Ziesar () is a town in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated south-west of the city of Brandenburg.
Demography
Local council
Following local elections held on 26 May 2019: SPD 5 seats CDU 4 seats Freie Bürger und Bauern (FBB) (Free citizens and farmers) 3 seats
Pictures
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.
Sons and daughters of Ziesar
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