The incorporated village of Gorgast, once a commandry of the Order of Saint John, features a historic fort finished in 1889 in addition to the Küstrin fortification system and a park laid out according to plans by Peter Joseph Lenné.
Politics [edit]
Seats in the municipal assambly (Gemeinderat) as of 2008 elections:
- IG Küstriner Vorland (Free Voters): 9
- The Left: 3
- Pro Zukunft (Free Voters): 1
- Evangelical parish: 1
- Independent: 2
Transportation [edit]
The border crossing at Küstrin-Kietz is the eastern terminus of the Bundesstraße 1 federal highway from Aachen via Berlin. It is continued by the Polish national road No. 22 to Gorzów Wielkopolski and Elbląg.
Küstrin-Kietz as well as Gorgast also have access to local trains running on the former Prussian Eastern Railway from Berlin-Lichtenberg to Kostrzyn.
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External links [edit]
Media related to Küstriner Vorland at Wikimedia Commons
