Panketal

Panketal
Panketal
Municipality
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Panketal within Barnim district
	Panketal Panketal
	Coordinates: 52°37′59″N 13°33′00″E / 52.63306°N 13.55000°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Barnim
Subdivisions	2 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2018–26)	Maximilian Wonke (SPD)
Area
• Total	25.84 km2 (9.98 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	20,854
• Density	810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16341
Dialling codes	030
Vehicle registration	BAR
Website	www.panketal.de

Panketal is a municipality in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 15 km northeast of Berlin (centre).

History edit

Panketal emerged in 2003 by merging the municipalities Zepernick and Schwanebeck. Since 1996, the population increased by 52.8%.^[3]

From 1815 to 1947, the constituent localities of Panketal were 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)
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)

Panketal: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)^[4]

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	737	—
1890	834	+0.83%
1910	1,911	+4.23%
1925	4,165	+5.33%
1933	8,760	+9.74%
1939	11,538	+4.70%
1946	12,545	+1.20%
1950	12,423	−0.24%
1964	11,905	−0.30%
1971	11,832	−0.09%
1981	11,286	−0.47%
1985	10,972	−0.70%
1989	10,450	−1.21%
1990	10,271	−1.71%
1991	10,283	+0.12%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1992	10,258	−0.24%
1993	10,427	+1.65%
1994	10,713	+2.74%
1995	11,066	+3.30%
1996	11,532	+4.21%
1997	12,683	+9.98%
1998	13,999	+10.38%
1999	15,303	+9.31%
2000	16,064	+4.97%
2001	16,822	+4.72%
2002	17,219	+2.36%
2003	17,625	+2.36%
2004	18,305	+3.86%
2005	18,623	+1.74%
2006	19,022	+2.14%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	19,172	+0.79%
2008	19,167	−0.03%
2009	19,179	+0.06%
2010	19,132	−0.25%
2011	19,032	−0.52%
2012	19,249	+1.14%
2013	19,426	+0.92%
2014	19,721	+1.52%
2015	20,131	+2.08%
2016	20,353	+1.10%
2017	20,390	+0.18%
2018	20,519	+0.63%
2019	20,596	+0.38%
2020	20,661	+0.32%

Recreation edit

In 2006 a ropes course has been set up in the district Hobrechtsfelde. The ropes course has some 20 different training units. It was subsidized by Panketal with a total sum of 150,000 €.^[5]