Velten

Velten is a town in the Oberhavel district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 10 km southwest of Oranienburg, and 24 km northwest of Berlin.

For other uses, see Velten (disambiguation).
Velten
Coat of arms
Location of Velten within Oberhavel district
Velten
Velten
Coordinates: 52°41′N 13°11′E
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictOberhavel
Government
 • MayorInes Hübner (SPD)
Area
 • Total23.39 km2 (9.03 sq mi)
Elevation
33 m (108 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total11,965
 • Density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
16727
Dialling codes03304
Vehicle registrationOHV
Websitewww.Velten.de

History

In 1905 Velten had 38 stove factories that delivered 100,000 tiled stoves to Berlin, making Velten Germany's biggest stove-manufacturer.

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)
  • Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)
Velten: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)[2]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 2,712—    
1890 6,017+5.46%
1910 7,483+1.10%
1925 7,646+0.14%
1933 7,974+0.53%
1939 9,753+3.41%
1946 10,301+0.78%
1950 10,546+0.59%
1964 9,826−0.50%
1971 8,959−1.31%
1981 7,967−1.17%
1985 7,727−0.76%
1989 10,848+8.85%
1990 10,496−3.24%
1991 10,455−0.39%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1992 10,385−0.67%
1993 10,423+0.37%
1994 10,624+1.93%
1995 11,136+4.82%
1996 11,820+6.14%
1997 12,161+2.88%
1998 12,013−1.22%
1999 11,971−0.35%
2000 12,118+1.23%
2001 12,044−0.61%
2002 11,930−0.95%
2003 11,713−1.82%
2004 11,475−2.03%
2005 11,446−0.25%
2006 11,419−0.24%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2007 11,502+0.73%
2008 11,640+1.20%
2009 11,789+1.28%
2010 11,858+0.59%
2011 11,527−2.79%
2012 11,569+0.36%
2013 11,569+0.00%
2014 11,718+1.29%
2015 11,766+0.41%
2016 11,815+0.42%
2017 11,838+0.19%
2018 11,965+1.07%
2019 12,179+1.79%

Personality
  • Erna Gersinski (1896-1964), resistance fighter against Nazism, lived in Velten.
  • Martin Männel (born 1988), soccer goalkeeper, played between his eighth and fourteenth year at SC Oberhavel Velten.
  • Emma Ihrer (1857–1911), trade unionist, lived from 1887 to 1894 in Velten
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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
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