Potsdam-Mittelmark

Potsdam-Mittelmark
District
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
Capital	Belzig
Area
• Total	2,575.4 km2 (994.4 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)
• Total	222,570
• Density	86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	PM
Website	potsdam-mittelmark.de

Potsdam-Mittelmark is a Kreis (district) in the western part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are (from the north clockwise) the district Havelland, the district free cities Brandenburg and Potsdam, the Bundesland Berlin, the district Teltow-Fläming, and the districts Wittenberg, Anhalt-Bitterfeld and Jerichower Land in Saxony-Anhalt.

Geography

The district includes the southern banks of the Havel river and the northern parts of the Fläming (a wooded hill chain). There are three nature parks in the district: High Fläming Nature Park, Nuthe-Nieplitz Nature Park, Westhavelland Nature Park.

History

The district was created in 1993 by merging the previous districts Belzig, Brandenburg-Land and Potsdam-Land.

Demography

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  Development of Population since 1875 within the Actual 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)
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  Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is divided into four fields. The left top one shows a red eagle as the symbol of Brandenburg. The three oak-leaves in the top right both symbolize the prevalent oak forests, but also the three previous districts which were merged to form the current one. In the bottom right are two bishopric keys, which stand for the diocese of Brandenburg. The black-and-golden bars in the bottomleft are the symbol of Saxony, and symbolize that the area around Belzig, Brück, Wiesenburg and Niemegk belonged to Saxony until 1815.

Towns and municipalities

historic district administration building, Belzig

Amt-free towns	Ämter
Beelitz Belzig Teltow Treuenbrietzen Werder (Havel) Amt-free municipalities Groß Kreutz Kleinmachnow Kloster Lehnin Michendorf Nuthetal Schwielowsee Seddiner See Stahnsdorf Wiesenburg	1. Beetzsee Beetzsee1 Beetzseeheide Havelsee2 Päwesin Roskow 2. Brück Borkheide Borkwalde Brück1, 2 Golzow Linthe Planebruch 3. Niemegk Mühlenfließ Niemegk1, 2 Planetal Rabenstein	4. Wusterwitz Bensdorf Rosenau Wusterwitz1 5. Ziesar Buckautal Görzke Gräben Wenzlow Wollin Ziesar1, 2
1seat of the Amt; 2town

External links

Media related to Potsdam-Mittelmark at Wikimedia Commons

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