was ceded to Prussia and became part of the Province of Brandenburg, after having belonged to the Saxon Electorate for centuries. In 1934 ammunition works were established in Bad Belzig including a labor camp with about 1500 forced laborers. During the years 1936–1945, Burg Eisenhardt was the site of the Reichsschule (leadership school) for the Technischen Nothilfe ('technical emergency relief'). (The Technische Nothilfe was abolished in May, 1945, but the idea was revived by Otto Lummitzsch in the form of the Technisches Hilfswerk in 1950, which exists to this day as one of the pillars of the German civil protection infrastructure.) Between 1940 and 1945 a subcamp of the women's concentration camp Ravensbrück with about 750 inmates was also located nearby. Bad Belzig was also the site of a large radio transmitter station, erected in 1939. In 1952 the town became the capital of the Belzig district and in 1993 of the newly created district of Potsdam-Mittelmark. In 1995 Bad Belzig was awarded the official title of a climatic health resort. Effective March 2010, the town's name was changed to "Bad Belzig". Demography Politics Mayors 1990–2008: Peter Kiep (SPD) 2008–2016: Hannelore Klabunde-Quast (independent) since 1. Dezember 2016: Roland Leisegang (independent) Peter Kiep could work in office only till 2006. He died in 2013. Hannelore Klabunde-Quast became in 2006 the substitute of Peter Kiep. She was elected mayor in 2008. Roland Leisegang (a founding member of the band Keimzeit) was elected mayor in 2016 with 65,4 % of the votes. The municipal assembly (Stadtverordnetenversammlung) has 22 members. The 2014 elections showed the following results: Social Democrats (SPD): 6 seats Left Party (Die Linke): 3 seats Christian Democrats (CDU): 3 seats "We, the villagers" group: 3 seats Free Voters: 2 seats Grüne: 2 seats Liberals (FDP): 1 seat NPD: 1 seat Belzig Business Association: 1 seat The town's shield depicts the coat of arms of Saxony due to the long-time affiliation with the Saxon Electorate. International relations Bad Belzig is twinned with Ritterhude, a town in the German state of Lower Saxony, and is also twinned with Workington, a town in Cumbria, England. Bad Belzig exchanges students with Even Yehuda, Israel. Yet, there is not official agreement between the cities. Places of interest Main attractions are medieval Eisenhardt castle and the thermal bath SteinTherme. There is also a picturesque historic town centre with the town hall and the market place in the