Rathenow

Rathenow (German: [ˈʁaːtənoː] (listen)) is a town in the district of Havelland in Brandenburg, Germany, with a population of 26,433 (2007).

Rathenow
Church
Coat of arms
Location of Rathenow within Havelland district
Rathenow
Rathenow
Coordinates: 52°36′N 12°20′E
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictHavelland
Subdivisions6 Ortsteile
Government
 • MayorRonald Seeger (CDU)
Area
 • Total105.68 km2 (40.80 sq mi)
Elevation
29 m (95 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total24,208
 • Density230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
14702, 14712
Dialling codes03385
Vehicle registrationHVL (früher: RN)
Websitewww.rathenow.de

Overview

The Protestant church of St. Marien Andreas, originally a basilica, and transformed to the Gothic style in 1517-1589, and the Roman Catholic Church of St. George, are noteworthy.

Rathenow is known for its Rathenow stones, bricks made of the clay of the Havel, and for its spectacles and optical instruments, which are exported.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, it was revealed that the remains of Hitler and his assistants were secretly buried in graves near Rathenow.[2]

Demography
  • Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state)
  • 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)
Rathenow: Population development
within the current boundaries (2019)[3]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 12,443—    
1890 18,841+2.80%
1910 29,125+2.20%
1925 32,056+0.64%
1933 32,779+0.28%
1939 37,449+2.24%
1946 34,005−1.37%
1950 32,254−1.31%
1964 31,083−0.26%
1971 31,834+0.34%
1981 33,952+0.65%
1985 33,312−0.47%
1989 32,721−0.45%
1990 31,945−2.37%
1991 30,959−3.09%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1992 30,973+0.05%
1993 30,729−0.79%
1994 30,649−0.26%
1995 30,498−0.49%
1996 30,277−0.72%
1997 30,066−0.70%
1998 29,688−1.26%
1999 29,285−1.36%
2000 28,811−1.62%
2001 28,476−1.16%
2002 28,000−1.67%
2003 27,558−1.58%
2004 27,230−1.19%
2005 26,973−0.94%
2006 26,640−1.23%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2007 26,265−1.41%
2008 25,791−1.80%
2009 25,515−1.07%
2010 25,301−0.84%
2011 24,348−3.77%
2012 24,253−0.39%
2013 24,164−0.37%
2014 24,127−0.15%
2015 24,387+1.08%
2016 24,243−0.59%
2017 24,309+0.27%
2018 24,309+0.00%
2019 24,208−0.42%

Twin towns — sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Rathenow is twinned with:

Notable residents
Joachim Mrugowsky during the Doctors' trial

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. V.K. Vinogradov and others, Hitler's Death: Russia's Last Great Secret from the Files of the KGB, Chaucer Press 2005, 111. This work reproduces a Soviet map showing that the bodies were buried in a field near the village of Neu Friedrichsdorf, approximately one kilometre east of Rathenow.
  3. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rathenow". Encyclopædia Britannica. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 916.

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