Küstriner Vorland
Küstriner Vorland | |
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Fort Gorgast | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Küstriner Vorland
within Märkisch-Oderland district | |
Location of Küstriner Vorland | |
Küstriner Vorland Küstriner Vorland | |
| Coordinates: 52°34′06″N 14°36′35″E / 52.56833°N 14.60972°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Märkisch-Oderland |
| Municipal assoc. | Amt Golzow |
| Subdivisions | 3 Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–29) | Werner Finger[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 45.97 km2 (17.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,561 |
| • Density | 55.71/km2 (144.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 15328 |
| Dialling codes | 033472 |
| Vehicle registration | MOL |
| Website | www.kuestriner-vorland.de |
Küstriner Vorland (literally "Küstrin's foreland") is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany at the border with Poland.
History
It was established on January 1, 1998, by the merger of Küstrin-Kietz with the villages of Gorgast and Manschnow. Küstriner Vorland is part of the Amt ("collective municipality") Golzow.
The settlement of Küstrin-Kietz formed the western part of Küstrin which is now Polish Kostrzyn nad Odrą, until it was cut off by the implementation of the Oder-Neisse line in 1945. The town's quarters west of the Oder River then belonged to East Germany and were renamed Kietz in 1954. In a 1991 vote the inhabitants chose to readopt the historic denotation.
The incorporated village of Gorgast, once a commandry of the Order of Saint John, features a historic fort finished in 1889 in addition to the Küstrin fortification system and a park laid out according to plans by Peter Joseph Lenné.
Politics
Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2008 elections:
- IG Küstriner Vorland (Free Voters): 9
- The Left: 3
- Pro Zukunft (Free Voters): 1
- Evangelical parish: 1
- Independent: 2
Transport
The border crossing at Küstrin-Kietz is the eastern terminus of the Bundesstraße 1 federal highway from Aachen via Berlin. It is continued by the Polish national road No. 22 to Gorzów Wielkopolski and Elbląg.
Küstrin-Kietz as well as Gorgast also have access to local trains running on the former Prussian Eastern Railway from Berlin-Lichtenberg to Küstrin (Kostrzyn nad Odrą).
Demography
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References
- ^ Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
External links
Media related to Küstriner Vorland at Wikimedia Commons