Lieberose Explained

Type:Stadt
Image Coa:Wappen Lieberose.png
Coordinates:51.9831°N 14.3°W
Image Plan:Lieberose in LDS.png
State:Brandenburg
District:Dahme-Spreewald
Amt:Lieberose/Oberspreewald
Elevation:50
Area:72.51
Postal Code:15868
Area Code:033671
Licence:LDS
Gemeindeschlüssel:12 0 61 308
Divisions:5 Ortsteile
Website:www.amt-lieberose-oberspreewald.de
Mayor:Kerstin Michelchen[1]
Leader Term:2024 - 29

Lieberose (Lower Sorbian: Luboraz) is a town in the Dahme-Spreewald district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 25 km north of Cottbus.

History

From 1815 to 1947, Lieberose was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg.

During World War II, Lieberose forced labor camp, a subcamp of Sachsenhausen concentration camp was located here.[2] (The subcamp, KL Lieberose, was a labour camp for the support point of SS- Division "Kurmark". The SS- Division "Kurmark" located in Lieberose and surrounding area.

Near the end of the war, Jewish prisoners were sent on a death march towards Sachsenhausen.[3]

After World War II was the camp a prison camp for the soviet secret service (NKGB).

After World War II, Lieberose was incorporated into the State of Brandenburg from 1947 to 1952 and the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, Lieberose is again part of Brandenburg.

People from Lieberose

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Notes and References

  1. https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12061000 Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters
  2. Web site: The List of the Camps. 2016-09-16. jewishgen.org.
  3. Book: Gilbert, Martin. 9780415281454. The Routledge Atlas of the Holocaust. 212. 2002. Routledge.