and the village of Ruhlsdorf which lies just to the southwest. It has seen a major increase of population since the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification. In 2005, German painter Markus Lüpertz installed his studio of sculpture at Teltow. Demography Politics Seats in the municipal assembly (Stadtverordnetenversammlung) as of 2008 elections: Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD): 9 The Left: 6 Bürgerinitiative Teltow e. V. (BIT): 4 Christian Democratic Union (CDU): 3 Free Democratic Party (FDP): 3 Alliance '90/The Greens: 2 Independent: 1 Transport Since February 2005 Teltow has access to the Berlin S-Bahn network at Teltow Stadt station, which is at the end of the Berlin-Lichterfelde Süd–Teltow Stadt railway. Since 18 July 2011, the S-Bahn there in the 10-minute intervals, which had already ordered the state of Brandenburg in 2009, the S-Bahn Berlin could not afford due to lack of vehicles. Opened in 1901, Teltow Station on the Anhalter Bahn (Berlin-Lutherstadt Wittenberg railway line) offers connections to the regional express line RE 4 (Rathenow-Berlin-Ludwigsfelde) of Deutsche Bahn AG. The transport project German unit No. 17 (Federal waterway connection Hannover-Magdeburg-Berlin) has the goal of making the Teltow Canal according to inland waterway classification Vb for large motor cargo vessels up to 110 meters in length and push assemblies up to 185 meters in length. Various environmental organizations have been protesting against the expansion since 1992 because of the feared massive intervention in the shores. Via sections of the Expressway Potsdam-Schönefeld it is linked to the Potsdam city center as well as the Berlin-Schönefeld Airport. Several bus services also pass through the Teltow area: X1: S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof ↔ Teltow, Bahnhof X10: Teltow, Rammrath-Brücke oder S Teltow Stadt ↔ S Zehlendorf ↔ S+U Berlin Zoologischer Garten 184: Teltow, Warthestraße ↔ Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost ↔ Tempelhof ↔ S Berlin Südkreuz 600: S Teltow Stadt ↔ S Mahlow (Mo–Sa) 601: S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof ↔ Teltow, Sigridshorst 602: S Potsdam Babelsberg ↔ Teltow Havelstraße (Mo–Fr, peak hours) 620: S Berlin Wannsee ↔ S Teltow Stadt 621: S Teltow Stadt ↔ Ludwigsfelde, Bahnhof (Mo–Fr) 624: Teltow, Warthestraße ↔ Saarmund, Bergstraße 625: Teltow, Ruhlsdorf ↔ Teltow, Postviertel (Paul-Lincke-Straße) 626: Teltow, Bügertreff (Heinersdorfer Weg) ↔ Stahnsdorf, Waldschänke 629: Teltow, Nuthestraße ↔ Stahnsdorf, Waldschänke 704: S Teltow Stadt ↔ S-Blankenfelde (Mo–Fr) Sports Teltow is one of the three home towns of the basketball team TKS 49ers. Twin towns – sister cities Teltow is twinned with: Ahlen,