Ludwigsfelde

Ludwigsfelde is a town in the north of the district Teltow-Fläming in Brandenburg.

Ludwigsfelde
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Ludwigsfelde within Teltow-Fläming district
Ludwigsfelde Ludwigsfelde
Coordinates: 52°17′59″N 13°16′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Teltow-Fläming
Government
• Mayor (2023–31)	Andreas Igel (SPD)
Area
• Total	109.30 km2 (42.20 sq mi)
Elevation	43 m (141 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	28,424
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	14974
Dialling codes	03378
Vehicle registration	TF
Website	www.ludwigsfelde.de

Geography

Location

The town is located south of Berlin in the district Teltow-Fläming on the plateau of Teltow. In earlier times, it was part of the district Zossen.

Parts of the town

Genshagen Palace

Since 1997/2003 the following villages are part of the city:

• Ahrensdorf
• Genshagen (with Genshagen Palace)
• Gröben
• Groß Schulzendorf
• Jütchendorf
• Kerzendorf
• Löwenbruch
• Mietgendorf
• Schiaß
• Siethen
• Wietstock

Demography

• 
  Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule)
• 
  Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Projection by the Brandenburg state for 2005-2030 (yellow line); Projection for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); ; Projection for 2020-2030 (green line)

Ludwigsfelde: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 2,979 —     1890 3,188 +0.45% 1910 3,548 +0.54% 1925 3,856 +0.56% 1939 7,110 +4.47% 1950 10,221 +3.35% 1964 15,440 +2.99%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1971 19,912 +3.70% 1981 23,380 +1.62% 1985 24,830 +1.52% 1990 24,817 −0.01% 1995 23,590 −1.01% 2000 24,183 +0.50% 2005 24,273 +0.07%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2010 24,044 −0.19% 2015 25,030 +0.81% 2016 25,245 +0.86% 2017 25,665 +1.66% 2018 26,112 +1.74% 2019 26,800 +2.63% 2020 26,936 +0.51%

History

Town hall, inaugurated in 1996, with sculpture Stundeneiche

Heinrich-Heine-Monument, created by the sculptor Waldemar Grzimek, unveiled in 1956 (poets quarter/Dichterviertel)

The first settlement in the main town took place at 1750 under Frederick II of Prussia; several villages already existed in the 13th century (Gröben 1170). Ludwigsfelde has been classified as a town since 1965.

Culture and places of interest

Sport

Ludwigsfelde is one of the sister towns of football club, Hertha BSC Berlin. The Ludwigsfelder Football Club played in the Brandenburgliga in 2017/2018. The Ludwigsfelder Handball Club played in the Oberliga Ostsee-Spree in 2017/18.

There are also German champions in cycle ball and model gliding.

On 7 August 2005, a marathon was run during the European Speed Skating Championships.

Economy and infrastructure

In 1936 Daimler-Benz Motoren GmbH was founded with a new factory at Genshagen / Ludwigsfelde. The factory made Daimler-Benz DB 600 series aircraft engines until 1945, when the USAAF bombed the plant and then what plant had survived the bombing was removed and taken to the Soviet Union as war reparations. In 1952 the factory was refounded as the VEB Industriewerke Ludwigsfelde, which made various products including heavy machinery and Multicar small trade vehicles. For a brief period the plant made Pirna jet engines for the ill-fated Dresden 152 airliner. For more than a decade, 1954–65, it made IWL motor scooters, including the SR 59 Berlin (1956–59).

In 1965 the plant was enlarged and converted to build IFA trucks. When completed, the new production complex was the largest in the DDR. From 1965 the plant built IFA W50 five-tonne trucks, and from 1988 it made the larger L60 six-tonne trucks as well. Production collapsed after the DDR adopted the Deutsche Mark in July 1990. Daimler-Benz took a minority share in the plant in 1991 and complete ownership in 1994. In the 1990s the factory made T2 and Vario vans, and then at the end of the decade DaimlerChrysler modernised the plant to produce the Mercedes-Benz Vaneo. Since 2006 the plant has made Mercedes Sprinter vans and major components for Volkswagen Crafter vans.

A lithium-ion battery factory was announced in 2019, operational by 2021, and eventually delivering batteries equivalent to 10,000 cars per year.

External links

• Media related to Ludwigsfelde at Wikimedia Commons
• Ludwigsfelde travel guide from Wikivoyage