Groß Pankow (Prignitz)

Groß Pankow (Prignitz)
Coat of arms
Groß Pankow (Prignitz)
Location of Groß Pankow (Prignitz) within Prignitz district
Coordinates: 53°07′00″N 12°03′00″E / 53.11667°N 12.05000°ECoordinates: 53°07′00″N 12°03′00″E / 53.11667°N 12.05000°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Prignitz
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Brandt
Area
• Total	248.79 km^2 (96.06 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,999
• Density	16/km^2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	16928; 19348
Dialling codes	033983
Vehicle registration	PR
Website	www.grosspankow.de

Wolfshagen manor

Church in Boddin

Church in Langnow

Groß Pankow (Prignitz) is a municipality in Prignitz district, Brandenburg, Germany. The municipality was formed in 2001 from the union of municipalities of the former Amt of Groß Pankow/Prignitz and some in Amt Pritzwalk-Land. Amt Groß Pankow/Prignitz was then dissolved.^[2]

Groß Pankow is connected via German Federal Highway B 189 to the cities of Pritzwalk, Perleberg, Wittenberge and Magdeburg.

Former mill in Wolfshagen

Wolfshagen manor

Geography

The municipality has 39 villages in 18 districts^[3] with the populations given in parentheses (As of March 1, 2010)^[4]

Baek (287) Baek (222) Strigleben (65) Boddin-Langnow (240) Boddin (153) Heidelberg (30) Langnow (57) Groß Pankow (587) Groß Pankow (551) Luggendorf (36) Groß Woltersdorf (159) Brünkendorf (14) Groß Woltersdorf (86) Klein Woltersdorf (59) Gulow-Steinberg (146) Gulow (94) Steinberg (52) Helle (303) Groß Langerwisch (224) Helle (45) Neudorf (34) Kehrberg (260) Klein Gottschow (173) Guhlsdorf (50) Klein Gottschow (89) Simonshagen (34)

Kuhbier (213) Kuhsdorf (192) Bullendorf (58) Kuhsdorf (134) Lindenberg (271) Retzin (275) Klein Linde (46) Kreuzburg (30) Retzin (129) Rohlsdorf (70) Seddin (113) Tacken (97) Tangendorf-Hohenvier (120) Hohenvier (35) Tangendorf (85) Tüchen (231) Klenzenhof (42) Reckenthin (99) Tüchen (90) Vettin (107) Wolfshagen (383) Dannhof (43) Hellburg (46) Horst (43) Wolfshagen (251)

Demography

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  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)

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  Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Groß Pankow (Prignitz):
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)^[5]

Year Population 1875 6 795 1890 6 478 1910 6 297 1925 6 714 1933 6 362 1939 6 255 1946 10 398 1950 10 034 1964 7 223 1971 7 099

Year Population 1981 5 840 1985 5 665 1989 5 484 1990 5 387 1991 5 257 1992 5 180 1993 5 092 1994 5 091 1995 5 114 1996 5 056

Year Population 1997 5 031 1998 5 002 1999 4 943 2000 4 868 2001 4 790 2002 4 758 2003 4 710 2004 4 671 2005 4 560 2006 4 471

Year Population 2007 4 345 2008 4 243 2009 4 193 2010 4 132 2011 4 063 2012 3 991 2013 3 999

References

1. "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2013 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2014.
2. Amtsblatt für Brandenburg - Gemeinsames Ministerialblatt für das Land Brandenburg, 13. Jahrgang, Nummer 25, 19. Juni 2002, p.607 PDF.
3. Hauptsatzung der Gemeinde Groß Pankow (Prignitz) vom 2. April 2009 PDF
4. http://www.grosspankow.de/texte/seite.php?id=5998
5. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons