{{Infobox German location |type = Town |image_photo = Schlieben.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = General view of Schlieben, with the bell-tower of historic St Martin’s Church at left |image_flag = |image_coa = Wappen Schlieben.png |coordinates = {{coord|51|43|00|N|13|22|59|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Schlieben in EE.png |state = Brandenburg |district = Elbe-Elster |Amt = Schlieben |elevation = 89 |area = 78.65 |postal_code = 04936 |area_code = 035361 |licence = EE, FI, LIB |Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 62 445 |divisions = 6 Ortsteile |website = [http://www.schlieben.com www.schlieben.com] |mayor = Cornelia Schülzchen<ref>[https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12062000 Landkreis Elbe-Elster Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters]. Retrieved 27 June 2024.</ref> |leader_term = 2024–29 |party = CDU }} '''Schlieben''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʃliːbn̩|pron|De-Schlieben.ogg}}; {{langx|dsb|Sliwin}}, {{IPA|dsb|ˈslʲiwʲin|pron}}) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district, in southwestern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated {{convert|22|km}} north of Bad Liebenwerda. Schlieben was the site of a concentration camp during The Holocaust.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collections.ushmm.org/search/?q=Schlieben%20%28Concentration%20camp%29&search_field=Subject|title = Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Search Results}}</ref>
==History== From 1815 to 1944, Schlieben was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony. From 1944 to 1945, it was part of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.
== Demography == {{stack|thumb|upright=1.15|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)}} {{historical populations |align=none | cols=2 | percentages=pagr |title = Schlieben population development<br>within the current boundaries (2013)<ref>Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Population_projection_Brandenburg Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons]</ref> |1875 | 3374 |1890 | 3196 |1910 | 2910 |1925 | 2778 |1933 | 2802 |1939 | 2686 |1946 | 4427 |1950 | 4496 |1964 | 3966 |1971 | 3974 |1981 | 3620 |1985 | 3562 |1989 | 3472 |1990 | 3403 |1991 | 3351 |1992 | 3327 |1993 | 3294 |1994 | 3258 |1995 | 3242 |1996 | 3222 |1997 | 3272 |1998 | 3279 |1999 | 3207 |2000 | 3188 |2001 | 3102 |2002 | 3069 |2003 | 3032 |2004 | 2993 |2005 | 2930 |2006 | 2807 |2007 | 2775 |2008 | 2734 |2009 | 2695 |2010 | 2665 |2011 | 2609 |2012 | 2588 |2013 | 2564 |2014 | 2511 |2015 | 2452 |2016 | 2422 }}
== Notable people== === Sons and daughters of the city === * Ernst Legal (1881-1955), actor, director and director
=== People connected with the city === * Edwin Zimmermann (* 1948), politician (SPD), 1990-1997 Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry of the State of Brandenburg
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