Ludwigsfelde

Ludwigsfelde
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Coat of arms of Ludwigsfelde Coat of arms
Ludwigsfelde
Location of Ludwigsfelde within Teltow-Fläming district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Teltow-Fläming
Government
• Mayor	Andreas Igel (SPD)
Area
• Total	109.30 km2 (42.20 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	23,956
• Density	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	14974
Dialling codes	03378
Vehicle registration	TF
Website	www.ludwigsfelde.de

Ludwigsfelde is a town in the north of the district Teltow-Fläming in Brandenburg.

Geography

Location

The town is located south of Berlin in the district Teltow-Fläming on the plateau of Teltow. In earlier times, it was part of the district Zossen.

Parts of the town

File:Genshagen palace.jpg

Genshagen Palace

Since 1997/2003 the following villages are part of the city:

• Ahrensdorf
• Genshagen (with Genshagen Palace)
• Gröben
• Groß Schulzendorf
• Jütchendorf
• Kerzendorf
• Löwenbruch
• Mietgendorf
• Schiaß
• Siethen
• Wietstock

Demography

• Bevölkerungsentwicklung Ludwigsfelde.pdf

  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)

• Bevölkerungsprognosen Ludwigsfelde.pdf

  Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Ludwigsfelde:
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Population 1875 2 979 1890 3 188 1910 3 548 1925 3 856 1933 3 835 1939 7 110 1946 10 451 1950 10 221 1964 15 440 1971 19 912

Year Population 1981 23 380 1985 24 830 1989 25 481 1990 24 817 1991 24 328 1992 24 340 1993 23 609 1994 23 551 1995 23 590 1996 23 674

Year Population 1997 23 694 1998 23 834 1999 24 061 2000 24 183 2001 24 303 2002 24 155 2003 24 164 2004 24 260 2005 24 273 2006 24 371

Year Population 2007 24 177 2008 24 179 2009 23 992 2010 24 044 2011 23 769 2012 23 852 2013 23 956

History

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Town hall, inaugurated in 1996, with sculpture Stundeneiche

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Heinrich-Heine-Monument, created by the sculptor Waldemar Grzimek, unveiled in 1956 (poets quarter/Dichterviertel)

The first settlement in the main town took place at 1750 under Frederick II of Prussia; several villages already existed in the 13th century (Gröben 1170). Ludwigsfelde has been classified as a town since 1965.

Culture and places of interest

Sport

Ludwigsfelde is one of the sister towns of football club, Hertha BSC Berlin. The Ludwigsfelder Football Club played in the Oberliga Nord/Ost in 2005/2006. The Ludwigsfelder Handball Club have been promoted to the Regionalliga.

There are also German champions in cycle ball and model gliding.

On 7 August 2005, a marathon was run during the European Speed Skating Championships.

Economy and infrastructure

In 1936 Daimler-Benz Motoren GmbH was founded with a new factory at Genshagen / Ludwigsfelde. The factory made Daimler-Benz DB 600 series aircraft engines until 1945, when the USAAF bombed the plant and then what plant had survived the bombing was removed and taken to the Soviet Union as war reparations. In 1952 the factory was refounded as the VEB Industriewerke Ludwigsfelde, which made various products including heavy machinery and Multicar small trade vehicles. For a brief period the plant made Pirna jet engines for the ill-fated Dresden 152 airliner. For more than a decade, 1954–65, it made IWL motor scooters, including the SR 59 Berlin (1956–59).

In 1965 the plant was enlarged and converted to build IFA trucks. When completed, the new production complex was the largest in the DDR. From 1965 the plant built IFA W50 five-tonne trucks, and from 1988 it made the larger L60 six-tonne trucks as well. Production collapsed after the DDR adopted the Deutsche Mark in July 1990. Daimler-Benz took a minority share in the plant in 1991 and complete ownership in 1994. In the 1990s the factory made T2 and Vario vans, and then at the end of the decade DaimlerChrysler modernised the plant to produce the Mercedes-Benz Vaneo. Since 2006 the plant has made Mercedes Sprinter vans and major components for Volkswagen Crafter vans.

External links

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