Fehrbellin

Fehrbellin
Fehrbellin
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Fehrbellin within Ostprignitz-Ruppin district
	Fehrbellin Fehrbellin
	Coordinates: 52°47′59″N 12°46′00″E / 52.79972°N 12.76667°ECoordinates: 52°47′59″N 12°46′00″E / 52.79972°N 12.76667°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Ostprignitz-Ruppin
Government
• Mayor (2019–27)	Mathias Perschall (SPD)
Area
• Total	269.06 km2 (103.88 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Population (2021-12-31)
• Total	8,951
• Density	33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16833
Dialling codes	033932
Vehicle registration	OPR
Website	www.fehrbellin.de

Fehrbellin is a municipality in Germany, located 60 km NW of Berlin. It had 9,310 inhabitants as of 2005, but has since declined to 8,606 inhabitants in 2012.

History

In 1675, the Battle of Fehrbellin was fought there, in which the troops of Brandenburg-Prussia defeated those of the occupying Swedish Empire. In 1758 during the Seven Years' War Prussian and Swedish forces clashed at the Battle of Fehrbellin (1758).

One of the most important skydiving dropzones of Germany is located at the local airport.

Municipal divisions

Dammkrug

Bützrhin near Wall

Fehrbellin
Betzin
Brunne
Dechtow
Deutschhof
Hakenberg
Karwesee
Königshorst
Langen [de]
Lentzke
Linum
Manker
Protzen
Tarmow
Walchow
Wall
Wustrau-Altfriesack

Wustrau and Altfriesack were amalgamated in 1970. With 1221 residents, the combined municipal division is the largest in the municipality. Altfriesack lies between the Ruppiner See and the Bützsee and belonged to Alt Ruppin until 1872. By area, Fehrbellin is the second-largest rural municipality ("Gemeinde") in Germany, trailing only Nuthe-Urstromtal.

Demography

Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany)
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 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

Fehrbellin: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)^[3]

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	12,109	—
1890	11,107	−0.57%
1910	9,758	−0.65%
1925	10,121	+0.24%
1939	10,271	+0.11%
1950	15,639	+3.90%
1964	11,807	−1.99%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1971	11,582	−0.27%
1981	10,369	−1.10%
1985	10,163	−0.50%
1990	9,863	−0.60%
1995	9,618	−0.50%
2000	9,718	+0.21%
2005	9,278	−0.92%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2010	8,771	−1.12%
2015	8,829	+0.13%
2016	8,849	+0.23%
2017	8,886	+0.42%
2018	8,948	+0.70%
2019	8,943	−0.06%
2020	8,971	+0.31%

Sights

Hakenberg Victory Column
Church in Linum
War memorial in Linum
Former textile factory in Fehrbellin
Church in Wustrau

Personalities

Hans Joachim von Zieten (1699–1786), Prussian cavalry general, born and buried in Wustrau.
Hans Ernst Karl, Graf von Zieten (1770–1848), Prussian general field marshal

References

^ Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, retrieved 2 July 2021.
^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Flächen der kreisfreien Städte, Landkreise und Gemeinden im Land Brandenburg 2021" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2022.
^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

External links

Brandenburg Prussia Museum in Fehrbellin-Wustrau
"Fehrbellin" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.

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[1] Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, retrieved 2 July 2021.

[2] "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Flächen der kreisfreien Städte, Landkreise und Gemeinden im Land Brandenburg 2021" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2022.

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

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