Zossen

Zossen

Church of the Holy Trinity

Coat of arms
Zossen

Coordinates: 52°13′00″N 13°26′59″E / 52.21667°N 13.44972°E / 52.21667; 13.44972Coordinates: 52°13′00″N 13°26′59″E / 52.21667°N 13.44972°E / 52.21667; 13.44972
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Teltow-Fläming
Government
 • Mayor Michaela Schreiber (Ind.)
Area
 • Total 179.57 km2 (69.33 sq mi)
Elevation 38 m (125 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 17,905
 • Density 100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 15806
Dialling codes 03377
Vehicle registration TF
Website www.zossen.de
Church in Nunsdorf

Zossen (Upper Sorbian: Sosny) is a German town in the district of Teltow-Fläming in Brandenburg, approximately 20 miles (30 km) south of Berlin, and next to the B96 highway. Zossen consists of several smaller municipalities, which were grouped together in 2003 to form the city.

Geography

Since the 2003 municipal reform, Zossen consists of the following districts and municipalities:

  • Glienick
  • Horstfelde
  • Schünow
  • Werben
  • Kallinchen
  • Nächst Neuendorf
  • Nunsdorf
  • Schöneiche
  • Wünsdorf
  • Funkenmühle
  • Lindenbrück
  • Neuhof
  • Waldstadt
  • Zesch am See
  • Zossen
  • Dabendorf

History

Zossen, like most places in Brandenburg, was originally a Slavic settlement. Its name may derive from Sosna meaning pine, a tree quite common in the region.

In 1875 Zossen station opened at the railway line from Berlin to Dresden and the Prussian military railway to the artillery range at Kummersdorf-Gut in present-day Am Mellensee. Between 1901 and 1904, Zossen adopted the use of different high-speed vehicles, such as electric locomotives and trams, for transportation to and from Berlin-Marienfelde. These vehicles were powered by an alternating current of 15kV and used a variable frequency. The power was transmitted by three vertical overhead lines.

In 1910 a proving ground and a garrison of the Imperial German Army was established at the Waldstadt section of the Wünsdorf community and also until now it is still established. In World War I it was the site of several prisoner-of-war camps, including the "crescent camp" (Halbmondlager) for Muslim fighters of the Triple Entente, where the first wooden mosque in Germany was erected. From 1939 to 1945, Wünsdorf hosted the underground headquarters of the German Wehrmacht (OKW) and Army's High Command (OKH). After World War II the area was the site of a Soviet military camp, the largest outside Russia, until 1990.[2] Since then has been returned to civilian use as the Wünsdorf-Waldstadt book town.

Zossen station
Church in Schünow

Timeline

Demography

Mayors

Sons and daughters of the town

Walter Budeus

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2015 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2016.
  2. ↑ The Forbidden City: inside the abandoned Soviet camp of Wünsdorf, The Guardian, Ciarán Fahey, 11 January 2017
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