Beeskow

Beeskow
View over Beeskow
Coat of arms
Beeskow
Location of Beeskow within Oder-Spree district
Coordinates: 52°10′N 14°15′E / 52.167°N 14.250°E / 52.167; 14.250Coordinates: 52°10′N 14°15′E / 52.167°N 14.250°E / 52.167; 14.250
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oder-Spree
Government
• Mayor	Frank Steffen (SPD)
Area
• Total	77.15 km2 (29.79 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	8,122
• Density	110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	15848
Dialling codes	03366
Vehicle registration	LOS
Website	www.beeskow.de

Beeskow (Lower Sorbian: Bezkow) is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, and capital of the Oder-Spree district. It is situated on the river Spree, 30 km southwest of Frankfurt an der Oder.

Demography

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  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)

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  Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.^[3]

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

• Max Seiffert (1868-1948), musicologist, editor of ancient music
• Joachim Mattern (born 1948), canoeist
• Judith Zeidler (born 1967), rower
• Ronny Ostwald (born 1974), sprint athlete

References

External links

Media related to Beeskow at Wikimedia Commons

Towns and municipalities in Oder-Spree
Bad Saarow Beeskow Berkenbrück Briesen Brieskow-Finkenheerd Diensdorf-Radlow Eisenhüttenstadt Erkner Friedland Fürstenwalde Gosen-Neu Zittau Groß Lindow Grünheide Grunow-Dammendorf Jacobsdorf Langewahl Lawitz Mixdorf Müllrose Neißemünde Neuzelle Ragow-Merz Rauen Reichenwalde Rietz-Neuendorf Schlaubetal Schöneiche Siehdichum Spreenhagen Steinhöfel Storkow Tauche Vogelsang Wendisch Rietz Wiesenau Woltersdorf Ziltendorf