{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_photo = Stadtkirche Heilig Kreuz Ziesar.jpg |image_caption = Town church |image_coa = Wappen Ziesar.png |coordinates = {{coord|52|16|00|N|12|16|59|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Ziesar in PM.png |state = Brandenburg |district = Potsdam-Mittelmark |Amt = Ziesar |elevation = 55 |area = 67.95 |postal_code = 14793 |area_code = 033830 |licence = PM |Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 69 696 |divisions = 3 Ortsteile |website = [http://www.ziesar.de/ www.ziesar.de] |mayor = René Mertens<ref>[https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12069000 Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters]. Retrieved 10 July 2024.</ref> |leader_term = 2024–29 |party = CDU }} '''Ziesar''' ({{IPA|de|tsiˈeːzaʁ|-|De-Ziesar.ogg}}) is a town in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated {{cvt|24|km}} south-west of the city of Brandenburg.
==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=2 | percentages=pagr |title = Ziesar: 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 | 3590 | 1890 | 3619 | 1910 | 3708 | 1925 | 3757 | 1933 | 3670 | 1939 | 3879 | 1946 | 4964 | 1950 | 5057 | 1964 | 4096 | 1971 | 3677 | 1981 | 3390 | 1985 | 3345 | 1989 | 3266 | 1990 | 3219 | 1991 | 3149 | 1992 | 3110 | 1993 | 3090 | 1994 | 3064 | 1995 | 3028 | 1996 | 3012 | 1997 | 3010 | 1998 | 3031 | 1999 | 3006 | 2000 | 2984 | 2001 | 2930 | 2002 | 2910 | 2003 | 2893 | 2004 | 2860 | 2005 | 2806 | 2006 | 2763 | 2007 | 2716 | 2008 | 2657 | 2009 | 2605 | 2010 | 2553 | 2011 | 2485 | 2012 | 2482 | 2013 | 2453 | 2014 | 2441 | 2015 | 2451 | 2016 | 2444 }}
==Local council== Following local elections held on 26 May 2019:<ref>[https://www.wahlergebnisse.brandenburg.de/wahlen/KO2019/tabelleLandkreis.html#69818696 Ergebnis der Kommunalwahl am 26. Mai 2019]</ref> * SPD 5 seats * CDU 4 seats * Freie Bürger und Bauern (FBB) (Free citizens and farmers) 3 seats
==Pictures== thumb|200px|Ziesar Town hall left|thumb|200px|Church in Glienecke (Ziesar) {{clear}}
==History== During the Cold War the Western Allies considered Ziesar, specifically Exit 76 from Autobahn 2, the halfway point of the transit route between West Berlin and "mainland" West Germany. Road patrols offering breakdown services and assistance with DDR and Soviet authorities to Allied travelers were provided by Americans based in Berlin east of Ziesar and by the British detachment at Helmstedt west of it. The Helmstedt checkpoint is called Checkpoint Alpha and is used to cross the inner German border , the Berlin checkpoint is called Checkpoint Bravo and is used to cross from East Germany to West Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie is the most famous one and that is used to cross from West Berlin to East Berlin and later East Germany.
thumb|Ziesar was the halfway point.
==Sons and daughters of Ziesar== thumb|150px|Johannes Aepinus * Johannes Aepinus (1499-1553), theologian and church reformer * Paul Schneider (1863-1946), the secret war councilor, farmer and the last private owner of Castle Ziesar from 1917 to 1945
==Other personalities associated with Ziesar== * Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926), painter
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Cities and towns in Potsdam-Mittelmark (district)}}
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Category:Fläming Heath Category:Localities in Potsdam-Mittelmark
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