Angermünde

Angermünde (German pronunciation: [aŋɐˈmʏndə] (listen)) is a town in the district of Uckermark in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. It is about 43 miles (69 km) northeast of Berlin, the capital of Germany.

Angermünde
Market Place & Townhall
Coat of arms
Location of Angermünde within Uckermark district
Angermünde Angermünde
Coordinates: 53°02′0″N 14°00′0″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Uckermark
Subdivisions	24 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Frederik Bewer
Area
• Total	326.44 km^2 (126.04 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	13,757
• Density	42/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16278
Dialling codes	03331
Vehicle registration	UM
Website	www.angermuende.de

The population is about 10,000, but the population has been rapidly falling as its traditional industrial base (enamel-working) has declined. An administrative sub-centre of its district, it has several Protestant churches, a former Franciscan church, a number of schools of higher learning and a recently refurbished historic marketplace with an old town hall. Located in the game-filled forests of the Uckermark, with its many lakes, it now relies heavily on tourism and the sources of revenue linked to it.

Name

The town is named for its position on the Mündesee.

History

The town was the site of a 1420 victory of Frederick I of Brandenburg over the Pomeranians.[2]

In the 19th century, the town was the seat of a Prussian circle in the province of Brandenburg and linked to Berlin by the Berlin–Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland) railway.[3] Angermünde station then served as the junction for sidelines servicing Prenzlau, Bad Freienwalde, and Schwedt.[2]

Demography

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  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)
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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)

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

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 16,460 —     1890 15,733 −0.30% 1910 16,545 +0.25% 1925 18,373 +0.70% 1933 18,020 −0.24% 1939 18,139 +0.11% 1946 23,026 +3.47% 1950 24,884 +1.96% 1964 22,204 −0.81% 1971 21,037 −0.77% 1981 18,651 −1.20% 1985 18,110 −0.73% 1989 17,493 −0.86% 1990 17,372 −0.69% 1991 16,967 −2.33%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 16,995 +0.17% 1993 16,916 −0.46% 1994 16,750 −0.98% 1995 16,488 −1.56% 1996 16,727 +1.45% 1997 16,796 +0.41% 1998 16,826 +0.18% 1999 16,770 −0.33% 2000 16,481 −1.72% 2001 16,314 −1.01% 2002 16,057 −1.58% 2003 15,755 −1.88% 2004 15,628 −0.81% 2005 15,276 −2.25% 2006 15,036 −1.57%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 14,801 −1.56% 2008 14,598 −1.37% 2009 14,492 −0.73% 2010 14,360 −0.91% 2011 13,826 −3.72% 2012 13,687 −1.01% 2013 13,597 −0.66% 2014 13,650 +0.39% 2015 13,805 +1.14% 2016 13,797 −0.06% 2017 13,837 +0.29% 2018 13,744 −0.67% 2019 13,757 +0.09%

Mayors

• 1989–1998: Wolf-Hugo Just
• 1998–2016: Wolfgang Krakow (SPD)
• since 2016: Frederik Bewer (independent)

Frederik Bewer was elected in May 2016 with 95,3 % of the votes for a term of eight years.[5]

Gallery

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  City wall
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  Touristinformation
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  The lake Mündesee in Angermünde.
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  Holy Spirit Chapel
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  Timbered house
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  City Church St. Mary
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  Church in Schmiedeberg
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  Alcove house in Schmiedeberg
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  Alcove house in Schmiedeberg

• Fountain and sculptures by Christian Uhlig
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Sons and daughters of the town

Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen

• Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen (1780–1856), German scholar
• Albert Manthe (1847–1928), sculptor
• Hermann Dietrich (1856–1930), born in Schmargendorf, politician (DNVP), member of Reichstag
• Ehm Welk (1884–1966), writer
• Hans-Erich Voss (1897–1969), Vice Admiral in World War II
• Günter Reimann (1904–2005), economist and journalist
• Heinrich Borgmann (1912–1945), adjutant of Adolf Hitler
• Hartmut Losch (1943–1997), athlete, European champion in discus throw
• Maik Heydeck (born 1965), boxer
• Julia Jäger (born 1970), actress

Notes

1. "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2019". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). July 2020.
2. EB (1911).
3. EB (1878).
4. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
5. Ergebnis der Bürgermeisterstichwahl am 8. Mai 2016

References

• Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), "Angermünde" , Encyclopædia Britannica, 2 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 29
• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), "Angermünde" , Encyclopædia Britannica, 2 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 8

External links

• Official Website (in German)