Lieberose

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Location of the town of Lieberose within Dahme-Spreewald district
Lieberose
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Dahme-Spreewald
Municipal assoc.	Lieberose/Oberspreewald
Town subdivisions	5 Ortsteile
Mayor	Kerstin Michelchen
Basic statistics
Area	72.51 km² (28 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (164 ft)
Population	1,573 (31/12/2006)
- Density	22 /km² (56 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	LDS
Postal code	15868
Area code	033671
Website	www.amt-lieberose-oberspreewald.de
Coordinates: 51°58′59″N 14°18′00″E / 51.98306, 14.3

Lieberose is a town in the Dahme-Spreewald district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 25 km north of Cottbus.

[edit] History

During World War II, a subcamp of Sachsenhausen concentration camp was located here.^[1]

The subcamp, KL Lieberose, was a labour camp for the support point of SS- Division "Kurmark". The SS- Division "Kurmark" located in Lieberose and surrounding area. In long-range planning it should accruing the biggest military training area for the Waffen- SS in europe. After World War II was the camp a prison camp for the soviet secret service (NKGB).

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