Gransee
City gate
City gate
Coat of arms of Gransee
Location of Gransee within Oberhavel district
Gransee   is located in Germany
Gransee
Gransee
Gransee   is located in Brandenburg
Gransee
Gransee
Coordinates: 53°00′25″N 13°09′31″E / 53.00694°N 13.15861°E / 53.00694; 13.15861
CountryGermany
StateBrandenburg
DistrictOberhavel
Municipal assoc.Gransee und Gemeinden
Subdivisions13 districts
Government
  Mayor (201924) Mario Gruschinske[1] (SPD)
Area
  Total121.15 km2 (46.78 sq mi)
Elevation
55 m (180 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
  Total5,877
  Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
16775
Dialling codes03306
Vehicle registrationOHV
Websitewww.gransee.de

Gransee (German pronunciation: ['ɡranzeː])[3] is a town in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 20 km south of Fürstenberg/Havel, and 55 km northwest of Berlin. An important monument in the centre of town is the cast-iron and stone Memorial to Queen Luise (Luisendenkmal), which was designed by the German architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel in the neo-gothic style.

A sport airfield is situated in the eastern part of the town. It is one of the major drop zones in the vicinity of Berlin.

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)
Gransee: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)[4]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 5,656    
1890 6,223+0.64%
1910 6,283+0.05%
1925 6,377+0.10%
1933 6,470+0.18%
1939 6,980+1.27%
1946 9,740+4.87%
1950 9,225−1.35%
1964 8,038−0.98%
1971 7,890−0.27%
1981 7,797−0.12%
1985 7,692−0.34%
1989 7,522−0.56%
1990 7,488−0.45%
1991 7,304−2.46%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1992 7,216−1.20%
1993 7,129−1.21%
1994 7,069−0.84%
1995 6,998−1.00%
1996 6,946−0.74%
1997 7,010+0.92%
1998 6,921−1.27%
1999 6,855−0.95%
2000 6,866+0.16%
2001 6,750−1.69%
2002 6,610−2.07%
2003 6,578−0.48%
2004 6,511−1.02%
2005 6,405−1.63%
2006 6,391−0.22%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2007 6,261−2.03%
2008 6,125−2.17%
2009 6,051−1.21%
2010 5,974−1.27%
2011 5,926−0.80%
2012 5,816−1.86%
2013 5,721−1.63%
2014 5,717−0.07%
2015 5,814+1.70%
2016 5,895+1.39%
2017 5,896+0.02%
2018 5,871−0.42%
2019 5,895+0.41%
2020 5,849−0.78%

Local council

The local council has 19 members:

Local elections in Brandenburg May 25, 2014

Photogallery

People

See also

References

  1. Landkreis Oberhavel Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 2 July 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Flächen der kreisfreien Städte, Landkreise und Gemeinden im Land Brandenburg 2021" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2022.
  3. Duden - Das Aussprachewörterbuch, 7. Auflage (German), Dudenverlag, ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4
  4. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
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