- Schwielowsee
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Name = Schwielowsee
Wappen = kein
lat_deg = 52 |lat_min = 20 |lat_sec = 00
lon_deg = 12 |lon_min = 58 |lon_sec = 00
Lageplan = Schwielowsee in PM.png
Bundesland = Brandenburg
Landkreis = Potsdam-Mittelmark
Höhe = 68
Fläche = 58.15
Einwohner = 9840
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 14548
Vorwahl = 033209, 03327
Kfz = PM
Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 69 590
Gliederung = 3Ortsteil e
Straße = Potsdamer Platz 9
Website = [http://www.schwielowsee.de/ www.schwielowsee.de]
Bürgermeister = Kerstin Hoppe
Bürgermeistertitel = Bürgermeisterin
Partei = CDUSchwielowsee is a municipality in the
Potsdam-Mittelmark district, inBrandenburg ,Germany . It is situated on the shore of the "Schwielowsee" lake, a part of theHavel river. The municipality was founded on December 31, 2002 in merger of the three villages "Caputh ", "Geltow" and "Ferch". Acable ferry across the Havel links Caputh and Geltow. In the east Schwielowsee shares border with the City ofPotsdam , in the west with the town of Werder.History
Geltow (together with Potsdam) was first mentioned as Slavic "Geliti" within the
Hevelli lands in a 993 deed by Emperor Otto III, who ceded it to his aunt, abbess Matilda of Quedlinburg. The ford in the Havel had been a significant river-crossing since ancient times. Today the "Bundesstraße 1 " federal highway crosses the river at the "Baumgartenbrücke".ights
*Caputh Palace, built in 1662 by Philip de Chiese,
quartermaster general of Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg. In 1671 Frederick William gave the palace to his second wife Dorothea ofSchleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg . Notable is the Tile Hall ("Fliesensaal") of 1720 with about 7,500 pieces ofDelftware tiles, placed by order of KingFrederick William I of Prussia . The park was designed byPeter Joseph Lenné in 1820.
*The Caputh village church is a work byFriedrich August Stüler . Built in abasilica form, it was consecrated in 1852 in the presence of KingFrederick William IV of Prussia .
*The village church of Geltow was built according to plans of the unlucky Emperor Frederick III after the model of the church of Terlano inTyrol , with glazed roof tiles and aspire outside thenave . It was consecrated in 1887. Friedrich's last visit on June 6, 1888 was perpetuated byTheodor Fontane in his poem "Kaiser Friedrich III. Letzte Fahrt".
*Summer house ofAlbert Einstein in Caputh, built in 1929. Einstein, though a non swimmer, was a passionate recreationalsailor on the lake, but was only able to use his retreat until the Nazi takeover in 1933. AfterGerman reunification and therestitution to the Einstein family, the house is now a property of theHebrew University of Jerusalem .
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