Velten
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{{Infobox German location
|type = Town
|image_photo = Velten church.jpg
|image_coa = Wappen Velten.png
|coordinates = {{coord|52|41|N|13|11|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Velten in OHV.png
|state = Brandenburg
|district = Oberhavel
|elevation = 33
|area = 23.36
|postal_code = 16727
|area_code = 03304
|licence = OHV
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 65 332
|website = [http://www.Velten.de/ www.Velten.de]
|mayor = Ines Hübner[https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/bm-wahlen/ergebnisse/~12065000 Landkreis Oberhavel Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters], accessed 2 July 2021.
|leader_term = 2017–25
|party = SPD
}}
Velten ({{IPA|de|ˈfɛltn̩|-|De-Velten.ogg}}) is a town in the Oberhavel district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 10 km southwest of Oranienburg, and 24 km northwest of Berlin.
History
In 1905 Velten had 38 stove factories that delivered 100,000 tiled stoves to Berlin, making Velten Germany's biggest stove-manufacturer.
Demography
File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Velten.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 Velten.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 = Velten: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)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 | 2712
| 1890 | 6017
| 1910 | 7483
| 1925 | 7646
| 1933 | 7974
| 1939 | 9753
| 1946 | 10301
| 1950 | 10546
| 1964 | 9826
| 1971 | 8959
| 1981 | 7967
| 1985 | 7727
| 1989 | 10848
| 1990 | 10496
| 1991 | 10455
| 1992 | 10385
| 1993 | 10423
| 1994 | 10624
| 1995 | 11136
| 1996 | 11820
| 1997 | 12161
| 1998 | 12013
| 1999 | 11971
| 2000 | 12118
| 2001 | 12044
| 2002 | 11930
| 2003 | 11713
| 2004 | 11475
| 2005 | 11446
| 2006 | 11419
| 2007 | 11502
| 2008 | 11640
| 2009 | 11789
| 2010 | 11858
| 2011 | 11527
| 2012 | 11569
| 2013 | 11569
| 2014 | 11718
| 2015 | 11766
| 2016 | 11815
| 2017 | 11838
| 2018 | 11965
| 2019 | 12179
| 2020 | 12296
}}
Personality
- Erna Gersinski (1896-1964), resistance fighter against Nazism, lived in Velten.
- Martin Männel (born 1988), soccer goalkeeper, played between his eighth and fourteenth year at SC Oberhavel Velten.
- Emma Ihrer (1857–1911), trade unionist, lived from 1887 to 1894 in Velten
References
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External links
- [http://www.velten.de/web/ Official site] {{in lang|de}}
{{Cities and towns in Oberhavel (district)}}
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Category:Localities in Oberhavel
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