Joachimsthal, Brandenburg

Joachimsthal  is a small town in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated within the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve on the isthmus between the lakes Grimnitzsee in the north and Werbellinsee in the south, about 17 km (11 mi) northwest of the district's capital Eberswalde and 55 km (34 mi) northeast of the Berlin city centre. The municipality is the administrative seat of the Amt ("collective municipality") Amt Joachimsthal.

Joachimsthal
Coat of arms
Location of Joachimsthal within Barnim district
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Coordinates: 52°58′0″N 13°45′0″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Barnim
Municipal assoc.	Joachimsthal (Schorfheide)
Government
• Mayor	Rene Knaak-Reichstein (CDU)
Area
• Total	120.18 km^2 (46.40 sq mi)
Elevation	72 m (236 ft)
Population  (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,419
• Density	28/km^2 (74/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	16247
Dialling codes	033361
Vehicle registration	BAR
Website	www.joachimsthal.de

History

Church of the Cross

Joachimsthal was founded in 1601 by Elector Joachim III Frederick of Brandenburg at the foot of medieval Grimnitz Castle and received town privileges in 1604. The Elector had a glass foundry erected and in 1607 established a boarding school, the Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium, that was relocated to Berlin after its devastation in 1636 during the Thirty Years' War. After a blaze in 1814, the church and several houses were rebuilt according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

King Frederick William IV of Prussia had the Hubertusstock hunting lodge erected on the western shore of the Werbellinsee in 1849. In changing times, Hubertusstock served as a pleasure ground for men in power: The German Emperors from the House of Hohenzollern indulged in huntsmanship (Wilhelm II had his own train station built), as did the Presidents of the Weimar Republic, Friedrich Ebert and Paul von Hindenburg. In 1944 Adolf Hitler gave the lodge to Obergruppenführer Hans Lammers and in 1973 it was rebuilt as a vacation home for General Secretary Erich Honecker.

Twin town

• Golczewo, Poland

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)

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

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 3,027 —     1890 2,723 −0.70% 1910 3,068 +0.60% 1925 3,149 +0.17% 1933 3,145 −0.02% 1939 3,390 +1.26% 1946 4,105 +2.77% 1950 4,194 +0.54% 1964 3,789 −0.72% 1971 3,619 −0.65% 1981 3,425 −0.55% 1985 3,273 −1.13% 1989 3,127 −1.13% 1990 3,087 −1.28%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 3,035 −1.68% 1992 3,162 +4.18% 1993 3,148 −0.44% 1994 3,073 −2.38% 1995 3,117 +1.43% 1996 3,203 +2.76% 1997 3,390 +5.84% 1998 3,461 +2.09% 1999 3,476 +0.43% 2000 3,448 −0.81% 2001 3,419 −0.84% 2002 3,448 +0.85% 2003 3,454 +0.17% 2004 3,388 −1.91%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 3,349 −1.15% 2006 3,368 +0.57% 2007 3,357 −0.33% 2008 3,292 −1.94% 2009 3,271 −0.64% 2010 3,303 +0.98% 2011 3,297 −0.18% 2012 3,311 +0.42% 2013 3,375 +1.93% 2014 3,352 −0.68% 2015 3,465 +3.37% 2016 3,446 −0.55% 2017 3,373 −2.12%

See also

• Grimnitzsee
• Werbellinsee

Notable people

Sons and daughters

Franz Ernst Neumann

• Franz Ernst Neumann (1798–1895), physicist

Honorary citizen

The first honorary citizen (1951) was S. K. Thoden van Velzen (1870-1957), who worked as a doctor in the city. In the last days of the Second World War, he prevented the destruction of the city, with a white flag of the approaching Red Army.

Persons associated with Joachimsthal

• Friedrich Brunold (1811-1894), Brandenburg writer, died in Joachimsthal

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

External links

Media related to Joachimsthal (Barnim) at Wikimedia Commons