Herzberg (Elster)

Herzberg

Coat of arms
Herzberg

Coordinates: 51°40′59″N 13°13′59″E / 51.68306°N 13.23306°E / 51.68306; 13.23306Coordinates: 51°40′59″N 13°13′59″E / 51.68306°N 13.23306°E / 51.68306; 13.23306
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Elbe-Elster
Government
 • Mayor Michael Oecknigk (CDU)
Area
 • Total 148.48 km2 (57.33 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 9,067
 • Density 61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 04916
Dialling codes 03535
Vehicle registration EE
Website herzberg-elster.de

Herzberg (Elster) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district of the German federal state of Brandenburg.

Overview

As of 2004, its population is 10,968 and the mayor is Michael Oecknigk of the Christian Democratic Union.

Villa Marx

Herzberg (Elster) is twinned with the following cities:

From 1939 to 1945 there was the Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster, a huge longwave transmitter, whose mast was the second tallest construction in the world, at Herzberg/Elster. The basement of the mast is still there.

Demography

Herzberg (Elster):
Population development within the current boundaries[2]
Year Population
1875 8 259
1890 8 865
1910 8 337
1925 8 250
1933 8 715
1939 9 346
1946 12 457
1950 12 479
1964 11 474
1971 12 091
Year Population
1981 11 956
1985 11 899
1989 12 229
1990 12 165
1991 12 075
1992 11 950
1993 12 126
1994 11 955
1995 11 897
1996 11 816
Year Population
1997 11 801
1998 11 718
1999 11 616
2000 11 380
2001 11 148
2002 11 053
2003 11 046
2004 10 968
2005 10 930
2006 10 792
Year Population
2007 10 524
2008 10 275
2009 10 130
2010 9 982
2011 9 461
2012 9 345

Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2015 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2016.
  2. ↑ Boundaries as of 2013
  3. ↑ Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

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