Falkensee
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 Falkensee
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Location of Falkensee within Havelland district
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| Coordinates: 52°33′30″N 13°05′30″E / 52.55833°N 13.09167°ECoordinates: 52°33′30″N 13°05′30″E / 52.55833°N 13.09167°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Brandenburg | |
| District | Havelland | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Heiko Müller (SPD) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 43.30 km2 (16.72 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 32 m (105 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 42,634 | |
| • Density | 980/km2 (2,600/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 14612 | |
| Dialling codes | 03322 | |
| Vehicle registration | HVL (formerly NAU) | |
| Website | www.falkensee.de | |
Falkensee is a town in the Havelland district, Brandenburg, Germany. It is the most populated municipality of its district and it is situated at the western border of Berlin.
The commune Falkensee was formed in 1923 by the merger of Falkenhagen and Seegefeld, composing the common name from Falkenhagen and Seegefeld.
During World War II, the Demag-Panzerwerke subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp was located here. At its height, 2,500 people were imprisoned in the camp and used as slave labour.
The municipality shared its borders with the former West Berlin, and so during the period 1961-1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wall.
As a suburban municipality directly neighbouring Berlin, Falkensee grew strongly with Berlin itself. After the 2nd World War, Falkensee's population shrunk due to the relatively isolated position "behind" West Berlin, seen from the GDR capital. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Falkensee's population doubled and continues to grow.
Area in each year, since 2011 based on Census from 2011
Heiko Müller was reelected in October 2015 with 51,3 % of the votes.
Falkensee has a railway station on the Berlin-Hamburg railway. Local trains and Regional Express trains stop here at the two outer platforms, both located on siding tracks, so that long distance trains linking Hamburg and Berlin can bypass on the two middle tracks. Two local stopping trains linking Nauen with Berlin call at Falkensee, one going via the Northern Ringbahn (circular railway) to the tunnel level of Berlin Hauptbahnhof, the other taking the Berlin Stadtbahn cross-city railway, terminating currently (in 1914) at the Berlin Schönefeld Airport
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