Strausberg

Strausberg
Panoramic view from Straussee lake
Strausberg
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Märkisch-Oderland
Mayor	Hans Peter Thiefeld ([1])
Basic statistics
Area	67.86 km2 (26.20 sq mi)
Elevation	94 m  (308 ft)
Population	26,347  (31 December 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
Municipal map
Coordinates: 52°35′00″N 13°53′00″E / 52.583333°N 13.883333°E / 52.583333; 13.883333

"Altstadt", the old town

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 is 30km east of Berlin (in the district of Marzahn-Hellersdorf) and 30 km to the west of Kostrzyn, at the Polish border. The town is divided into nine boroughs (Gebiet): Fasanenpark, Gartenstadt, Hegermühle, Neue Mühle, Postbruch, Schillerhöhe, Strausberg Nord, Strausberg Stadt and Vorstadt. The municipality has three 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

Strausberg covers an area of 68 km². Over 750 years old, it has a population of approx. 26,300 (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.

Transport

Strausberg is served by Strausberg railway station, situated some 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the south of the city, which is on the Berlin S-Bahn Line 5 and Deutsche Bahn's Berlin Lichtenberg - Kostrzyn service. There are three other stops on the S5 line within the city, these being Strausberg Hegermühle, Strausberg Stadt and Strausberg Nord.

Strausberg is also served by the Strausberg Railway, a light rail line with 9 stops, which connects the main railway station to the centre of town. Besides the main railway station, the other 8 stops are: Landhausstraße, Schlagmühle, Stadtwald, Hegermühle, Wolfstal, Käthe-Kollwitz-Straße, Elisabethstraße and Lustgarten, the northern terminus. The Strausberg Railway also operates the Straussee Ferry, an unusual electrically operated passenger cable ferry across the Straussee.

The town has also a small 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.

Sport

The local football representative is the FC Strausberg, competing in "Verbandsliga Brandenburg". Home games of FCS are played at the "Energiearena" stadium.

Photogallery

Aerial view

Old city wall

The "Straussee"

"Strausberger Wald" and the lake

Partnerships

Tram 22 at southern endstation "Vorstadt"

Aerodrome

Twin towns

• Dębno - Poland (1978)
• Frankenthal - Germany (1990)
• Terezín - Czech Republic (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 PDS + SPD 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Strausberg

• (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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