Brieskow-Finkenheerd

Brieskow-Finkenheerd
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Brieskow-Finkenheerd within Oder-Spree district
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Coordinates: 52°16′00″N 14°34′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oder-Spree
Municipal assoc.	Brieskow-Finkenheerd
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Horst Siebke[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	13.47 km^2 (5.20 sq mi)
Elevation	35 m (115 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,363
• Density	180/km^2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15295
Dialling codes	033609
Vehicle registration	LOS
Website	www.amt-b-f.de

Brieskow-Finkenheerd is a municipality in the Oder-Spree district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is located near the border with Poland.

History

From 1815 to 1947, Brieskow-Finkenheerd was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg.

After World War II, Brieskow-Finkenheerd was incorporated into the State of Brandenburg from 1947 to 1952 and the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, Brieskow-Finkenheerd is again part of Brandenburg.

Demography

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)

Brieskow-Finkenheerd: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,127 —     1890 1,359 +1.26% 1910 1,582 +0.76% 1925 2,220 +2.28% 1933 2,902 +3.41% 1939 2,942 +0.23% 1946 3,022 +0.38% 1950 3,472 +3.53% 1964 3,592 +0.24% 1971 3,431 −0.65% 1981 2,961 −1.46% 1985 2,753 −1.80% 1989 2,654 −0.91% 1990 2,633 −0.79% 1991 2,571 −2.35% 1992 2,523 −1.87% 1993 2,482 −1.63% 1994 2,535 +2.14% 1995 2,570 +1.38% 1996 2,593 +0.89%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 2,643 +1.93% 1998 2,682 +1.48% 1999 2,679 −0.11% 2000 2,686 +0.26% 2001 2,716 +1.12% 2002 2,662 −1.99% 2003 2,651 −0.41% 2004 2,610 −1.55% 2005 2,585 −0.96% 2006 2,570 −0.58% 2007 2,539 −1.21% 2008 2,524 −0.59% 2009 2,476 −1.90% 2010 2,446 −1.21% 2011 2,388 −2.37% 2012 2,352 −1.51% 2013 2,348 −0.17% 2014 2,317 −1.32% 2015 2,320 +0.13% 2016 2,300 −0.86%

Personalities

• Heinrich Tessenow (1876-1950), architect, designed the settlement Glückauf in Brieskow-Finkenheerd

References

1. Landkreis Oder-Spree Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
2. "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
3. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons