Country Germany District Potsdam-Mittelmark Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 21.54 km² Local time Tuesday 9:46 PM | State Brandenburg Elevation 39 m (128 ft) Postal codes 14513 Population 21,226 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 14513 | |
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Weather 13°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 40% Humidity | ||
Teltow ['tɛltoː] is a town in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany.
Contents
- Map of Teltow Germany
- Geography
- Protected specialty
- History
- Politics
- International relations
- Transport
- Honorary citizens
- Sons and daughters of the city
- Other personalities
- References
Map of Teltow, Germany
Geography
Teltow is part of the agglomeration of Berlin. The distance to the Berlin city centre is 17 km (11 mi), while the distance to Potsdam is 15 km (9.3 mi).
The Teltow Canal links the River Havel near the city of Potsdam with the River Dahme near Köpenick in Berlin's eastern suburbs. It passes immediately to the north of Teltow, forming the border between Brandenburg and Berlin.
The central Teltow Stadt railway station is part of the Berlin S-Bahn line S25. Teltow railway station is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the south-east and is served by RegionalExpress lines 3, 4 and 5.
Protected specialty
Teltow turnips are a well known regional specialty; however, yield, homogeneity and handling properties are sub-optimal. Since year 1993 they are registered as a trademark.
History
The settlement was first mentioned in a 1265 deed issued by Margrave Otto III of Brandenburg. It received its name from the eponymous plateau, a moraine of the last glacial period. Teltow was formerly known for the Teltower Rübchen (Brassica rapa ssp. rapa f. teltowiensis), a special type of turnip quite popular in the 18th and 19th century. The main sight of the town is the Protestant St Andrew's fieldstone church of the 12th century rebuilt in 1812 according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. It was depicted by Lyonel Feininger in his 1918 painting Teltow II.
Teltow shared its borders with the former West Berlin, and so during the period 1961-1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wall.
The present municipality was established in 1994 by the merger of Teltow and the village of Ruhlsdorf which lies just to the southwest. It has seen a major increase of population since the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification. In 2005, German painter Markus Lüpertz installed his studio of sculpture at Teltow.
Politics
Seats in the municipal assembly (Stadtverordnetenversammlung) as of 2008 elections:
International relations
Teltow is twinned with:
Transport
Since February 2005 Teltow has access to the Berlin S-Bahn network at Teltow Stadt station, which is at the end of the Berlin-Lichterfelde Süd–Teltow Stadt railway.
Via sections of the Expressway Potsdam-Schönefeld it is linked to the Potsdam city center as well as the Berlin-Schönefeld Airport.
Honorary citizens
The honorary citizenship of the town of Teltow was awarded to the following persons:
In January 2014, the honorary citizenship for Joseph Goebbels and Wilhelm Kube was withdrawn.