Liebenwalde

{{Infobox German location

|name = Liebenwalde

|type = Stadt

|image_photo = Kreuzbruch church.jpg

|image_caption = Kreuzbruch church

|image_coa = Wappen_Liebenwalde.png

|coordinates = {{coord|52|52|N|13|24|E|format=dms|display=it}}

|image_plan = Liebenwalde in OHV.png

|state = Brandenburg

|district = Oberhavel

|elevation = 41

|area = 138.84

|postal_code = 16559

|area_code = 033054

|licence = OHV

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 65 193

|divisions = 6 districts

|website = [http://www.liebenwalde.de/ www.liebenwalde.de]

|mayor = Jörn Lehmann[https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/bm-wahlen/ergebnisse/~12065000 Landkreis Oberhavel Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters], accessed 2 July 2021.

|leader_term = 2019–27

}}

Liebenwalde is a town in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, in north-eastern Germany. It is situated {{convert|16|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} northeast of Oranienburg, and {{convert|39|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of Berlin (centre).

History

In 1319, the town was captured by Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg, then in mid-1320 it was captured by Wartislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania, and recaptured by Henry II by the end of 1320.{{cite journal|last=Rymar|first=Edward|year=1979|title=Rywalizacja o ziemię lubuską i kasztelanię międzyrzecką w latach 1319–1326, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem stosunków pomorsko-śląskch|journal=Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka|publisher=Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk|location=Wrocław|language=pl|volume=XXXIV|issue=4|pages=477, 485–486}} Afterwards it passed to the Margraviate of Brandenburg, and from 1373 to 1415 it was part of the Lands of the Bohemian (Czech) Crown.

In 2003, the administrative boundaries were expanded to include Freienhagen, Hammer, Kreuzbruch, Liebenthal and Neuholland.

Demography

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Liebenwalde.pdf|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)

File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Liebenwalde.pdf|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 2020-2030 (green line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

{{historical populations

|align=none | cols=3 | percentages=pagr

|title = Liebenwalde: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Population_projection_Brandenburg Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons]

| 1875 | 4152

| 1890 | 4806

| 1910 | 5314

| 1925 | 4659

| 1933 | 4937

| 1939 | 5236

| 1946 | 6716

| 1950 | 6797

| 1964 | 6089

| 1971 | 5848

| 1981 | 5354

| 1985 | 5189

| 1989 | 5134

| 1990 | 4997

| 1991 | 4883

| 1992 | 4814

| 1993 | 4719

| 1994 | 4709

| 1995 | 4741

| 1996 | 4736

| 1997 | 4693

| 1998 | 4686

| 1999 | 4670

| 2000 | 4670

| 2001 | 4692

| 2002 | 4672

| 2003 | 4661

| 2004 | 4608

| 2005 | 4582

| 2006 | 4548

| 2007 | 4497

| 2008 | 4458

| 2009 | 4390

| 2010 | 4334

| 2011 | 4275

| 2012 | 4229

| 2013 | 4191

| 2014 | 4198

| 2015 | 4261

| 2016 | 4277

| 2017 | 4284

| 2018 | 4296

| 2019 | 4309

| 2020 | 4368

}}

References

File:Liebenwalde Zehdenicker 10.jpg

Category:Localities in Oberhavel