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{{Infobox German district noregbez|
name=Potsdam-Mittelmark|
state=Brandenburg|
capital=[[Belzig]]|
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
}}
'''Potsdam-Mittelmark''' is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the western part of [[Brandenburg]], [[Germany]]. Neighboring are (from the north clockwise) the district [[Havelland]], the district free cities [[Brandenburg (town)|Brandenburg]] and [[Potsdam]], the ''Bundesland'' [[Berlin]], the district [[Teltow-Fläming]], and the districts [[Wittenberg (district)|Wittenberg]], [[Anhalt-Zerbst]] and [[Jerichower Land]] in [[Saxony-Anhalt]].

==Geography==
The district includes the southern banks of the [[Havel]] river and the northern parts of the ''Fläming'' (a wooded hill chain).

==History==
The district was created in 1993 by merging the previous districts Belzig, Brandenburg-Land and Potsdam-Land.

== Coat of arms ==
{|
|- valign=top
||[[Image:De potsdammittelmark coat.png|Coat of arms]]
||The coat of arms is divided into four fields. The lefttop one shows a red eagle as the symbol of Brandenburg. The three [[oak]]-leaves in the topright both symbolize the prevalent oak forests, but also the three previous districts which were morged to form the current one. In the bottomright are two bishopric keys, which stand for the diocese of Brandenburg. The black-and-golden bars in the bottomleft are the symbol of [[Saxony]], and symbolize that the area around Belzig, Brück, Wiesenburg and Niemegk belonged to Saxony until [[1815]].
|}
==Towns and municipalities==
{|
! width=33% align=left|Towns
! width=33% align=left|[[Amt (political division)|Ämter]]
! width=33% align=left|free municipalities
|- valign=top
||
#[[Beelitz]]
#[[Belzig]]
#[[Brück]]¹
#[[Havelsee]]¹
#[[Niemegk]]¹
#[[Teltow]]
#[[Treuenbrietzen]]
#[[Werder]] (Havel)
#[[Ziesar]]¹
¹ inside a Amt
||
#Beetzsee
#Brück
#Niemegk
#Wusterwitz
#Ziesar
||
#Groß Kreutz/Emster
#Kleinmachnow
#Kloster Lehnin
#Michendorf
#Nuthetal
#Schwielowsee
#Seddiner See
#Stahnsdorf
#Wiesenburg/Mark
|}

==External links==
* [http://www.potsdam-mittelmark.de Official website] (German)

{{Germany districts brandenburg}}
[[Category:Districts of Brandenburg]]
[[de:Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark]]