Halbe

Halbe (Lower Sorbian Łobje) is a municipality in the Dahme-Spreewald district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated near the capital city Berlin and the Spreewald. Four other villages are part of Halbe: Briesen/Brand with the Tropical Islands resorts of Dom, Teurow, Freidorf and Oderin. Halbe was the site of the Battle of Halbe during the final days of the Second World War.

Halbe
Coat of arms
Location of Halbe within Dahme-Spreewald district
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Coordinates: 52°6′31″N 13°42′3″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Dahme-Spreewald
Municipal assoc.	Schenkenländchen
Subdivisions	3 Ortsteile und 4 Gemeindeteile
Government
• Mayor	Ralf Kunze (Ind.)
Area
• Total	78.08 km^2 (30.15 sq mi)
Elevation	35 m (115 ft)
Population  (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,385
• Density	31/km^2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	15757
Dialling codes	033765
Vehicle registration	LDS
Website	gemeinde-halbe.de

Demography

Development of population since 1875 within the current boundaries (Blue line: Population; Dotted line: Comparison to population development of Brandenburg state; Grey background: Time of Nazi rule; Red background: Time of communist rule)

Halbe: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)[2]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,573 —     1890 1,807 +0.93% 1910 2,476 +1.59% 1925 2,408 −0.19% 1933 2,422 +0.07% 1939 2,555 +0.89% 1946 3,031 +2.47% 1950 3,007 −0.20% 1964 2,648 −0.90% 1971 2,570 −0.43% 1981 2,264 −1.26% 1985 2,194 −0.78% 1989 2,133 −0.70% 1990 2,119 −0.66%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 2,117 −0.09% 1992 2,098 −0.90% 1993 2,079 −0.91% 1994 2,112 +1.59% 1995 2,105 −0.33% 1996 2,134 +1.38% 1997 2,217 +3.89% 1998 2,262 +2.03% 1999 2,244 −0.80% 2000 2,266 +0.98% 2001 2,267 +0.04% 2002 2,240 −1.19% 2003 2,225 −0.67% 2004 2,360 +6.07%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 2,232 −5.42% 2006 2,219 −0.58% 2007 2,194 −1.13% 2008 2,167 −1.23% 2009 2,169 +0.09% 2010 2,141 −1.29% 2011 2,194 +2.48% 2012 2,208 +0.64% 2013 2,150 −2.63% 2014 2,176 +1.21% 2015 2,615 +20.17% 2016 2,457 −6.04% 2017 2,402 −2.24%

See also

• The Battle of Halbe, which was fought in the last days of the Second World War.
• The Kaiserbahnhof Halbe, which was built for Kaiser Wilhelm I

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