Angermünde

Angermünde
Market Place & Townhall
Coat of arms
Angermünde
Location of Angermünde within Uckermark district
Coordinates: 53°02′0″N 14°00′0″E / 53.03333°N 14.00000°ECoordinates: 53°02′0″N 14°00′0″E / 53.03333°N 14.00000°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Uckermark
Government
• Mayor	Wolfgang Krakow (SPD)
Area
• Total	326.44 km^2 (126.04 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	13,597
• Density	42/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	16278
Dialling codes	03331
Vehicle registration	UM
Website	www.angermuende.de

Angermünde (German pronunciation: [aŋɐˈmʏndə]) is a town in the district of Uckermark in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. It is about 43 miles (69 km) northeast of Berlin, the capital of Germany.

The population is about 10,000, but the population has been rapidly falling as its traditional industrial base (enamel-working) has declined. An administrative sub-centre of its district, it has several Protestant churches, a former Franciscan church, a number of schools of higher learning and a recently refurbished historic marketplace with an old town hall. Located in the game-filled forests of the Uckermark, with its many lakes, it now relies heavily on tourism and the sources of revenue linked to it.

Name

The town is named for its position on the Mündesee.

History

The town was the site of a 1420 victory of Frederick I of Brandenburg over the Pomeranians.^[2]

In the 19th century, the town was the seat of a Prussian circle in the province of Brandenburg and linked to Berlin by the Berlin–Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland) railway.^[3] Angermünde station then served as the junction for sidelines servicing Prenzlau, Bad Freienwalde, and Schwedt.^[2]

In the 20th century, it formed part of East Germany.

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

Angermünde:
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)^[4]

Year Population 1875 16 460 1890 15 733 1910 16 545 1925 18 373 1933 18 020 1939 18 139 1946 23 026 1950 24 884 1964 22 204 1971 21 037

Year Population 1981 18 651 1985 18 110 1989 17 493 1990 17 372 1991 16 967 1992 16 995 1993 16 916 1994 16 750 1995 16 488 1996 16 727

Year Population 1997 16 796 1998 16 826 1999 16 770 2000 16 481 2001 16 314 2002 16 057 2003 15 755 2004 15 628 2005 15 276 2006 15 036

Year Population 2007 14 801 2008 14 598 2009 14 492 2010 14 360 2011 13 826 2012 13 687 2013 13 597

Gallery

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  City wall

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  The lake Mündesee in Angermünde.

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  Holy Spirit Chapel

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  Church in Schmiedeberg

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  Alcove house in Schmiedeberg

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  Alcove house in Schmiedeberg

• Fountain and sculptures by Christian Uhlig
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References

Citations

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. EB (1911).
3. EB (1878).
4. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

Bibliography

• "Angermünde", Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. II, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1878, p. 29.
• "Angermünde", Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. II, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1911, p. 8.

External links

• Official Website (German)