Schorfheide (municipality)
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  Schorfheide | ||
Location of Schorfheide within Barnim district  | ||
| Coordinates: 52°54′N 13°31′E / 52.900°N 13.517°ECoordinates: 52°54′N 13°31′E / 52.900°N 13.517°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Brandenburg | |
| District | Barnim | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Uwe Schoknecht (Free Voters) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 236.79 km2 (91.43 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 9,908 | |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 16230, 16244, 16348 | |
| Dialling codes | 03334, 03335 | |
| Vehicle registration | BAR | |
| Website | Official site (German) | |
Schorfheide is a municipality in the Barnim district of Brandenburg, Germany. It was established in 2003 by the merger of Finowfurt and Groß Schönebeck.
Overview
Schorfheide further comprises the villages of Altenhof, Böhmerheide, Eichhorst, Klandorf, Lichterfelde, Schluft and Werbellin. It is situated immediately west of the district's capital Eberswalde and about 40 km (25 mi) northeast of the Berlin city centre. Schorfheide is the largest municipality of Barnim by area. Large parts belong to the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve.
In the 13th century the Ascanian margraves of Brandenburg built a castle at the southern end of the Werbellinsee. In 1879 Prince Charles of Prussia had the Ascania Tower erected at the site. Groß Schönebeck houses a hunting lodge erected from 1680 on the behest of the Brandenburg Elector Frederick William I of Hohenzollern, tody a museum. From 1950 until 1989 Altenhof was the site of the Pionierrepublik Wilhelm Pieck, a large camp of the Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation.
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)
Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts
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Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.[3]
Twin towns
Korschenbroich, Germany
Mielno, Poland
Carbonne, France
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Boundaries as of 2013
- ↑ Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
External links
Media related to Schorfheide at Wikimedia Commons
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