Falkensee

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Falkensee
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Falkensee
Falkensee (Germany)
Falkensee
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Brandenburg
District Havelland
Town subdivisions 6 Ortsteile
Mayor Heiko Müller (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 43.30 km² (16.7 sq mi)
Elevation 32 m  (105 ft)
Population 39,008  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 901 /km² (2,333 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate HVL (alt NAU)
Postal code 14612
Area code 03322
Website www.stadt-falkensee.de
Location of the town of Falkensee within Havelland district
Map

Coordinates: 52°33′30″N 13°05′30″E / 52.55833, 13.09167

Falkensee is a town in the Havelland district, Brandenburg, Germany. 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. [1]The town is situated at the western border of Berlin.


[edit] References

  1. ^ Edward Victor. Alphabetical List of Camps, Subcamps and Other Camps.www.edwardvictor.com/Holocaust/List %20 of %20 camps. htm