Strausberg
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Märkisch-Oderland
Mayor	Hans Peter Thiefeld ([1])
Basic statistics
Area	67.86 km² (26.2 sq mi)
Elevation	94 m  (308 ft)
Population	26,347  (31/12/2007)
- Density	388 /km² (1,006 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MOL (old: SRB)
Postal code	15344
Area code	03341
Website	Stadt Strausberg
Location of the town of Strausberg within Märkisch-Oderland district
Coordinates: 52°35'00?N 13°53'00?E? / ?52.583333, 13.883333

Strausberg is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, located 30 km east of Berlin, and is the largest town in the district of Märkisch-Oderland.

History

Strausberg was founded around 1240 and in 1333 its first town hall was built. Today an historic defensive wall borders the old town. The town was the administrative seat of the Strausberg district until a 1993 merger with Bad Freienwalde and Seelow formed "Märkisch-Oderland" with Seelow becoming the new administravtive seat of the district.

Geography

Strausberg lies 30 km east of Berlin (in the district of Marzahn-Hellersdorf) and 30 to Kostrzyn, at polish border. The town is divided into 9 boroughs (Gebiet): Fasanenpark, Gartenstadt, Hegermühle, Neue Mühle, Postbruch, Schillerhöhe, Strausberg Nord, Strausberg Stadt and Vorstadt. The municipality has got 3 hamlets (Ortsteile):

• Gladowshöhe (217 inhabitants ^[2])
• Hohenstein (233 inhabitants ^[2])
• Ruhlsdorf (44 inhabitants ^[2])

Demography

After an increase of population in last decades of 20th century, Strausberg has stopped her "growth" remaining at almost 26.000 inhabitants in last one, with a little decrease in early years of 2000.

Tourism

"Altstadt", the old town

Strausberg covers an area of 68 sq. km. Over 750 years old, it has a population of approx. 26300 (the largest in its district). There are over 1500 businesses and 100 km of footpath. It is known as "Die grüne Stadt am See" (the green city by the lake). Strausberg's forest and lakes are attractive, family friendly, and great for sporting. Its biggest lake is the "Straussee", located between the town and the biggest forest, the "Strausberger Wald". The forest and water protection nurtures a unique environment.

Transports

On berliner S-Bahn Line 5 the city has 4 stops, who are: Strausberg, Strausberg Hegermühle, Strausberg Stadt and Strausberg Nord. The station on national railway (Deutsche Bahn) is served by the line Berlin Lichtenberg - Kostrzyn.
Strausberg has also a light rail line with 9 stops, from main station (south) to the centre of town. Other 8 stops are: Landhausstraße, Schlagmühle, Stadtwald, Hegermühle, Wolfstal, Käthe-Kollwitz-Straße, Elisabethstraße and Lustgarten, the northern terminus.
The town has also got a little aerodrome ("Flugplatz Strausberg", ICAO : EDAY) ^[3], opened in 1927, with a runway of 1.200 m × 28 m, and situated 2 kilometers in the east of town center.

Gallery

Aerial view

Old city wall

The "Straussee"

"Strausberger Wald" and the lake

Partnerships

Tram 22 at southern endstation "Vorstadt"

Aerodrome

Twin towns

• Debno - Poland (1978)
• Frankenthal - Germany (1990)
• Terezín - Czechia (1998)

Other kind of twinnages

• Hertha BSC
• Bundeswehr ^[4] (2001)

Notable people

• Andreas Angelus (1561-1598)
• Johannes Haw (1871-1949)
• Georg Kurtze (19??-1945)
• Gertrud Rossner (1903-1984)
• Sigmund Jähn (1937)
• Michael Gartenschläger (1944-1976)

Notes

1. ^ Independent of SPD+PDS group
2. ^ ^{a b c} (German) Infos about inhabitants as of 31-12-2007
3. ^ (German) Infos on strausberger aerodrome's official site
4. ^ "Federal Defence", BW at the location of Strausberg

Bibliography

• Rolf Barthel, Michael Haddenhorst: Städte in Deutschland - Strausberg. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Beuermann GmbH, Berlin 1993 ISBN 3-87584-483-1

External links

• (German) Strausberg.de
• (German) Stadt-Strausberg.de
• (German) Strausberg-Live
• (German) FC Strausberg
• (German) Strausberger Eisenbahn (urban railway)
• (German) Stadtwiki Strausberg
• (English) Map of railways in Strausberg on www.urbanrail.net

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