Teltow

Teltow is a town in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany.GeographyTeltow is part of the agglomeration of Berlin. The distance to the Berlin city centre is 17km, while the distance to Potsdam is 15km.The Teltow Canal links the River Havel near the city of Potsdam with the River Dahme near Köpenick in Berlin's eastern suburbs. It passes immediately to the north of Teltow, forming the border between Brandenburg and Berlin.The central Teltow Stadt railway station is part of the Berlin S-Bahn line. Teltow railway station is to the south-east and is served by RegionalExpress lines 3, 4 and 5.Protected specialtyTeltow turnips are a well known regional specialty; however, yield, homogeneity and handling properties are sub-optimal. Since 1993 they have been registered as a trademark.HistoryThe settlement was first mentioned in a 1265 deed issued by Margrave Otto III of Brandenburg. It received its name from the eponymous plateau, a moraine of the last glacial period. Teltow was formerly known for the Teltower Rübchen (Brassica rapa ssp. rapa f. teltowiensis), a special type of turnip quite popular in the 18th and 19th century. The main sight of the town is the Protestant St Andrew's fieldstone church of the 12th century rebuilt in 1812 according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. It was depicted by Lyonel Feininger in his 1918 painting Teltow II.