Schlieben (Lower Sorbian: Sliwin, pronounced [ˈslʲiwʲin]) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district, in southwestern Brandenburg, Germany.
It is situated 22 kilometres (14 mi) north of Bad Liebenwerda.
Schlieben was the site of a concentration camp during The Holocaust.
[3] From 1815 to 1944, Schlieben was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony.
From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.