Type: | Town |
Image Coa: | Wappen Schlieben.png |
Coordinates: | 51.7167°N 13.3831°W |
Image Plan: | Schlieben in EE.png |
State: | Brandenburg |
District: | Elbe-Elster |
Amt: | Schlieben |
Elevation: | 89 |
Area: | 78.22 |
Postal Code: | 04936 |
Area Code: | 035361 |
Licence: | EE, FI, LIB |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 12 0 62 445 |
Divisions: | 6 Ortsteile |
Website: | www.schlieben.com |
Mayor: | Cornelia Schülzchen[1] |
Leader Term: | 2024 - 29 |
Party: | CDU |
Schlieben (Lower Sorbian: Sliwin, pronounced as /dsb/) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district, in southwestern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated north of Bad Liebenwerda. Schlieben was the site of a concentration camp during the Holocaust.[2]
From 1815 to 1944, Schlieben was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony. From 1944 to 1945, it was part of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.