Lieberose

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Lieberose
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Lieberose
Lieberose (Germany)
Lieberose
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
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
Map

Coordinates: 51°58′59″N 14°18′00″E / 51.98306, 14.3

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).

[edit] References

  1. ^ Edward Victor. Alphabetical List of Camps, Subcamps and Other Camps.www.edwardvictor.com/Holocaust/List of 20% of %20 camps. htm