Potsdam-Mittelmark

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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. Neighboring are (from the north clockwise) the district Havelland, the district free cities Brandenburg and Potsdam, the Bundesland Berlin, the district Teltow-Fläming, and the districts Wittenberg, Anhalt-Zerbst and Jerichower Land in Saxony-Anhalt.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

[edit] Geography

The district includes the southern banks of the Havel river and the northern parts of the Fläming (a wooded hill chain). There are three nature parks in the district: High Fläming Nature Park, Nuthe-Nieplitz Nature Park, Westhavelland Nature Park.

[edit] History

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

[edit] Coat of arms

The coat of arms is divided into four fields. The left top one shows a red eagle as the symbol of Brandenburg. The three oak-leaves in the top right both symbolize the prevalent oak forests, but also the three previous districts which were merged to form the current one. In the bottom right are two bishopric keys, which stand for the diocese of Brandenburg. The black-and-golden bars in the bottomleft are the symbol of Saxony, and symbolize that the area around Belzig, Brück, Wiesenburg and Niemegk belonged to Saxony until 1815.

[edit] 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

Amt-free municipalities

1. Beetzsee

2. Brück

3. Niemegk

4. Wusterwitz

5. Ziesar

¹seat of the Amt; ²town

[edit] External links

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