Oderberg

Oderberg
Coat of arms
Oderberg
Location of Oderberg within Barnim district
Coordinates: 52°52′00″N 14°03′00″E / 52.86667°N 14.05000°ECoordinates: 52°52′00″N 14°03′00″E / 52.86667°N 14.05000°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Barnim
Municipal assoc.	Britz-Chorin-Oderberg
Government
• Mayor	Dr. Klaus Schulenburg (WG BB Oderberg)
Area
• Total	35.31 km^2 (13.63 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,143
• Density	61/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	16248
Dialling codes	033369
Vehicle registration	BAR
Website	www.amt-oderberg.de

Former fire house

Oderberg is a town in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 16 km east of Eberswalde, and 27 km southwest of Schwedt and in close vicinity of Berlin.

Overview

The territory has many lakes, remnants from the ice age. The area is widely used for outdoor recreation, such as biking, walking and boating. As Biosphere region it is home to many species of wildlife. Oderberg is closest to the Oder river crossing leading directly to Cedynia, Poland, (until 1945 Zehden, Brandenburg.)

Church in Neuendorf

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)

Oderberg:
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)^[2]

Year Population 1875 4 200 1890 4 466 1910 3 924 1925 3 398 1933 3 418 1939 3 710 1946 3 974 1950 4 424 1964 4 101 1971 3 977

Year Population 1981 3 323 1985 3 147 1989 3 123 1990 3 078 1991 3 010 1992 2 928 1993 2 897 1994 2 898 1995 2 884 1996 2 880

Year Population 1997 2 822 1998 2 798 1999 2 760 2000 2 738 2001 2 647 2002 2 632 2003 2 589 2004 2 552 2005 2 491 2006 2 410

Year Population 2007 2 348 2008 2 267 2009 2 229 2010 2 160 2011 2 190 2012 2 172 2013 2 143

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