Teltow
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Location of the town of Teltow within Potsdam-Mittelmark district
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| Coordinates | 52°24′8″N 13°16′14″E / 52.40222°N 13.27056°ECoordinates: 52°24′8″N 13°16′14″E / 52.40222°N 13.27056°E |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Potsdam-Mittelmark |
| Town subdivisions | 2 Ortsteile |
| Mayor | Thomas Schmidt (SPD) |
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| Area | 21.54 km2 (8.32 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 39 m (128 ft) |
| Population | 22,538 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 1,046 /km2 (2,710 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | PM |
| Postal code | 14513 |
| Area code | 03328 |
| Website | www.teltow.de |
Teltow is a town in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
Teltow is part of the agglomeration of Berlin. The distance to the Berlin city centre is 17 km (11 mi), while the distance to Potsdam is 15 km (9.3 mi).
The Teltow Canal links the River Havel near the city of Potsdam with the River Dahme near Köpenick in Berlin's eastern suburbs. It passes immediately to the north of Teltow, forming the border between Brandenburg and Berlin.
The central Teltow Stadt railway station is part of the Berlin S-Bahn line S25. Teltow railway station is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the south-east and is served by RegionalExpress lines 3, 4 and 5.
[edit] History
The settlement was first mentioned in a 1265 deed issued by Margrave Otto III of Brandenburg. It received its name from an eponymous plateau, a moraine of the last glacial period. Teltow was formerly known for the Teltower Rübchen (Brassica rapa ssp. rapa f. teltowiensis), a special type of turnip quite popular in the 18th and 19th century. The main sight of the town is the Protestant St Andrew's fieldstone church of the 12th century rebuilt in 1812 according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. It was depicted by Lyonel Feininger in his 1918 painting Teltow II.
Teltow shared its borders with the former West Berlin, and so during the period 1961-1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wall.
The present municipality was established in 1994 by the merger of Teltow and the former village of Ruhlsdorf. It has seen a major increase of population since the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification. In 2005, German painter Markus Lüpertz installed his studio of sculpture at Teltow.
[edit] Politics
Seats in the municipal assembly (Stadtverordnetenversammlung) as of 2008 elections:
- Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD): 9
- The Left: 6
- Initiative: 4
- Christian Democratic Union (CDU): 3
- Free Democratic Party (FDP): 3
- Alliance '90/The Greens: 2
- Independent: 1
[edit] International relations
Teltow is twinned with:
Ahlen, Germany, since 1991
Gonfreville-l'Orcher, France, since 2000
Żagań, Poland, since 2006
[edit] Transportation
Since February 2005 Teltow has access to the Berlin S-Bahn network at Teltow Stadt railway station.
Via sections of the Expressway Potsdam-Schönefeld it is linked to the Potsdam city center as well as the Berlin-Schönefeld Airport.
[edit] References
- ^ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg am am 30. Dezember 2010 nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden. Gebietsstand: 31.12.2010" (in German). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de//Publikationen/OTab/2011/OT_A01-04-00_124_201012_BB.pdf.
[edit] External links
Media related to Teltow at Wikimedia Commons
