Friesack Explained

Type:Stadt
Image Coa:Wappen Friesack.png
Coordinates:52.7333°N 47°W
Image Plan:Friesack in HVL.png
State:Brandenburg
District:Havelland
Amt:Friesack
Elevation:35
Area:83.67
Postal Code:14662
Area Code:033235
Licence:HVL
Gemeindeschlüssel:12 0 63 088
Divisions:2 Ortsteile
Website:www.amt-friesack.de
Mayor:Lothar Schneider[1]
Leader Term:2024 - 29
Party:SPD

Friesack (pronounced as /de/; also Friesack/Mark) is a town in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, in north-eastern Germany. It is situated 22km (14miles) northeast of Rathenow, and 25km (16miles) southwest of Neuruppin. It is known for its Mesolithic archaeological site.

History

During World War II, in September 1943, the Oflag 8 prisoner-of-war camp was relocated from Frauenberg to Wutzetz, present-day district of Friesack.[2] Polish, Greek, Bulgarian and Romanian officers were held in the camp before its dissolution in April 1945.[2]

Film shot in Friesack

Sons and daughters of the town

Notes and References

  1. https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12063000 Landkreis Havelland Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters
  2. Book: Megargee. Geoffrey P.. Overmans. Rüdiger. Vogt. Wolfgang. 2022. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 211–212. 978-0-253-06089-1.