by a medieval wall including three well preserved city gates with barbicans. The St. Nikolai church is the largest medieval church in Jüterbog. The nave is a Brick Gothic hall church construction with field stone dual towers that dominate the cityscape. The church contains a rare surviving indulgences coffer by Johann Tetzel. These practices were observed by Martin Luther in nearby Wittenberg who published his response 95 Theses. There are also a medieval Roman Catholic church and the old Brick Gothic city hall with a statue of Saint Maurice from the 16th century and a modern school. Jüterbog carries on weaving and spinning both of flax and wool, and trades in the produce of those manufactures and in cattle. Vines are cultivated in the neighborhood. Zinna Abbey, the Cistercian monastery founded in 1170, is about north of the city. Politics Seats in the municipal assembly (Stadtverordnetenversammlung) as of 2008 elections: Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD): 6 The Left: 6 Christian Democratic Union (CDU): 3 Free Democratic Party (FDP): 3 Bauernverband (farmers' union): 3 German People's Union (DVU): 1 Transport In 1841 Jüterbog station received access to the Berlin-Anhalt Railway line. Today the station is located at the junction of the railway line from Berlin to Wittenberg and a branch-off to Falkenberg/Elster, all served by Regional-Express trains of the Deutsche Bahn company. A third railway connection to Beelitz and Berlin-Wannsee is provided by the private Veolia Verkehr company. Furthermore, Jüterbog can be reached via Bundesstraße 101 from Berlin and the Berliner Ring motorway as well as via Bundesstraße 102 from the Bundesautobahn 9 at Niemegk junction. Three airfields are in the vicinity of Jüterbog: the Jüterbog Airfield few km to the west, the Oehna Airfield 10 km to the south, and the Reinsdorf Airfield 15 km south-east of Jüterbog. Notable people Jacob of Juterbogk (1381-1465), theologian Johann Deutschmann (1625–1706), theologian Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802–1879), naturalist Hans Peter Hallwachs (born 1938), actor Friedrich Gottlob Hayne (1763-1832), botanist Carl Friedrich Flemming (1799-1880), psychiatrist Max Kämper (1879-1916), mining engineer Wilhelm Kempff (1895-1991), pianist and composer Ulrich Wegener (born 1929), police officer, first commander of the GSG 9 Twin towns Jüterbog is twinned with: Aßlar, Hesse Waldbröl, North Rhine-Westphalia References External links Localities in Teltow-Fläming Fläming Heath