# Zeuthen > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Zeuthen > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Zeuthen.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeuthen > Source revision: 1325567135 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For other uses, see [Zeuthen (disambiguation)](/source/Zeuthen_(disambiguation)). Municipality in Brandenburg, Germany Zeuthen Municipality Town hall Coat of arms Location of Zeuthen within Dahme-Spreewald district Location of Zeuthen Zeuthen Show map of Germany Zeuthen Show map of Brandenburg Coordinates: 52°21′00″N 13°37′41″E / 52.35000°N 13.62806°E / 52.35000; 13.62806 Country Germany State Brandenburg District Dahme-Spreewald Government • Mayor (2024–32) Philipp Martens[1] (Ind.) Area • Total 12.66 km2 (4.89 sq mi) Elevation 34 m (112 ft) Population (2024-12-31)[2] • Total 11,431 • Density 902.9/km2 (2,339/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) Postal codes 15738 Dialling codes 033762 Vehicle registration LDS Website www.zeuthen.de **Zeuthen** is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Germany) in the district of [Dahme-Spreewald](/source/Dahme-Spreewald) in [Brandenburg](/source/Brandenburg) in [Germany](/source/Germany). ## Geography It is located near the southeastern [Berlin](/source/Berlin) city limits on the western shore of the [Dahme](/source/Dahme_(river)) River and the [Zeuthener See](/source/Zeuthener_See). It borders [Eichwalde](/source/Eichwalde) in the north, [Schulzendorf](/source/Schulzendorf) and [Schönefeld](/source/Sch%C3%B6nefeld) in the west, [Wildau](/source/Wildau) and [Königs Wusterhausen](/source/K%C3%B6nigs_Wusterhausen) in the south, as well as the Berlin borough of [Treptow-Köpenick](/source/Treptow-K%C3%B6penick) ([Schmöckwitz](/source/Schm%C3%B6ckwitz) locality) on the eastern shore of Zeuthener See, where the municipal area also includes the *Miersdorfer Werder* exclave. The four municipalities of Zeuthen, Eichwalde, Wildau and Schulzendorf form a coherently built-up suburban area. [Zeuthen railway station](/source/Zeuthen_railway_station) is a stop on the [Berlin-Görlitz](/source/Berlin%E2%80%93G%C3%B6rlitz_railway) line, it is served by the [Berlin S-Bahn](/source/Berlin_S-Bahn). ## History Martin Luther Church Probably of [Slavic](/source/Polabian_Slavs) origin like many [Brandenburg](/source/Margraviate_of_Brandenburg) settlements, Zeuthen with neighbouring Miersdorf and Gersdorf was first mentioned in the 1375 *Landbuch* (domesday book) written at the behest of the [Luxembourg](/source/House_of_Luxembourg) emperor [Charles IV](/source/Charles_IV%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor), who had acquired the margraviate from the Bavarian [House of Wittelsbach](/source/House_of_Wittelsbach) two years before. Devastated in the [Thirty Years' War](/source/Thirty_Years'_War) and with a population of only 122 still in 1860, the rapid development of the former village on the riverside to a coveted suburban residential area began with the building of the railway line to [Görlitz](/source/G%C3%B6rlitz) shortly afterwards and the rise of Berlin as capital of the [German Empire](/source/German_Empire) in 1871. Zeuthen station was inaugurated on 1 November 1897. Neighbouring Miersdorf was merged into the Zeuthen municipality in 1957. In [World War II](/source/World_War_II), the German [Reichspostministerium](/source/Reichspostministerium) research department under [Wilhelm Ohnesorge](/source/Wilhelm_Ohnesorge) had begun to build up a [cyclotron](/source/Cyclotron) particle accelerator and an [isotope separator](/source/Isotope_separation) at Zeuthen, which from 1962 formed the nucleus of the [East German](/source/East_Germany) Institute for [High Energy Physics](/source/Particle_physics) (IfH), part of the [Academy of Sciences of the GDR](/source/German_Academy_of_Sciences_at_Berlin). Following [German reunification](/source/German_reunification), the premises were merged as the second site of the [DESY](/source/DESY) institute on 1 January 1992. ## Demography - 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) - Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the [Census in Germany](/source/Census_in_Germany) in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2020-2030 (green line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line) ‹ The [template](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template) *[Historical populations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Historical_populations)* is being [considered for merging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2026_June_24#Template:Infobox_demographics). › Zeuthen: Population development within the current boundaries (2017)[3] Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 372 — 1890 590 +3.12% 1910 1,553 +4.96% 1925 2,620 +3.55% 1933 5,249 +9.07% 1939 8,358 +8.06% 1946 8,730 +0.62% 1950 9,624 +2.47% 1964 9,078 −0.42% 1971 9,121 +0.07% 1981 8,610 −0.57% 1985 8,236 −1.10% 1989 7,979 −0.79% 1990 7,860 −1.49% 1991 7,738 −1.55% Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 7,696 −0.54% 1993 7,652 −0.57% 1994 7,794 +1.86% 1995 7,923 +1.66% 1996 8,056 +1.68% 1997 8,171 +1.43% 1998 8,665 +6.05% 1999 9,005 +3.92% 2000 9,375 +4.11% 2001 9,646 +2.89% 2002 9,831 +1.92% 2003 9,959 +1.30% 2004 10,094 +1.36% 2005 10,219 +1.24% 2006 10,377 +1.55% Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 10,344 −0.32% 2008 10,272 −0.70% 2009 10,290 +0.18% 2010 10,400 +1.07% 2011 10,574 +1.67% 2012 10,693 +1.13% 2013 10,811 +1.10% 2014 10,993 +1.68% 2015 11,106 +1.03% 2016 11,270 +1.48% 2017 11,297 +0.24% 2018 11,381 +0.74% 2019 11,427 +0.40% 2020 11,355 −0.63% ## Politics ### Seats in the municipal assembly *As of the 2008 elections.* - *Bürger für Zeuthen* ([Free Voters](/source/Free_Voters)): 6 - [Social Democratic Party of Germany](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany) (SPD): 6 - [The Left](/source/The_Left_(Germany)): 4 - [Christian Democratic Union](/source/Christian_Democratic_Union_(Germany)) (CDU): 4 - [Alliance '90/The Greens](/source/Alliance_'90%2FThe_Greens): 1 - [Free Democratic Party](/source/Free_Democratic_Party_(Germany)) (FDP): 1 ### Mayor On September 24, 2017 Sven Herzberger (no party affiliation) won the election for an eight-year term with 62.9% of the valid votes cast.[4] Past Mayors - 1990–1994 Karl-Ludwig Böttcher (SPD) - 1994–2010 Klaus-Dieter Kubick (No party affiliation) - 2010–2018 Beate Burgschweiger (SPD) - 2018–2024 Sven Herzberger (No party affiliation) - since 2024 Philipp Martens (No party affiliation) ### International relations Main article: [List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany](/source/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Germany) Zeuthen is [twinned](/source/Town_twinning) with: - [Małomice](/source/Ma%C5%82omice), [Poland](/source/Poland) - [Interlaken](/source/Interlaken), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland) - [Düren](/source/D%C3%BCren), [Germany](/source/Germany) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters](https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12061000). Retrieved 25 June 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Bevölkerungsstand im Land Brandenburg Dezember 2024 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen, basierend auf dem Zensus 2023)"](https://download.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/c46edf062242e8da/0243b78cfcac/SB_A01-07-00_2024m12_BB.xlsx) (XLS). *[Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg](/source/Amt_f%C3%BCr_Statistik_Berlin-Brandenburg)* (in German). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.[Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Population_projection_Brandenburg) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Ergebnis der Bürgermeisterwahl am 24. September 2017"](https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172448/http://www.wahlen.brandenburg.de/bmwahlen/1206157200/h). Archived from [the original](http://www.wahlen.brandenburg.de/bmwahlen/1206157200/h) on 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2017-10-17. 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