Märkisch Linden

Märkisch Linden
Municipality
Gottberg church
Location of Märkisch Linden within Ostprignitz-Ruppin district
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Coordinates: 52°55′00″N 12°41′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Ostprignitz-Ruppin
Municipal assoc.	Temnitz
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Jana Schmidt[1]
Area
• Total	43.92 km^2 (16.96 sq mi)
Elevation	44 m (144 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	1,269
• Density	29/km^2 (75/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16818
Dialling codes	033920
Vehicle registration	OPR

Märkisch Linden is a municipality in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

History

From 1815 to 1945, Märkisch Linden was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Potsdam of East Germany.

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)

Märkisch Linden: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)[3]

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,728 —     1890 1,716 −0.05% 1910 1,542 −0.53% 1925 1,558 +0.07% 1933 1,536 −0.18% 1939 1,454 −0.91% 1946 2,506 +8.09% 1950 2,310 −2.02% 1964 1,637 −2.43% 1971 1,533 −0.93% 1981 1,232 −2.16% 1985 1,144 −1.84% 1989 1,123 −0.46% 1990 1,100 −2.05% 1991 1,091 −0.82% 1992 1,071 −1.83% 1993 1,076 +0.47% 1994 1,092 +1.49% 1995 1,100 +0.73% 1996 1,146 +4.18%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1997 1,169 +2.01% 1998 1,174 +0.43% 1999 1,189 +1.28% 2000 1,216 +2.27% 2001 1,271 +4.52% 2002 1,243 −2.20% 2003 1,247 +0.32% 2004 1,234 −1.04% 2005 1,224 −0.81% 2006 1,235 +0.90% 2007 1,237 +0.16% 2008 1,240 +0.24% 2009 1,241 +0.08% 2010 1,244 +0.24% 2011 1,188 −4.50% 2012 1,193 +0.42% 2013 1,188 −0.42% 2014 1,191 +0.25% 2015 1,178 −1.09% 2016 1,174 −0.34%

References

1. Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin 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