Jüterbog

Jüterbog
View of the village from St. Nicholas church
Coat of arms
Jüterbog
Location of Jüterbog within Teltow-Fläming district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Teltow-Fläming
Government
• Mayor	Arne Raue
Area
• Total	175.68 km2 (67.83 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	12,131
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	14913
Dialling codes	03372
Vehicle registration	TF (auslaufend JB)
Website	www.jueterbog.eu

Jüterbog is a historic village in north-eastern Germany, in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg. It is on the Nuthe river at the northern slope of the Fläming hill range, about 65 km (40 mi) southwest of Berlin.

Church of Kloster Zinna

History

Dammtor gateway

The Slavic settlement of Jutriboc in the Saxon Eastern March was first mentioned in 1007 by Thietmar of Merseburg, chronicler of Archbishop Tagino of Magdeburg. It nevertheless was not incorporated into the Magdeburg diocese until in 1157 Archbishop Wichmann von Seeburg in the train of Albert the Bear established a burgward here. In 1170 Wichmann also founded neighbouring Zinna Abbey and granted Jüterbog town privileges in 1174. The area remained a Magdeburg exclave between the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg and the Margraviate of Brandenburg throughout the Middle Ages.

It was in Jüterbog that a - failed - attempt was made to end the War of the Jülich succession by a treaty signed in March 1611 between the Saxon Electorate and Brandenburg. In November 1644 during the Thirty Years' War, Swedish troops defeated an Imperial army nearby. While the Magdeburg Archbishopric was promised to Brandenburg-Prussia by the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, the town of Jüterbog passed to Saxony.

The Battle of Dennewitz occurred two miles (3 km) southwest of Jüterbog on 6 September 1813 during the Napoleonic Wars. The Final Act of the 1815 Congress of Vienna finally adjudicated the town to the Kingdom of Prussia, it was subsequently administered within the Province of Brandenburg and became a garrison town of the Prussian Army. In 1871 it became part of the German Empire during the unification of Germany.

Under Nazi rule, Jüterbog's army base was greatly expanded and three surrounding villages were razed to make space for training areas. During the partition of Germany from 1945 to 1990, Jüterbog was part of East Germany and remained an important garrison town, now of the Red Army. Up to 40,000 Soviet soldiers were garrisoned in imposing Nazi-era barracks and in new buildings in the countryside. The huge garrison, about four times larger than the civilian population, strongly disrupted civilian life and the town was occasionally shelled as a result of indiscriminate Soviet artillery training. After the Red Army left reunified Germany in 1990, the 20,000 hectares (77 sq mi) military area was and remains closed to the public because of security and environmental hazards.

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

Jüterbog:
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Population 1875 11 989 1890 12 955 1910 14 104 1925 16 694 1933 17 982 1939 20 538 1946 21 322 1950 20 923 1964 17 855 1971 17 389

Year Population 1981 15 880 1985 15 483 1989 15 283 1990 15 065 1991 14 802 1992 14 757 1993 14 660 1994 14 332 1995 14 139 1996 14 010

Year Population 1997 14 021 1998 13 865 1999 13 917 2000 13 875 2001 13 804 2002 13 604 2003 13 449 2004 13 345 2005 13 141 2006 13 075

Year Population 2007 12 942 2008 12 830 2009 12 740 2010 12 668 2011 12 211 2012 12 142 2013 12 131

Sights

The town is surrounded by a medieval wall including three gateways and barbicans. It encompasses two Protestant churches, of which Gothic St Nicholas' (14th century) is remarkable for its three fine aisles and features a preserved coffer of Johann Tetzel.

There are also a Roman Catholic church, the old town-hall with a statue of Saint Maurice from the 16th century and a modern school. Jüterbog carries on weaving and spinning both of flax and wool, and trades in the produce of those manufactures and in cattle. Vines are cultivated in the neighborhood.

Zinna Abbey, the Cistercian monastery founded in 1170, is about 3 km (1.9 mi) north of the town.

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Stadtverordnetenversammlung) as of 2008 elections:

• Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD): 6
• The Left: 6
• Christian Democratic Union (CDU): 3
• Free Democratic Party (FDP): 3
• Bauernverband (farmers' union): 3
• German People's Union (DVU): 1

Transportation

In 1841 Jüterbog received access to the Berlin-Anhalt Railway line. Today the station is located at the junction of the railway line from Berlin to Wittenberg and a branch-off to Falkenberg/Elster, all served by Regional-Express trains of the Deutsche Bahn company. A third railway connection to Beelitz and Berlin-Wannsee is provided by the private Veolia Verkehr company.

Furthermore Jüterbog can be reached via Bundesstraße 101 from Berlin and the Berliner Ring motorway as well as via Bundesstraße 102 from the Bundesautobahn 9 at Niemegk junction.

Notable people

• Johann Deutschmann (1625–1706), theologian
• Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802–1879), naturalist
• Hans Peter Hallwachs (born 1938), actor
• Wilhelm Kempff (1895–1991), pianist
• Ulrich Wegener (born 1929), police officer

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Jüterbog is twinned with:

• Aßlar, Hesse
• Waldbröl, North Rhine-Westphalia

References

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External links

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