Bad Saarow (, ; 1950–2002: Bad Saarow-Pieskow) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the

Oder-Spree Oder-Spree is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the eastern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are (from north clockwise) the district Märkisch-Oderland, the district-free city Frankfurt (Oder), Poland, the districts Spree-Neiße and Dahme-Spreewal ...

district, in

Brandenburg Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of Ger ...

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. The place is known for its hot springs and for its mineral-rich mud. Their healing properties have attracted visitors for many years, and in 1923 led to the town's name acquiring the prefix ''Bad'' ("bath", "

spa A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa health treatments are known as balneotherapy. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters and hot springs goes back to pre ...

"). Nearby are the Dubrower Berge, a range of wooded hills popular with hikers and cyclists.

History

From 1815 to 1947, Bad Saarow was part of the

Prussian Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, the House of Hohenzoll ...

Province of Brandenburg The Province of Brandenburg () was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1947. Brandenburg was established in 1815 from the Kingdom of Prussia's core territory, comprised the bulk of the historic Margraviate of Brandenburg (excluding Altmark) and ...

, from 1947 to 1952 of the State of

, from 1952 to 1990 of the

Bezirk Frankfurt The Bezirk Frankfurt, also Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder), was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Frankfurt (Oder). History The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substitut ...

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and since 1990 again of Brandenburg. Bad Saarow See

Demography

Sons and daughters of the town

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(1937−2019, born in Neu Golm), former Lieutenant general of the

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, 1999−2009 Minister of the Interior of the State of Brandenburg * Cornelia Ernst (born 1956), politician ( The Left) *

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(1962−1980), death at the Berlin Wall *

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(born 1968), boxer * Vivien Kussatz (born 1972), sailor * Isabel Cademartori (born 1988), politician (

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References

Localities in Oder-Spree Spa towns in Germany {{Brandenburg-geo-stub