Hennigsdorf

Hennigsdorf is a town in the district of Oberhavel, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated north-west of Berlin, just across the city border, which is formed mainly by the Havel river.

Church in Nieder Neuendorf

Hennigsdorf
Martin Luther Church
Coat of arms
Location of Hennigsdorf within Oberhavel district
Hennigsdorf Hennigsdorf
Coordinates: 52°38′16″N 13°12′13″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberhavel
Subdivisions	3 districts
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Günther (SPD)
Area
• Total	31.29 km^2 (12.08 sq mi)
Elevation	33 m (108 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	26,345
• Density	840/km^2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16761
Dialling codes	03302
Vehicle registration	OHV
Website	www.hennigsdorf.de

Catholic church

History

The municipality shared its borders with the former West Berlin, and so during the period 1961–1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wall.

In 1951/2, the Havel Canal was constructed to link Hennigsdorf with Paretz, thus avoiding a passage through the reach of the River Havel, between Spandau and Potsdam, that was under the political control of West Berlin. The canal is still in use, providing a shorter route for shipping from west of Berlin to the Oder–Havel Canal and Poland.[2]

Geography

Former rectifier factory

Subdivision

Hennigsdorf consists of 3 districts:

• Hennigsdorf
• Nieder Neuendorf (since 1923)
• Stolpe-Süd (since May 1, 1998)

Neighbouring places

• Velten
• Hohen Neuendorf
• Berlin
• Schönwalde-Glien
• Oberkrämer

International relations

Hennigsdorf is twinned with:[3]

• Alsdorf, Germany
• Choisy-le-Roi, France
• Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
• Środa Wielkopolska, Poland

Economy

Located in Hennigsdorf is the Bombardier LEW Hennigsdorf train factory and a steel smelter.[4]

Sport

Hennigsdorf is home to Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby, a rugby union club. The team, formed in 1948 under the leadership of Erwin Thiesies, was the most successful side during the East German era of the town, having won 27 national championships from 1952 to 1990.[5] The Yu-Gi-Oh! duelist Leon Schreit has also won the Yu-Gi-Oh! National Championship 2013 in Amsterdam.

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)
• 
  Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Hennigsdorf: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)[6]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 863 —     1890 1,178 +2.10% 1910 2,764 +4.36% 1925 7,914 +7.26% 1933 10,503 +3.60% 1939 13,383 +4.12% 1946 13,671 +0.30% 1950 16,611 +4.99% 1964 21,160 +1.74% 1971 25,093 +2.47% 1981 28,155 +1.16% 1985 27,788 −0.33% 1989 25,770 −1.87% 1990 25,062 −2.75% 1991 24,737 −1.30%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 24,573 −0.66% 1993 24,505 −0.28% 1994 24,482 −0.09% 1995 24,528 +0.19% 1996 24,349 −0.73% 1997 24,637 +1.18% 1998 25,472 +3.39% 1999 26,197 +2.85% 2000 26,306 +0.42% 2001 26,390 +0.32% 2002 26,435 +0.17% 2003 26,282 −0.58% 2004 26,142 −0.53% 2005 26,139 −0.01% 2006 26,007 −0.50%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 25,891 −0.45% 2008 25,729 −0.63% 2009 25,900 +0.66% 2010 25,909 +0.03% 2011 25,597 −1.20% 2012 25,704 +0.42% 2013 25,800 +0.37% 2014 25,928 +0.50% 2015 26,264 +1.30% 2016 26,139 −0.48% 2017 26,369 +0.88% 2018 26,272 −0.37% 2019 26,345 +0.28%

Notable people

Erich Muhsfeldt

• Michael Hartmann (1974– ), footballer
• Frank Klawonn (1966– ), rower
• Dirk Kummer (1966– ), actor, director, writer
• Martin Männel (1988– ), footballer
• Erich Muhsfeldt (1913–1948), SS officer at Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps executed for war crimes
• Erich Priebke (1913–2013), Nazi war criminal
• Karsten Schmeling (1962– ), rower
• Erwin Thiesies (1908–1993), rugby union player who died in Hennigsdorf

See also

• LEW Hennigsdorf, large rail vehicle factory located in Hennigsdorf

References

1. "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2019". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). July 2020.
2. Sheffield, Barry (1995). Inland Waterways of Germany. St Ives: Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson. p. 100. ISBN 0-85288-283-1.
3. "Partnerstädte". hennigsdorf.de (in German). Hennigsdorf. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
4. Kröger, Michael; Wassermann, Andreas (13 November 2019). "Neue Tesla-Fabrik in Brandenburg: Warum ausgerechnet Grünheide?". Spiegel Online. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. The Riva-Stahl group operates electric steel plant in nearby Hennigsdorf .. train manufacturer Bombardier is also based in Hennigsdorf
5. Rugby in Hennigsdorf - Eine Chronologie (in German) Stahl Hennigsdorf website - club history, accessed: 10 April 2010
6. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

External links

Media related to Hennigsdorf at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in German)