Lieberose
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Lieberose | |
Coat of arms | Location |
Administration | |
Country | Germany |
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State | Brandenburg |
District | Dahme-Spreewald |
Municipal assoc. | Lieberose/Oberspreewald |
Town subdivisions | 5 Ortsteile |
Mayor | Kerstin Michelchen |
Basic statistics | |
Area | 72.51 km² (28 sq mi) |
Elevation | 50 m (164 ft) |
Population | 1,573 (31/12/2006) |
- Density | 22 /km² (56 /sq mi) |
Other information | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Licence plate | LDS |
Postal code | 15868 |
Area code | 033671 |
Website | www.amt-lieberose-oberspreewald.de |
Location of the town of Lieberose within Dahme-Spreewald district | |
Lieberose is a town in the Dahme-Spreewald district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 25 km north of Cottbus.
[edit] History
During World War II, a subcamp of Sachsenhausen concentration camp was located here.[1]
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. In long-range planning it should accruing the biggest military training area for the Waffen- SS in europe. After World War II was the camp a prison camp for the soviet secret service (NKGB).
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[edit] References
- ^ Edward Victor. Alphabetical List of Camps, Subcamps and Other Camps.www.edwardvictor.com/Holocaust/List of 20% of %20 camps. htm