Kloster Lehnin Explained
| Kloster Lehnin |
| Image Coa: | Wappen Kloster Lehnin.png |
| Coordinates: | 52.3167°N 12.75°W |
| Image Plan: | Kloster Lehnin in PM.png |
| State: | Brandenburg |
| District: | Potsdam-Mittelmark |
| Elevation: | 36 |
| Area: | 199.30 |
| Postal Code: | 14542, 14778, 14797 |
| Area Code: | 03382, 033207 |
| Licence: | PM |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 12 0 69 306 |
| Divisions: | 14 Ortsteile |
| Website: | www.lehnin.de |
| Mayor: | Uwe Brückner[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2024 - 32 |
Kloster Lehnin, or just Lehnin, is a municipality in the German state of Brandenburg. It lies about 24km (15miles) west-south-west of Potsdam.
Overview
Kloster Lehnin was established on 1 April 2002 by the merger of 14 villages:
- Damsdorf
- Emstal (Schwina until 1937)
- Göhlsdorf
- Grebs
- Krahne
| - Lehnin
- Michelsdorf
- Nahmitz
- Netzen
- Prützke
| - Rädel
- Reckahn
- Rietz and
- Trechwitz, incorporated on 26 October 2003
| |
The centre of the municipality is Lehnin. It is best known for
Lehnin Abbey, the oldest monastery in the
Margraviate of Brandenburg, established in 1180 by
Margrave Otto I. The adjacent settlement developed about 1415 out of a
market held by the monks outside the abbey walls.
Today, this well-maintained area includes the renovated monastery church and other Gothic buildings.
In addition to tourism, Kloster Lehnin's local economy is supported primarily by
- the Evangelical Deaconess House Berlin Teltow Lehnin, a hospital network
- Hansa-Heemann AG, a mineral water and soft drinks company
- Grand River Enterprise, a cigarette company
- Windeck, a metal construction company.
All of these companies are established in the industrial area, Rietz.[2]
Notable people
See also
Notes and References
- https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12069000 Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters
- Web site: Kloster Lehnin.
