Panketal

{{Infobox German location

|image_coa = Wappen Panketal.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|52|37|59|N|13|33|00|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Panketal_in_BAR.png

|image_photo = Rathaus Panketal 2010.jpg

|image_caption = Town hall

|state = Brandenburg

|district = Barnim

|elevation = 60

|area = 25.84

|postal_code = 16341

|area_code = 030

|licence = BAR

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 60 181

|divisions = 2 Ortsteile

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

|mayor = Maximilian Wonke[https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/bm-wahlen/ergebnisse/~12060000 Landkreis Barnim Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters], accessed 30 June 2021.

|leader_term = 2018–26

|party = SPD

}}

Panketal is a municipality in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 15 km northeast of Berlin (centre).

History

Panketal emerged in 2003 by merging the municipalities Zepernick and Schwanebeck. Since 1996, the population increased by 52.8%.{{cite web |url=http://www.panketal.de/cms/gemeindeinformation/zahlen/index.html |title=Panketal-Zahlen |accessdate=2009-03-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615073120/http://www.panketal.de/cms/gemeindeinformation/zahlen/index.html |archivedate=2009-06-15 }}

From 1815 to 1947, the constituent localities of Panketal were part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1947 to 1952 of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 of the East German Bezirk Frankfurt and since 1990 again of Brandenburg.

Demography

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Panketal.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 Panketal.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 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

{{historical populations

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

|title = Panketal: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)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 | 737

| 1890 | 834

| 1910 | 1911

| 1925 | 4165

| 1933 | 8760

| 1939 | 11538

| 1946 | 12545

| 1950 | 12423

| 1964 | 11905

| 1971 | 11832

| 1981 | 11286

| 1985 | 10972

| 1989 | 10450

| 1990 | 10271

| 1991 | 10283

| 1992 | 10258

| 1993 | 10427

| 1994 | 10713

| 1995 | 11066

| 1996 | 11532

| 1997 | 12683

| 1998 | 13999

| 1999 | 15303

| 2000 | 16064

| 2001 | 16822

| 2002 | 17219

| 2003 | 17625

| 2004 | 18305

| 2005 | 18623

| 2006 | 19022

| 2007 | 19172

| 2008 | 19167

| 2009 | 19179

| 2010 | 19132

| 2011 | 19032

| 2012 | 19249

| 2013 | 19426

| 2014 | 19721

| 2015 | 20131

| 2016 | 20353

| 2017 | 20390

| 2018 | 20519

| 2019 | 20596

| 2020 | 20661

}}

Recreation

In 2006 a ropes course was set up in the district Hobrechtsfelde. The ropes course had some 20 different training units. It was subsidized by Panketal with a total sum of 150,000 €.{{cite web |url=http://panketal.de/cms/tourismus/hochseil/index.html |title=Panketal-Tourismus |accessdate=2009-03-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208151303/http://panketal.de/cms/tourismus/hochseil/index.html |archivedate=2009-02-08 }} It closed early in 2014.

Image:Klettergarten Hobrechtsfelde.jpg|Ropes course in the climbing garden at Hobrechtsfelde

Image:Schwanebeck church.jpg|Church in Schwanebeck

Image:Zepernick Church.jpg|Church in Zepernick

File:Hobrechtsfelde_granary.jpg|Former granary in Hobrechtsfelde

File:Hobrechtsfelde_Aussichtspunkt.jpg|View point in Hobrechtsfelde

References

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