Beelitz is a
historic town in Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is
chiefly known for its cultivation of white asparagus (Beelitzer Spargel), which is quite popular within the
Berlin-Brandenburg region. The Saint Mary and Saint Nicholas parish church was
first mentioned in a 1247 report of a Jewish host desecration, and bleeding host
miracle, that made Beelitz a medieval pilgrimage site. Since 1370 the host was
kept in a small chapel adjacent to the church. The
reason for the former name of the Judenberg (renamed Friedensberg after 1945)
before the Mühlentor is not confirmed, though tradition indicates it was the
site of the burning of Jews. When in 1731 King Frederick William I of Prussia
billeted a husar regiment, Beelitz became a garrison town and today is home to
a Bundeswehr command. The cultivation of asparagus was first documented in
1861. Source
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