Potsdam-Mittelmark

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This article is about the rural district in Brandenburg. For the state capital, see Potsdam.

Potsdam-Mittelmark
Map of Brandenburg highlighting the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark
State	Brandenburg
District seat	Belzig
Area	2,575.4 km²
Population	201,355 (2003)
Pop. density	83 /km²
Licence plate code	PM
Web page	potsdam-mittelmark.de

Potsdam-Mittelmark is a Kreis (district) in the western part of Brandenburg, Germany.

The district was created in 1993 by joining the old districts Belzig, Brandenburg-Land and Potsdam-Land.

[change] Coat of arms

The coat of arms is divided into four quarters. The left top one shows a red eagle as the symbol of Brandenburg. The three oak-leaves in the top right are for the many oak forests and also for the three old districts which were joined to form the current one. In the bottom right are two bishop's keys, which stand for the diocese of Brandenburg. The black-and-golden bars in the bottomleft are the symbol of Saxony, and show that the area around Belzig, Brück, Wiesenburg and Niemegk belonged to Saxony until 1815.

[change] Towns and municipalities

historic district administration building, Belzig

Amt-free towns	Ämter
Beelitz Belzig Teltow Treuenbrietzen Werder (Havel) Amt-free municipalities Groß Kreutz Kleinmachnow Kloster Lehnin Michendorf Nuthetal Schwielowsee Seddiner See Stahnsdorf Wiesenburg	1. Beetzsee Beetzsee¹ Beetzseeheide Havelsee² Päwesin Roskow 2. Brück Borkheide Borkwalde Brück^{1, 2} Golzow Linthe Planebruch 3. Niemegk Mühlenfließ Niemegk^{1, 2} Planetal Rabenstein	4. Wusterwitz Bensdorf Rosenau Wusterwitz¹ 5. Ziesar Buckautal Görzke Gräben Wenzlow Wollin Ziesar^{1, 2}
¹seat of the Amt; ²town

Amt-free towns

Ämter

Beelitz
Belzig
Teltow
Treuenbrietzen
Werder (Havel)

Amt-free municipalities

Groß Kreutz
Kleinmachnow
Kloster Lehnin
Michendorf
Nuthetal
Schwielowsee
Seddiner See
Stahnsdorf
Wiesenburg

1. Beetzsee

Beetzsee¹
Beetzseeheide
Havelsee²
Päwesin
Roskow

2. Brück

Borkheide
Borkwalde
Brück^{1, 2}
Golzow
Linthe
Planebruch

3. Niemegk

Mühlenfließ
Niemegk^{1, 2}
Planetal
Rabenstein

4. Wusterwitz

Bensdorf
Rosenau
Wusterwitz¹

5. Ziesar

Buckautal
Görzke
Gräben
Wenzlow
Wollin
Ziesar^{1, 2}

¹seat of the Amt; ²town

[change] Other websites

Official website (German)

v • d • e Urban and rural districts in the state of Brandenburg in Germany
Urban districts	Brandenburg an der Havel · Cottbus · Frankfurt · Potsdam
Rural districts	Barnim · Dahme-Spreewald · Elbe-Elster · Havelland · Märkisch-Oderland · Oberhavel · Oberspreewald-Lausitz · Oder-Spree · Ostprignitz-Ruppin · Potsdam-Mittelmark · Prignitz · Spree-Neiße · Teltow-Fläming · Uckermark