Rangsdorf

Rangsdorf

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Rangsdorf

Coordinates: 52°16′59″N 13°25′59″E / 52.28306°N 13.43306°E / 52.28306; 13.43306Coordinates: 52°16′59″N 13°25′59″E / 52.28306°N 13.43306°E / 52.28306; 13.43306
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Teltow-Fläming
Government
  Mayor Klaus Rocher (FDP)
Area
  Total 33.72 km2 (13.02 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
  Total 10,848
  Density 320/km2 (830/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 15834
Dialling codes 033708
Vehicle registration TF
Website www.gemeinde-rangsdorf.de

Rangsdorf is a municipality in the district of Teltow-Fläming in Brandenburg in Germany. It has an airfield [up to 1940 a genuine commercial airport] from where on 20 July 1944 Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg took off on his fateful attempt to assassinate German leader Adolf Hitler at his military headquarters in East Prussia, the Wolfsschanze.

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