Gransee
Municipality in Brandenburg, Germany
Coat of arms
Location of Gransee within Oberhavel district
(2024–29) Andreas Hirtzel[1] (CDU)
(2022-12-31)[2]
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Gransee (German pronunciation: ['ɡranzeː])[3] is a town in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 20 km south of Fürstenberg/Havel, and 55 km northwest of Berlin. An important monument in the centre of town is the cast-iron and stone Memorial to Queen Luise (Luisendenkmal), which was designed by the German architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel in the neo-gothic style.
A sport airfield is situated in the eastern part of the town. It is one of the major drop zones in the vicinity of Berlin.
Demography
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Local council
The local council has 19 members:
- Christian Democratic Union: 5 seats
- Social Democratic Party of Germany: 5 seats
- The Left: 3 seats
- Voters association Gransee: 3 seats
- Voters association Citizens for Gransee: 2 seats
- Mayor: 1 seat
Local elections in Brandenburg May 25, 2014
Photogallery
- Watch tower
- St. Mary's Church in Gransee
- Church in Altlüdersdorf
- Church in Dannenwalde
- Queen Louise memorial in Seilershof
- Meseberg palace
- Manor in Wentow
- Manor in Dannenwalde
- Manor in Dannenwalde
People
- Erdmann Copernicus (died 1573), German scholar, not related to the astronomer
- Emma Trosse (1863-1949), German teacher and poet
See also
References
- ^ Landkreis Oberhavel Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
- ^ Duden - Das Aussprachewörterbuch, 7. Auflage (German), Dudenverlag, ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4
- ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
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