Gransee Explained

Image Coa:	Wappen Gransee.png
Coordinates:	53.0069°N 13.1586°W
Image Plan:	Gransee in OHV.png
State:	Brandenburg
District:	Oberhavel
Amt:	Gransee und Gemeinden
Elevation:	55
Area:	121.15
Postal Code:	16775
Area Code:	03306
Licence:	OHV
Gemeindeschlüssel:	12 0 65 100
Divisions:	13 districts
Website:	www.gransee.de
Mayor:	Andreas Hirtzel^[1]
Leader Term:	2024 - 29
Party:	CDU

Gransee (pronounced as /de/)^[2] is a town in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 20 km south of Fürstenberg/Havel, and 55 km northwest of Berlin.An important monument in the centre of town is the cast-iron and stone Memorial to Queen Luise (Luisendenkmal), which was designed by the German architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel in the neo-gothic style.

A sport airfield is situated in the eastern part of the town. It is one of the major drop zones in the vicinity of Berlin.

Local council

The local council has 19 members:

• Christian Democratic Union: 5 seats
• Social Democratic Party of Germany: 5 seats
• The Left: 3 seats
• Voters association Gransee: 3 seats
• Voters association Citizens for Gransee: 2 seats
• Mayor: 1 seat

Local elections in Brandenburg May 25, 2014

People

• Erdmann Copernicus (died 1573), German scholar, not related to the astronomer
• Emma Trosse (1863-1949), German teacher and poet

See also

• Battle of Gransee (1316)
• Gransee und Gemeinden

Notes and References

1. https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12065000 Landkreis Oberhavel Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters
2. Duden - Das Aussprachewörterbuch, 7. Auflage (German), Dudenverlag,