LatLon-Potsdam: Facts and figures of the City of Potsdam

Potsdam: Facts & figures

This page offers tourist information about the city of Potsdam, telling you all you need to know for a stay in this town and in Germany.

The City of Potsdam by numbers - The Federal State of Potsdam by numbers
The Federal Republic of Germany by numbers - Traveling in Germany: Useful infos

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The City of Potsdam by numbers

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POTSDAM
Federal Republic of Germany
Brandenburg

187,28 km²
167.505 (31.12.2015) - 130.000 (2002!) - 143.000 (1988!)
838. / km²
German
29-114 m.
14401-14482
+49 - (0)331.

Jann JAKOBS (SPD)
Die Linke 14 - SPD 13 - CDU 9 - Die Grünen 7 - "Andere" 4
BürgerBündnis 3 - AFD 3 - FDP 1 - P. D. 1 - BVB 1
/ Total 56 (2014)

www.potsdam.de

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The Federal State of Brandenburg by numbers

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Federal Republic of Germany
BRANDENBURG
Potsdam

Cottbus (99 000 inh.) - Brandenburg an der Havel (71 000)
Frankfurt (oder) (57 600) - Eberswalde (38 900)

29 479 km²
2 465 000 (30.06.2015)
86 hab/km²
German - (Low German, Sorbian)
19 400 €
8,7 % (2015) - ! 18,8 % (2003)
+49 (Germany)

Dietmar Woidke (SPD)
Coalition SPD/Die Linke
SPD 30 - Linke 17 - CDU 21 - Grüne 6 - AFD 10- FW 3 - +1
/ Total 88 (2014)

www.brandenburg.de

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The Federal Republic of Germany by numbers

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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Berlin
Joachim Gauck (CDU) since 18 March, 2012
Angela MERKEL (CDU) since November 22, 2005
Coalition CDU-CSU/SPD

Federal Parliamentary republic / Bundestag: CDU/CSU 223 - SPD 222 - FDP 61 - Die Linke 53 - Die Grünen 51 - 2 = 612

16 States >
North Rhine-Westphalia (17.638 inh. / 4.Rank for largest St.)
Bavaria (12.691 / 1.)
Baden-Württemberg (10.716 / 3.)
Lower Saxony (7.826 / 2.)
Hesse (6.093 / 7.)
Saxony (4.055 / 10.)
Rhineland-Palatinate (4.011 / 9.)
Berlin (3.484 / 14.)
Schleswig-Holstein (2.830 / 12.)
Brandenburg (2.457 / 5.)
Saxony-Anhalt (2.235 / 8.)
Thuringia (2.156 / 11.)
Hamburg (1.734 / 15.)
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1.599 / 6.)
Saarland (989 / 13.)
Bremen (663 / 16.)

Berlin (3,48 inh.) - Hamburg (1,73) - Munich (1,43)

357 375 km²
81 900 000 habitants (12.2015)
230 hab./km²
German - (Danish, Low German, Sorbian, Romany & Frisian)
Euro € depuis le 1er janvier 2002
46.268 USD
6,0 % (10.2015)
CET (UTC+1) / Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

18 January 1871 - Deutsches Reich/ German Empire
23 May 1949 - BRD/ Federal Republic
7 October 1949 - DDR/ German Democratic Republic
3 October 1990 - Reunification

Octobre 3 - Tag der Deutschen Einheit / "The Day of German Unity" since 1990 (Before reunification: Juni 17)

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Traveling in Germany: Useful information

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Berlin (25-40 minutes) - Dresden (3 hours)
Berlin Tegel (1 hour) - Berlin Schönefeld (60-90 minutes)
Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
From Berlin: A115 / From Hamburg: A24 - A10
From Cologne: A2 / From Munich: A9

Die Bahn (DB)
www.mobil-potsdam.de (Potsdam) + BVG (Berlin)
+49/ (0)331. 29 29 29 (web)
+49/ (0)331. 275 92 10 www.potsdamer-wassertaxi.de

Pariser Platz , 10117 Berlin, (030) 8 30 50 - Web
Wilhelmstraße 70, 10117 Berlin, ( 030) 20 45 70 - Web
Leipziger Platz 17, (030) 203 120 - Web
Website (Federal Foreign Office of Germany)

112
110
31 00 31
19 24 0
89 00 43 33 (enquiries)
11837 (in English)

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