- Seelow
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen_Seelow.png
Wappengröße = 85
lat_deg = 52 |lat_min = 31 |lat_sec = 00
lon_deg = 14 |lon_min = 22 |lon_sec = 59
Lageplan = Seelow in MOL.png
Lageplanbeschreibung =
Bundesland = Brandenburg
Landkreis = Märkisch-Oderland
Höhe = 52
Fläche = 25.28
Einwohner = 5736
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 15306
Vorwahl = 03346
Kfz = MOL, vorher SEE
Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 64 448
Straße = Küstriner Straße 61
Website = [http://www.seelow.de/ www.seelow.de]
Bürgermeister = Udo Schulz
Partei = SPDSeelow is the capital of the German
Märkisch-Oderland district ofBrandenburg ,Germany .Geography
It is situated in the very east of
Germany , 40 miles east ofBerlin , 10 miles west of the boundary toPoland .History
It is famous for being the place of one of the last big
pitched battle s in Europe during theWorld War II - the Battle ofSeelow Heights . In this Battle from April 16th to 18th in1945 Soviet troops under MarshalZhukov opened the way toBerlin but suffered great losses.
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