Wiesenburg

Wiesenburg (official name: Wiesenburg/Mark) is a municipality in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 10 km west of Bad Belzig, and 34 km southwest of Brandenburg. It is located in the High Fläming Nature Park.

Wiesenburg
Location of Wiesenburg within Potsdam-Mittelmark district
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Coordinates: 52°07′00″N 12°26′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Potsdam-Mittelmark
Government
• Mayor	Marco Beckendorf (Die Linke)
Area
• Total	218.20 km^2 (84.25 sq mi)
Elevation	167 m (548 ft)
Population  (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	4,295
• Density	20/km^2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	14827
Dialling codes	033849
Vehicle registration	PM
Website	www.wiesenburgmark.de

Geography

Since 2000, when 14 surrounding villages voluntarily merged to form the free municipality Wiesenburg/Mark, it has had an area of 218.19 km².

These villages became districts (Ortsteile) of Wiesenburg/Mark:

• Benken
• Grubo
• Jeserig/Fläming
• Jeserigerhütten
• Kelpzig
• Lehnsdorf
• Medewitz
• Mützdorf
• Neuehütten
• Reetz
• Reetzerhütten
• Reppinichen
• Schlamau
• Wiesenburg

Demography

• 
  Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany)
• 
  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)

Wiesenburg/Mark: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)[2]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 5,868 —     1890 6,026 +0.18% 1910 6,084 +0.05% 1925 5,915 −0.19% 1933 5,749 −0.36% 1939 5,845 +0.28% 1946 8,761 +5.95% 1950 8,519 −0.70% 1964 7,146 −1.25% 1971 6,691 −0.94% 1981 6,190 −0.78% 1985 6,071 −0.48% 1989 5,794 −1.16% 1990 5,685 −1.88% 1991 5,582 −1.81%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 5,662 +1.43% 1993 5,601 −1.08% 1994 5,600 −0.02% 1995 5,594 −0.11% 1996 5,570 −0.43% 1997 5,564 −0.11% 1998 5,474 −1.62% 1999 5,453 −0.38% 2000 5,435 −0.33% 2001 5,332 −1.90% 2002 5,459 +2.38% 2003 5,420 −0.71% 2004 5,311 −2.01% 2005 5,181 −2.45% 2006 5,086 −1.83%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 5,050 −0.71% 2008 4,935 −2.28% 2009 4,817 −2.39% 2010 4,708 −2.26% 2011 4,594 −2.42% 2012 4,519 −1.63% 2013 4,461 −1.28% 2014 4,413 −1.08% 2015 4,420 +0.16% 2016 4,302 −2.67% 2017 4,271 −0.72% 2018 4,295 +0.56% 2019 4,247 −1.12%

Politics

Wiesenburg Castle

The mayor of Wiesenburg/Mark is Marco Beckendorf of the Left Party (Die Linke). He was elected by the municipal council in 2014.

The municipal council currently has 16 members, of whom four belong to the Social Democrats (SPD), two each to the Left Party (Die Linke) and the Christian Democrats (CDU), and one each to The Greens and theFree Democrats (FDP). The remaining six councillors represent small local groups.

Places of interest

The main attractions are the Wiesenburg Castle, a medieval castle that has been partially transformed into a neo-renaissance palace, and its park. Wiesenburg Castle is open to the public on selected days and for the Annual Christmas Market. "Event Calendar and Contact Information". 2019-08-17. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-17.

There is also a set of sculpture walks starting from Wiesenburg and heading towards Bad Belzig.

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

• Private Website (in German)
• Wiesenburg Castle (in German)
• Wiesenburg Park (in German)
• High Fläming Nature Park (in German)
• Bahnhof am Park/Wiesenburg