Briesen (half)

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Briesen
Halbe municipality
Coordinates: 52 ° 2 ′ 41 ″  N , 13 ° 43 ′ 54 ″  E
Height : 63 m above sea level NN
Residents : 306  (December 31, 2016)
Incorporation : October 26, 2003
Postal code : 15757
Area code : 033765
Manor house in Briesen
Manor house in Briesen

Briesen ( Brjaze in Lower Sorbian ) is a district of the municipality of Halbe in the Dahme-Spreewald district of Brandenburg .

Geographical location

Briesen is located south of the community center and borders Baruth / Mark in the west, Rietzneuendorf-Staakow in the southwest , Schönwald in the south and the Krausnick district of the Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg community in the east . The railway line from Wismar to Cottbus crosses the district in a north-south direction, while the federal autobahn 13 in the west passes the district in a north-west-southeast direction a few kilometers outside of the district . Most of the area is overgrown with forest and meadows.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1455 and at that time it was owned by those von Stutterheim , who lived there until the 19th century. A manor went to the von Schlieben family in the 17th century . At the end of the 19th century the community experienced an economic boom with the construction of the Berlin – Görlitz railway line . As a result, magnificent buildings were built, such as an estate complex for the Berlin theater entrepreneur Fritz Paul Jentz between 1910 and 1920 .

Sights and culture

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

The district is mainly characterized by the Tropical Islands leisure park and agriculture. There are also some small businesses that offer accommodation for tourists.

Infrastructure

The Brand Tropical Islands train station is located in the Briesen district of Brand , which was called Brand (Niederlausitz) until 2015 and provides a connection to Berlin and Cottbus . The regional transport company Dahme-Spreewald serves the station with several bus lines that lead to Lübben , Staakmühle, Golßen and the amusement park. The Staakow junction of the A13 is reached via the L117 in a westerly direction. It leads as Tropical-Islands-Allee in an easterly direction to Krausnick. In a northerly direction, the K6148 district road leads to Oderin .

literature

Web links

Commons : Briesen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Briesen , website of the Schenkenländchen Office, accessed on July 23, 2016

Individual evidence

  1. Community and district directory of the state of Brandenburg. Land surveying and geographic base information Brandenburg (LGB), accessed on June 20, 2020.
  2. Place names Niederlausitz