Michendorf 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

Potsdam-Mittelmark Potsdam-Mittelmark is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the western part of Brandenburg, Germany. Its neighbouring administrative units are (clockwise from the north) the district of Havelland (district), Havelland, the free cities of Brandenburg (town), ...

district, in

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Geography

Michendorf lies in a vast wooded area about nine kilometers south of Potsdam. The civil parishes ("Ortsteile") Fresdorf, Stücken and Wildenbruch lie in the Nature-Park Nuthe-Nieplitz. In the south the town adjacent to the Great Seddiner Lake and to the west by the Lienewitzer lakes. The municipality is composed by Michendorf itself and fivecivil parishes. Population statistics are as of December 31, 2011: * Fresdorf (293) * Langerwisch (1,823) * Michendorf (4,237) * Stücken (492) * Wildenbruch (1,845) * Wilhelmshorst (3,103)

Demography

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Michendorf.pdf, Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of

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; Red Background: Time of communist

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) File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Michendorf.pdf, 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); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

History

During the Division of Germany (1945–90), Michendorf was in

, although only a few kilometers from

West Berlin West Berlin ( or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin from 1948 until 1990, during the Cold War. Although West Berlin lacked any sovereignty and was under military occupation until German reunification in 1 ...

. The Michendorf rest stop was the last stop in East Germany for travelers driving into West Berlin, and a popular spot for East and West Germans to meet up with friends and family who lived on the other side of the

Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall (, ) was a guarded concrete Separation barrier, barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the East Germany, German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany). Construction of the B ...

. Despite efforts by the Michendorf historical society, the rest stop was demolished in 2008.

Notable residents

* Otto Böckel (1859–1923), politician notorious for exploiting anti-Semitism as a political issue, died in Michendorf. * Karin Hübner (1936–2006), actress who grew up in Michendorf. * Gerit Kling (born 1965), actress who grew up in Michendorf. *

Kurt Kreuger Kurt Kreuger (July 23, 1916 – July 12, 2006) was a Swiss-reared Germany, German actor. Kreuger once was the third-most-requested male actor at 20th Century Fox. He starred with, among others, Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart. Life and career ...

(1916–2006), actor, was born in Michendorf, although he grew up in Switzerland. * Bernhard Seeger (1927–1999), author, lived and worked in Michendorf.

Geography

Demography

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Notable residents

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