Schlieben Explained

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]

History

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.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

Personalities connected with the city

Notes and References

  1. https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12062000 Landkreis Elbe-Elster Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters
  2. Web site: Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Search Results.