 After Theodor Fontane had published his "Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg" travelogue in 1880, Teupitz due to its picturesque setting became a popular destination for daytrippers from the Berlin agglomeration.In 1910 the Prussian Province of Brandenburg opened a sanatorium and in 1930 the former castle was again rebuilt as a hotel, which after World War II was used as a recreation centre by the East German Communist Party (SED).Seats in the town's assembly ("Stadtverordnetenversammlung") as of 2008 elections