Bad Saarow

Bad Saarow (Lower Sorbian: Zarow) is a municipality in the Oder-Spree district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Bad Saarow
Bad Saarow railway station
Location of Bad Saarow within Oder-Spree district
Bad Saarow Show map of Germany Bad Saarow Show map of Brandenburg
Coordinates: 52°16′59″N 14°04′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oder-Spree
Municipal assoc.	Scharmützelsee
Subdivisions	4 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Susanne Rolle (CDU)
Area
• Total	51.98 km^2 (20.07 sq mi)
Elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Population  (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	5,851
• Density	110/km^2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	15526
Dialling codes	033631
Vehicle registration	LOS
Website	www.bad-saarow.de

The place is known for its hot springs and for its mineral-rich mud. Their healing properties have attracted visitors for many years, and in 1923 led to the town's name acquiring the prefix Bad ("bath", "spa").

Nearby are the Dubrower Berge, a range of wooded hills popular with hikers and cyclists.

Bad Saarow Scharmützelsee (Scharmützel lake)

Demography

"Development of the population since 1875 within the current boundaries" (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: under Nazi rule; Red Background: as part of the GDR)

Bad Saarow: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)[2]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,253 —     1890 1,251 −0.01% 1910 1,426 +0.66% 1925 2,146 +2.76% 1933 2,335 +1.06% 1939 3,537 +7.17% 1946 3,577 +0.16% 1950 3,936 +2.42% 1964 4,125 +0.34% 1971 4,370 +0.83% 1981 4,465 +0.22% 1985 4,552 +0.48% 1989 4,633 +0.44% 1990 4,657 +0.52% 1991 4,613 −0.94% 1992 4,597 −0.35% 1993 4,650 +1.15% 1994 4,663 +0.28% 1995 4,622 −0.88% 1996 4,645 +0.50%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 4,654 +0.19% 1998 4,653 −0.02% 1999 4,693 +0.86% 2000 4,672 −0.45% 2001 4,660 −0.26% 2002 4,594 −1.42% 2003 4,595 +0.02% 2004 4,730 +2.94% 2005 4,793 +1.33% 2006 4,758 −0.73% 2007 4,842 +1.77% 2008 4,828 −0.29% 2009 4,791 −0.77% 2010 4,867 +1.59% 2011 4,929 +1.27% 2012 5,001 +1.46% 2013 5,006 +0.10% 2014 5,090 +1.68% 2015 5,251 +3.16% 2016 5,468 +4.13%

Sons and daughters of the church

• Jörg Schönbohm (born 1937 in Neu Golm), former Lieutenant general of the Bundeswehr, 1999-2009 Minister of the Interior of the State of Brandenburg
• Cornelia Ernst (born 1956), politician (The Left)
• Marienetta Jirkowsky (1962-1980), Death at the Berlin wall
• Axel Schulz (born 1968), boxer
• Vivien Kussatz (born 1972), sailor
• Franziska Mietzner (born 1988), handball player

References

1. "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2018". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). July 2019.
2. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons