# Teupitz
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{{Infobox German location
|type = Stadt
|image_coa = DE-BB 12-0-61-492 Teupitz COA.svg
|image_photo = Teupitz Kirche.JPG
|image_caption = Church of the Holy Spirit
|coordinates = {{coord|52|08|10|N|13|36|38|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Teupitz in LDS.png
|state = Brandenburg
|district = Dahme-Spreewald
|Amt = Schenkenländchen
|elevation = 36
|area = 48.15
|postal_code = 15755
|area_code = 033766
|licence = LDS
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 61 492
|divisions = 3 [Ortsteil](/source/Ortsteil)e
|website = [http://www.teupitz.de www.teupitz.de]
|mayor = Manuela Steyer[[https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12061000 Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters]. Retrieved 10 July 2024.]
|leader_term = 2024–29
}}
'''Teupitz''' ({{IPA|de|ˈtɔʏpɪts|lang|De-Teupitz.ogg}}; {{langx|dsb|Tupc}}, {{IPA|dsb|ˈtupts|pron}}) is a small [town](/source/German_town_law) in the [Dahme-Spreewald](/source/Dahme-Spreewald) district, in [Brandenburg](/source/Brandenburg), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is the administrative seat of the [Schenkenländchen](/source/Schenkenl%C3%A4ndchen) municipal association (''[Amt](/source/Amt_(country_subdivision))'').
==Geography==
The town is situated on the southern shore of [Teupitzer See](/source/Teupitzer_See) lake, {{convert|29|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of the district capital [Lübben](/source/L%C3%BCbben_(Spreewald)), and about {{convert|45|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [Berlin](/source/Berlin) centre. The municipal area comprises the subdivisions of Egsdorf, Neuendorf and Tornow.
It has access to the [Bundesautobahn 13](/source/Bundesautobahn_13), part of the [European route E55](/source/European_route_E55), at the nearby Teupitz junction.
==Demography==
thumb|200px|left|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=3 | percentages=pagr
|title = Teupitz: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)[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]]
| 1875 | 1400
| 1890 | 1470
| 1910 | 3199
| 1925 | 3019
| 1933 | 3614
| 1939 | 3988
| 1946 | 2622
| 1950 | 2695
| 1964 | 2286
| 1971 | 2126
| 1981 | 1819
| 1985 | 1725
| 1989 | 1649
| 1990 | 1652
| 1991 | 1629
| 1992 | 1658
| 1993 | 1689
| 1994 | 1744
| 1995 | 1733
| 1996 | 1711
| 1997 | 1672
| 1998 | 1794
| 1999 | 1826
| 2000 | 1843
| 2001 | 1891
| 2002 | 1888
| 2003 | 1885
| 2004 | 1887
| 2005 | 1926
| 2006 | 1920
| 2007 | 1890
| 2008 | 1870
| 2009 | 1844
| 2010 | 1831
| 2011 | 1802
| 2012 | 1786
| 2013 | 1785
| 2014 | 1812
| 2015 | 1813
| 2016 | 1868
| 2017 | 1880
}}
==History==
Teupitz probably arose from a medieval [Slavic](/source/Polabian_Slavs) settlement during the ''[Ostsiedlung](/source/Ostsiedlung)'' of [German](/source/Germans) peasants and craftsmen. A ''Tupcz'' fortification was first mentioned in a 1307 deed, issued by Margrave [Herman of Brandenburg](/source/Herman%2C_Margrave_of_Brandenburg-Salzwedel) at [Spandau](/source/Spandau_(locality)). The [Ascanian](/source/House_of_Ascania) rulers of [Margraviate of Brandenburg](/source/Margraviate_of_Brandenburg) had just acquired the estates in the former [March of Lusatia](/source/March_of_Lusatia) from Margrave [Dietrich IV of Wettin](/source/Dietrich_IV%2C_Landgrave_of_Lusatia).
[[File:Teupitz-Sammlung Duncker (5371167).jpg|thumb|left|Teupitz Castle, lithograph,
coll. [Alexander Duncker](/source/Alexander_Duncker) (1813-1897)]]
The castle, located on a peninsula, from about 1330 served as a seat of the Schenk von [Landsberg](/source/Landsberg%2C_Saxony-Anhalt) noble family. In 1411 one Albert [Schenk von Landsberg](/source/%3Ade%3ASchenk_von_Landsberg%3Fwprov%3Dsfla1), Lord of Teupitz and of [Seyda](/source/Jessen_(Elster)) in [Saxe-Wittenberg](/source/Saxe-Wittenberg), served as the [Saxon](/source/Electorate_of_Saxony) representative at the (second) [election](/source/Prince-elector) of King [Sigismund](/source/Sigismund%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor). The dynasty flourished for about four centuries until its extinction in 1721, leaving the local [water castle](/source/water_castle) as well as further residences in [Königs Wusterhausen](/source/K%C3%B6nigs_Wusterhausen) and [Groß Leuthen](/source/M%C3%A4rkische_Heide). They also had the [Brick Gothic](/source/Brick_Gothic) Holy Ghost parish church erected and in 1437 on their own authority elevated Teupitz to the status of a town.
From 1717 the remnants of the castle were acquired by the [Prussian](/source/Kingdom_of_Prussia) state and served as the seat of the local [Prussian](/source/Kingdom_of_Prussia) ''Amt'' administration until 1812, when it was purchased as a private ''Rittergut'' manor. The town privileges were acknowledged in the 1808 [Prussian reforms](/source/Prussian_reforms) and a town hall was erected in 1830. After [Theodor Fontane](/source/Theodor_Fontane) had published his ''[Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg](/source/Wanderungen_durch_die_Mark_Brandenburg)'' [travelogue](/source/Travel_writing) in 1880, Teupitz due to its picturesque setting became a popular destination for daytrippers from the Berlin agglomeration. In 1910 the Prussian [Province of Brandenburg](/source/Province_of_Brandenburg) opened a [sanatorium](/source/sanatorium) and in 1930 the former castle was again rebuilt as a hotel, which after [World War II](/source/World_War_II) was used as a recreation centre by the [East German Communist Party](/source/Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany) (SED).
==Politics==
thumb|left|Town hall
Seats in the town's assembly (''Stadtverordnetenversammlung'') as of 2008 elections:
* [Free Voters](/source/Free_Voters): 7
* [Christian Democratic Union](/source/Christian_Democratic_Union_(Germany)) (CDU): 5
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{commons category|Teupitz}}
* {{in lang|de}} [http://www.teupitz.de/texte/seite.php?id=32744 History of Teupitz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217083919/http://www.teupitz.de/texte/seite.php?id=32744 |date=2013-12-17 }}
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