Wildau

Wildau is a German municipality of the state of Brandenburg, located in the district of Dahme-Spreewald. It is located close to Berlin and easily reached by the S-Bahn. As of 2006 its population was of 9,649 inhabitants.

Wildau
Church in Wildau
Coat of arms
Location of Wildau within Dahme-Spreewald district
Wildau
Wildau
Coordinates: 52°19′N 13°38′E
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictDahme-Spreewald
Government
 • MayorDr. Uwe Malich (Die Linke)
Area
 • Total9.09 km2 (3.51 sq mi)
Elevation
45 m (148 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total10,404
 • Density1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
15745
Dialling codes03375
Vehicle registrationLDS
Websitewww.wildau.de

History

The history of Wildau began with fisherman's families that settled by the Dahme River and then came to deliver sand, gravel and bricks from the region by boat to Berlin.

Mechanical engineering put Wildau on the map as a location for industry. In 1897, the company Schwartzkopff GmbH established a locomotive factory here, and built housing for the factory workers that is today is under cultural heritage management. During the Second World War, local factories were involved in armaments production. After the war, they became East Germany's state enterprise in heavy engineering. After German unification, the factories were mostly shut down by the Treuhand.

Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau

In the region around Wildau, numerous technology and business parks have been set up in recent years, with service industries, logistics centers, as well as energy and environmental technology companies. An engineering school founded in 1949, was an integral part of mechanical engineering in the region before 1990. In 1991 the federal state of Brandenburg founded the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau. In 2013 Wildau acquired the title of city and now is one of 113 other such small cities in 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)
  • 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)
Wildau: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)[2]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 290—    
1890 311+0.47%
1910 2,865+11.74%
1925 4,347+2.82%
1933 4,509+0.46%
1939 5,664+3.87%
1946 5,166−1.31%
1950 5,501+1.58%
1964 8,391+3.06%
1971 8,122−0.46%
1981 7,826−0.37%
1985 7,506−1.04%
1989 7,169−1.14%
1990 7,089−1.12%
1991 7,350+3.68%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1992 7,403+0.72%
1993 7,425+0.30%
1994 7,405−0.27%
1995 7,697+3.94%
1996 8,131+5.64%
1997 8,605+5.83%
1998 9,120+5.98%
1999 9,269+1.63%
2000 9,352+0.90%
2001 9,392+0.43%
2002 9,378−0.15%
2003 9,299−0.84%
2004 9,432+1.43%
2005 9,542+1.17%
2006 9,642+1.05%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2007 9,819+1.84%
2008 9,911+0.94%
2009 9,906−0.05%
2010 9,898−0.08%
2011 9,731−1.69%
2012 9,797+0.68%
2013 9,878+0.83%
2014 9,945+0.68%
2015 9,978+0.33%
2016 10,057+0.79%
2017 10,093+0.36%
2018 10,303+2.08%
2019 10,404+0.98%

Personalities who are associated with the city
  • Walter Lehweß-Litzmann (1907–1986), Luftwaffe and NVA officer, later director of flight operations of Interflug, died in Wildau
  • Willi Stoph (1914–1999), politician (SED), longtime chairman of the Council of Ministers of the GDR, is buried in the forest cemetery

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. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
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