Rheinsberg

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Rheinsberg
Schloss Rheinsberg
Schloss Rheinsberg
Coat of arms of Rheinsberg
Location of Rheinsberg within Ostprignitz-Ruppin district
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Rheinsberg is located in Germany
Rheinsberg
Rheinsberg
Rheinsberg is located in Brandenburg
Rheinsberg
Rheinsberg
Coordinates: 53°5′54″N 12°53′45″E / 53.09833°N 12.89583°E / 53.09833; 12.89583Coordinates: 53°5′54″N 12°53′45″E / 53.09833°N 12.89583°E / 53.09833; 12.89583
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictOstprignitz-Ruppin
Subdivisions17 Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor (2017–25) Frank-Rudi Schwochow[1]
Area
 • Total324.83 km2 (125.42 sq mi)
Elevation
61 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total7,871
 • Density24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
16831
Dialling codes033931
Vehicle registrationOPR
Websitewww.rheinsberg.de

Rheinsberg (German: [ˈʁaɪ̯nsˌbɛɐ̯k] (listen)) is a town and a municipality in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is located on lake Grienericksee [de] and the river Rhin, approximately 20 km north-east of Neuruppin and 75 km north-west of Berlin.

History

Manor in Wittwien

Frederick the Great, while still Crown Prince, designed and moved into a restored chateau in Rheinsberg shortly after his 1733 marriage to Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern. Here he experienced his "Rheinsberg Period", an era marked by regular correspondence with Voltaire, boisterous celebration in the company of minor philosophers and musicians, and the writing of several works of political theory, including the Anti-Machiavel.[3]

In 1870, the painter Eduard Gaertner and his family decided to leave the hectic atmosphere of Berlin and settle in Flecken Zechlin, a suburb of Rheinsberg - where he lived until his death in 1877.

Rheinsberg is the location for Kurt Tucholsky's Rheinsberg, a 1912 picture book for lovers based on an autobiographical weekend trip.

Demography

Rheinsberg: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)[4]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 7,461—    
1890 7,554+0.08%
1910 8,015+0.30%
1925 8,263+0.20%
1939 9,063+0.66%
1950 11,188+1.93%
1964 10,391−0.53%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1971 10,450+0.08%
1981 9,635−0.81%
1985 9,612−0.06%
1990 9,700+0.18%
1995 9,390−0.65%
2000 9,374−0.03%
2005 9,005−0.80%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2010 8,466−1.23%
2015 8,153−0.75%
2016 8,161+0.10%
2017 8,111−0.61%
2018 8,015−1.18%
2019 8,007−0.10%
2020 7,948−0.74%

Geography

Lakes

Photogallery

Twin towns

People from Rheinsberg

References

  1. ^ Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 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. ^ MacDonogh, Giles (1999). Frederick the Great: A Life in Deed and Letters. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 98–129. ISBN 0-312-27266-9.
  4. ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

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