Rüdersdorf

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Rüdersdorf
Protestant church
Rüdersdorf
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Märkisch-Oderland
Local subdivisions 4 Ortsteile
Mayor André Schaller (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 70.11 km2 (27.07 sq mi)
Elevation 62 m  (203 ft)
Population 15,316 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 218 /km2 (566 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate MOL
Postal code 15562
Area code 033638
Website www.ruedersdorf.de

Rüdersdorf is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.

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Overview

It is situated 26 km east of Berlin (centre). Rüdersdorf is famous for its limestone-open-pit mining. Today some parts of the mine are used as a museum (Museumspark Rüdersdorf). Some famous buildings in Berlin such as the Brandenburg Gate are built with limestone from Rüdersdorf.

Twin towns

References

  1. ^ "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. 

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:R%C3%BCdersdorf_bei_Berlin Rüdersdorf] at Wikimedia Commons
Towns and municipalities in Märkisch-Oderland