Fehrbellin

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.

Fehrbellin
Coat of arms
Location of Fehrbellin within Ostprignitz-Ruppin district
Fehrbellin
Fehrbellin
Coordinates: 52°47′59″N 12°46′00″E
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictOstprignitz-Ruppin
Government
 • MayorMathias Perschall
Area
 • Total269.06 km2 (103.88 sq mi)
Elevation
40 m (130 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total8,943
 • Density33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
16833
Dialling codes033932
Vehicle registrationOPR
Websitewww.fehrbellin.de

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
  • 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 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)
Fehrbellin: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)[2]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 12,109—    
1890 11,107−0.57%
1910 9,758−0.65%
1925 10,121+0.24%
1933 10,248+0.16%
1939 10,271+0.04%
1946 16,383+6.90%
1950 15,639−1.16%
1964 11,807−1.99%
1971 11,582−0.27%
1981 10,369−1.10%
1985 10,163−0.50%
1989 10,061−0.25%
1990 9,863−1.97%
1991 9,590−2.77%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1992 9,744+1.61%
1993 9,930+1.91%
1994 9,685−2.47%
1995 9,618−0.69%
1996 9,649+0.32%
1997 9,725+0.79%
1998 9,791+0.68%
1999 9,863+0.74%
2000 9,718−1.47%
2001 9,600−1.21%
2002 9,509−0.95%
2003 9,463−0.48%
2004 9,330−1.41%
2005 9,278−0.56%
2006 9,152−1.36%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2007 9,028−1.35%
2008 8,973−0.61%
2009 8,917−0.62%
2010 8,771−1.64%
2011 8,595−2.01%
2012 8,606+0.13%
2013 8,670+0.74%
2014 8,784+1.31%
2015 8,829+0.51%
2016 8,849+0.23%
2017 8,886+0.42%
2018 8,948+0.70%
2019 8,943−0.06%

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

Personalities

References
  1. "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2019". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). July 2020.
  2. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
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