Wriezen

Wriezen is a town in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 11 km southeast of Bad Freienwalde.

Wriezen
Panorama
Coat of arms
Location of Wriezen within Märkisch-Oderland district
Wriezen Show map of Germany Wriezen Show map of Brandenburg
Coordinates: 52°43′00″N 14°07′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Märkisch-Oderland
Subdivisions	4 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Karsten Ilm (CDU)
Area
• Total	94.54 km^2 (36.50 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population  (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	7,254
• Density	77/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	16269
Dialling codes	033456
Vehicle registration	MOL
Website	www.wriezen.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)
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  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)

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

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 11,738 —     1890 10,302 −0.87% 1910 10,467 +0.08% 1925 10,364 −0.07% 1933 10,574 +0.25% 1939 10,509 −0.10% 1946 8,731 −2.61% 1950 9,375 +1.80% 1964 8,486 −0.71% 1971 9,168 +1.11% 1981 9,289 +0.13% 1985 9,564 +0.73% 1989 9,300 −0.70% 1990 9,243 −0.61% 1991 9,009 −2.53%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 8,864 −1.61% 1993 8,758 −1.20% 1994 8,690 −0.78% 1995 8,629 −0.70% 1996 8,658 +0.34% 1997 8,720 +0.72% 1998 8,605 −1.32% 1999 8,617 +0.14% 2000 8,519 −1.14% 2001 8,410 −1.28% 2002 8,285 −1.49% 2003 8,250 −0.42% 2004 8,206 −0.53% 2005 8,109 −1.18% 2006 8,105 −0.05%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 7,944 −1.99% 2008 7,809 −1.70% 2009 7,703 −1.36% 2010 7,679 −0.31% 2011 7,487 −2.50% 2012 7,425 −0.83% 2013 7,379 −0.62% 2014 7,328 −0.69% 2015 7,355 +0.37% 2016 7,331 −0.33% 2017 7,259 −0.98% 2018 7,254 −0.07% 2019 7,174 −1.10%

Photogallery

• St. Mary’s Church
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• Haselberg
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  Church
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  Distillery
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  English oak
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  Fieldstone wall
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  Grave of horse Pipifax
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  Sparkasse (Savings bank)

Sons and daughters of the town

• Henning von Boehmer (born 1943), journalist and commercial lawyer, former general secretary of the International Chamber of Commerce - Germany (ICC)
• Cornelia Froboess (born 1943), actress, teen idol and pop singer
• Michael Succow (born 1941), biologist and agronomist, an honorary citizen of the municipality Lüdersdorf / Biesdorf, now district Wriezen

See also

• Berlin Wriezener Bahnhof

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 Wriezen at Wikimedia Commons