Potsdam-Mittelmark

Potsdam-Mittelmark
District
Country  Germany
State Brandenburg
Capital Belzig
Area
 • Total 2,575.4 km2 (994.4 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2015)[1]
 • Total 210,910
 • Density 82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration PM
Website potsdam-mittelmark.de

Potsdam-Mittelmark is a Kreis (district) in the western part of Brandenburg, Germany. Its neighbouring administrative units are (clockwise from the north) the district of Havelland, the free cities of Brandenburg and Potsdam, the state of Berlin, the district of Teltow-Fläming, and the districts of Wittenberg, Anhalt-Bitterfeld and Jerichower Land in Saxony-Anhalt.

Geography

The district includes the southern banks of the Havel river and the northern parts of the Fläming (a wooded hill chain). There are three nature parks in the district: High Fläming Nature Park, Nuthe-Nieplitz Nature Park and Westhavelland Nature Park.

History

The district was created in 1993 by merging the previous districts of Belzig, Brandenburg-Land and Potsdam-Land.

Demography

Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark:
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)[2]
Year Population
1875 97 780
1890 105 144
1910 117 118
1925 125 508
1933 141 531
1939 171 777
1946 205 184
1950 204 933
1964 180 055
1971 179 936
Year Population
1981 169 676
1985 168 383
1989 167 394
1990 164 964
1991 163 307
1992 163 349
1993 164 652
1994 167 609
1995 171 626
1996 175 322
Year Population
1997 181 591
1998 188 097
1999 193 086
2000 196 644
2001 198 690
2002 200 313
2003 201 335
2004 202 630
2005 203 477
2006 204 007
Year Population
2007 204 510
2008 204 277
2009 204 594
2010 205 070
2011 203 391
2012 204 388
2013 205 520
2014 207 498
2015 210 910

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is divided into four fields. The left top one shows a red eagle as the symbol of Brandenburg. The three oak-leaves in the top right both symbolize the prevalent oak forests, but also the three previous districts which were merged to form the current one. In the bottom right are two bishopric keys, which stand for the diocese of Brandenburg. The black-and-golden bars in the bottom left are the symbol of Saxony, and symbolize that the area around Belzig, Brück, Wiesenburg and Niemegk belonged to Saxony until 1815.

Towns and municipalities

historic district administration building, Belzig
Amt-free towns Ämter
  1. Beelitz
  2. Belzig
  3. Teltow
  4. Treuenbrietzen
  5. Werder (Havel)


Amt-free municipalities

  1. Groß Kreutz
  2. Kleinmachnow
  3. Kloster Lehnin
  4. Michendorf
  5. Nuthetal
  6. Schwielowsee
  7. Seddiner See
  8. Stahnsdorf
  9. Wiesenburg

1. Beetzsee

  1. Beetzsee1
  2. Beetzseeheide
  3. Havelsee2
  4. Päwesin
  5. Roskow

2. Brück

  1. Borkheide
  2. Borkwalde
  3. Brück1, 2
  4. Golzow
  5. Linthe
  6. Planebruch

3. Niemegk

  1. Mühlenfließ
  2. Niemegk1, 2
  3. Planetal
  4. Rabenstein

4. Wusterwitz

  1. Bensdorf
  2. Rosenau
  3. Wusterwitz1

5. Ziesar

  1. Buckautal
  2. Görzke
  3. Gräben
  4. Wenzlow
  5. Wollin
  6. Ziesar1, 2
1seat of the Amt; 2town

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2015 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2016.
  2. ↑ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

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Coordinates: 52°12′N 12°45′E / 52.200°N 12.750°E / 52.200; 12.750

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