Britz, Brandenburg

Britz is a municipality in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany.

Britz
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Britz within Barnim district
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Coordinates: 52°53′N 13°48′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Barnim
Municipal assoc.	Britz-Chorin-Oderberg
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Andrè Guse
Area
• Total	15.35 km2 (5.93 sq mi)
Elevation	55 m (180 ft)
Population  (2021-12-31)
• Total	2,113
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16230
Dialling codes	03334
Vehicle registration	BAR
Website	www.britz-chorin.de

History

From 1815 to 1947, Britz was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1947 to 1952 of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany and since 1990 again of Brandenburg.

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)

Britz: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 537 —     1890 668 +1.47% 1910 1,312 +3.43% 1925 1,644 +1.52% 1933 2,032 +2.68% 1939 2,290 +2.01% 1946 2,345 +0.34% 1950 2,321 −0.26% 1964 2,445 +0.37% 1971 2,552 +0.61% 1981 2,481 −0.28% 1985 2,379 −1.04% 1989 2,252 −1.36% 1990 2,212 −1.78% 1991 2,309 +4.39%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 2,202 −4.63% 1993 2,164 −1.73% 1994 2,164 +0.00% 1995 2,151 −0.60% 1996 2,203 +2.42% 1997 2,256 +2.41% 1998 2,321 +2.88% 1999 2,378 +2.46% 2000 2,405 +1.14% 2001 2,385 −0.83% 2002 2,383 −0.08% 2003 2,355 −1.17% 2004 2,312 −1.83% 2005 2,307 −0.22% 2006 2,269 −1.65%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 2,250 −0.84% 2008 2,226 −1.07% 2009 2,201 −1.12% 2010 2,156 −2.04% 2011 2,145 −0.51% 2012 2,134 −0.51% 2013 2,148 +0.66% 2014 2,132 −0.74% 2015 2,137 +0.23% 2016 2,130 −0.33% 2017 2,089 −1.92% 2018 2,084 −0.24% 2019 2,088 +0.19% 2020 2,137 +2.35%