Friedrichswalde is a municipality in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated in the Schorfheide nature reserve.

Friedrichswalde
Location of Friedrichswalde within Barnim district
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Friedrichswalde is located in Germany
Friedrichswalde
Friedrichswalde
Friedrichswalde is located in Brandenburg
Friedrichswalde
Friedrichswalde
Coordinates: 53°02′N 13°43′E / 53.033°N 13.717°E / 53.033; 13.717
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictBarnim
Municipal assoc.Joachimsthal (Schorfheide)
Subdivisions2 Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Bernhard Ströbele[1] (Ind.)
Area
 • Total44.89 km2 (17.33 sq mi)
Elevation
75 m (246 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total830
 • Density18/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
16247
Dialling codes033367
Vehicle registrationBAR
Websitewww.amt-joachimsthal.de

History edit

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

Demography edit

 
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)
Friedrichswalde: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)[3]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 1,389—    
1890 1,332−0.28%
1910 1,428+0.35%
1925 1,481+0.24%
1933 1,396−0.74%
1939 1,338−0.70%
1946 1,733+3.76%
1950 1,839+1.50%
1964 1,374−2.06%
1971 1,278−1.03%
1981 1,086−1.61%
1985 1,033−1.24%
1989 1,006−0.66%
1990 970−3.58%
1991 965−0.52%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1992 996+3.21%
1993 901−9.54%
1994 920+2.11%
1995 912−0.87%
1996 908−0.44%
1997 890−1.98%
1998 903+1.46%
1999 954+5.65%
2000 944−1.05%
2001 950+0.64%
2002 944−0.63%
2003 941−0.32%
2004 963+2.34%
2005 965+0.21%
2006 940−2.59%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2007 902−4.04%
2008 894−0.89%
2009 895+0.11%
2010 888−0.78%
2011 839−5.52%
2012 844+0.60%
2013 824−2.37%
2014 809−1.82%
2015 807−0.25%
2016 801−0.74%
2017 803+0.25%
2018 795−1.00%
2019 803+1.01%
2020 809+0.75%

Personality edit

 
Wilhelm Friedrich Graf von Redern around 1845
  • Friedrich Wilhelm von Redern (1802-1883), Prussian general manager and politician, owner of good Glambeck
  • Paul Thränert (1875-1960), trade unionist, born in Friedrichswalde
  • Bruno Endrejat (1908-1945), resistance fighter against Nazism, born in Friedrichswalde

References edit

  1. ^ Landkreis Barnim Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 30 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
  3. ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons