Jüterbog | |
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 View of the village from St. Nicholas church | |
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Location of Jüterbog within Teltow-Fläming district  | |
  Jüterbog  Jüterbog | |
| Coordinates:51°59′36″N13°04′22″E / 51.99333°N 13.07278°E /51.99333; 13.07278 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Teltow-Fläming |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2019–27) | Arne Raue[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 175.68 km2 (67.83 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 71 m (233 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 12,612 |
| • Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 14913 |
| Dialling codes | 03372 |
| Vehicle registration | TF, JB |
| Website | www.jueterbog.eu |
Jüterbog (German pronunciation:[ˈjyːtɐˌbɔk]ⓘ) is a historic town in north-eastern Germany, in theTeltow-Fläming district ofBrandenburg. It is on theNuthe river at the northern slope of theFläming hill range, about 65 km (40 mi) southwest ofBerlin.
TheSlavic settlement ofJutriboc in theSaxon Eastern March was first mentioned in 1007 byThietmar of Merseburg, chronicler of ArchbishopTagino of Magdeburg. However, it was not incorporated into theMagdeburg diocese until 1157, when ArchbishopWichmann von Seeburg in the train ofAlbert the Bear established aburgward here. In 1170 Wichmann also founded the neighbouringZinna Abbey and granted Jüterbogtown privileges in 1174. The area remained a Magdeburgexclave between the Duchy ofSaxe-Wittenberg and theMargraviate of Brandenburg throughout the Middle Ages.
In March 1611 a treaty was signed in Jüterbog between Brandenburg and theElectorate of Saxony in a failed attempt to end theWar of the Jülich succession. In November 1644, during theThirty Years' War,Swedish troops defeated anImperial armynearby. While the Magdeburg Archbishopric was promised toBrandenburg-Prussia by the 1648Peace of Westphalia, the town of Jüterbog passed to Saxony.
TheBattle of Dennewitz occurred two miles (3 km) southwest of Jüterbog on 6 September 1813 during theNapoleonic Wars. The Final Act of the 1815Congress of Vienna finally adjudicated the town to theKingdom of Prussia, it was subsequently administered within theProvince of Brandenburg and became a garrison town of thePrussian Army. In 1871 it became part of theGerman Empire during theunification of Germany.
UnderNazi rule, Jüterbog's army base was greatly expanded and three surrounding villages were razed to make space for training areas. During thepartition of Germany from 1945 to 1990, Jüterbog was part ofEast Germany and remained an important garrison town, but then for theRed Army. Up to 40,000 Soviet soldiers were garrisoned in imposing Nazi-era barracks and in new buildings in the countryside. Forces garrisoned in the town included the32nd Guards Tank Division and the387th Guards Artillery Brigade. The huge garrison, about four times larger than the civilian population, strongly disrupted civilian life and the town was occasionally shelled as a result of indiscriminate Soviet artillery training. After the Red Army left reunified Germany in 1990, the 20,000 hectares (77 sq mi) military area was and remains closed to the public because of security and environmental hazards.[3]
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The town is surrounded by a medieval wall including three well preserved city gates withbarbicans.
TheSt. Nikolai church is the largest medieval church in Jüterbog. Thenave is aBrick Gothichall church construction withfieldstone dual towers that dominate the cityscape. The church contains a rare survivingindulgences coffer byJohann Tetzel. These practices were observed byMartin Luther in nearbyWittenberg, who published his response in hisNinety-five Theses.
There are also a medieval Roman Catholic church and the old Brick Gothic city hall with a statue ofSaint Maurice from the 16th century, and a modern school. Jüterbog carries on weaving and spinning both of flax and wool, and trades in the produce of those manufactures and in cattle. Vines are cultivated in the neighbourhood.[5]
Zinna Abbey, theCistercian monastery founded in 1170, is about 3 km (1.9 mi) north of the city.
Seats in the municipal assembly(Stadtverordnetenversammlung) as of 2008 elections:
In 1841Jüterbog station received access to theBerlin-Anhalt Railway line. Today the station is located at the junction of the railway line from Berlin toWittenberg and a branch-off toFalkenberg/Elster, all served byRegional-Express trains of theDeutsche Bahn company. A third railway connection toBeelitz andBerlin-Wannsee is provided by the privateVeolia Verkehr company.
Furthermore, Jüterbog can be reached viaBundesstraße 101 from Berlin and theBerliner Ring motorway as well as via Bundesstraße 102 from theBundesautobahn 9 atNiemegk junction.
Three airfields are in the vicinity of Jüterbog: theJüterbog Airfield few km to the west, theOehna Airfield 10 km to the south, and theReinsdorf Airfield 15 km south-east of Jüterbog.
Jüterbog istwinned with:
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jüterbog".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 608.
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