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Lieberose

Lieberose is a town in the Dahme-Spreewald district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 25 km north of Cottbus.

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Lieberose
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Coat of arms of Lieberose
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Location of Lieberose within Dahme-Spreewald district
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Coordinates: 51°58′59″N 14°18′00″E / 51.98306°N 14.30000°E / 51.98306; 14.30000
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictDahme-Spreewald
Municipal assoc.Lieberose/Oberspreewald
Subdivisions5 Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor (2024–29) Kerstin Michelchen1
Area
 • Total
72.51 km2 (28.00 sq mi)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)2
 • Total
1,330
 • Density18.3/km2 (47.5/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
15868
Dialling codes033671
Vehicle registrationLDS
Websitewww.amt-lieberose-oberspreewald.de

Lieberose (Lower Sorbian: Luboraz) is a town in the Dahme-Spreewald district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 25 km north of Cottbus.

Lieberose, Aerial view source ↗
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Castle Lieberose, around 1861/62, Edition by Alexander Duncker source ↗
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History

From 1815 to 1947, Lieberose was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg.

During World War II, Lieberose forced labor camp, a subcamp of Sachsenhausen concentration camp was located here.3 (The subcamp, KL Lieberose, was a labour camp for the support point of SS- Division "Kurmark". The SS- Division "Kurmark" located in Lieberose and surrounding area.

Near the end of the war, Jewish prisoners were sent on a death march towards Sachsenhausen.4

After World War II was the camp a prison camp for the soviet secret service (NKGB).

After World War II, Lieberose was incorporated into the State of Brandenburg from 1947 to 1952 and the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, Lieberose is again part of Brandenburg.

Demography

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) source ↗


People from Lieberose

  • Dietrich von der Schulenburg (1849-1911), German politician and member of Prussian parliament
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand im Land Brandenburg Dezember 2024 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen, basierend auf dem Zensus 2023)" (XLS). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German).
  3. "The List of the Camps". jewishgen.org. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
  4. Gilbert, Martin (2002). The Routledge Atlas of the Holocaust. Routledge. p. 212. ISBN 9780415281454.
  5. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
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