What is Potsdam-Mittelmark?
{{otheruses|the rural district in [[Brandenburg]]|the state [[capital (city)|capital]]|Potsdam}} {{Infobox German district | name=Potsdam-Mittelmark| image_coa=Wappen Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark.png| image_flag=Flagge Potsdam-Mittelmark.svg| state=Brandenburg| capital=[[Belzig]]| Kreisschlüssel = 12069| area=2,575.4| population=201,355| population_as_of=2003| density=83| carsign=PM| url=[http://www.potsdam-mittelmark.de potsdam-mittelmark.de]| map=brandenburg_pm.png |coordinates = {{Coord|52|12|N|12|45|E |region:DE-BB_scale:300000_type:adm2nd |display=title}} }} '''Potsdam-Mittelmark''' is a ''Kreis'' ([[district]]) in the western part of [[Brandenburg]], [[Germany]]. The district was created in 1993 by joining the old districts [[Belzig]], [[Brandenburg-Land]] and [[Potsdam-Land]]. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[Image:Wappen Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark.png|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The coat of arms is divided into four quarters. The left top one shows a red eagle as the symbol of Brandenburg. The three [[oak]]-leaves in the top right are for the many oak forests and also for the three old districts which were joined to form the current one. In the bottom right are two bishop's keys, which stand for the [[diocese]] of Brandenburg. The black-and-golden bars in the bottomleft are the symbol of [[Saxony]], and show that the area around [[Belzig]], [[Brück]], [[Wiesenburg]] and [[Niemegk]] belonged to Saxony until [[1815]]. |} ==Towns and municipalities== [[Image:Bad Belzig asv2022-07 img05 Landratsamt.jpg|thumb|250px|historic district administration building, Belzig]] {| ! width=33% align=left|Amt-free towns ! width=33% align=left|[[Amt (political division)|Ämter]] ! width=33% align=left| |- valign=top || #[[Beelitz]] #[[Belzig]] #[[Teltow]] #[[Treuenbrietzen]] #[[Werder (Havel)]] <br> '''Amt-free municipalities''' #[[Groß Kreutz]] #[[Kleinmachnow]] #[[Kloster Lehnin]] #[[Michendorf]] #[[Nuthetal]] #[[Schwielowsee]] #[[Seddiner See]] #[[Stahnsdorf]] #[[Wiesenburg]] || '''1.''' [[Beetzsee (Amt)|Beetzsee