Oberkrämer

Oberkrämer
Oberkrämer
Municipality
	Church in Vehlefanz
	Coat of arms
	Location of Oberkrämer within Oberhavel district
	Oberkrämer Oberkrämer
	Coordinates: 52°42′N 13°06′E / 52.700°N 13.100°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberhavel
Subdivisions	7 districts
Government
• Mayor (2022–30)	Wolfgang Geppert
Area
• Total	103.67 km2 (40.03 sq mi)
Elevation	54 m (177 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	12,145
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16727
Dialling codes	03304
Vehicle registration	OHV
Website	www.oberkraemer.de

Oberkrämer is a municipality in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. An experimental farm of wind turbines existed between 1941 and 1945 on the 50 m high Matthias mountain in the area.

Subdivisions

Oberkrämer consists of formerly separate municipalities, which as of 31 December 2001 merged with the new municipality of Oberkrämer.

On 27 September 1998, the municipalities of Eichstädt, Neu-Vehlefanz and Vehlefanz merged into the new municipality of Oberkrämer. On 31 December 2001, the municipalities of Bärenklau, Bötzow, Marwitz and Schwante were merged into the municipality of Oberkrämer.

Demography

Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany)
Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2020-2030 (green line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Oberkrämer: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)^[3]

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	3,598	—
1890	4,666	+1.75%
1910	5,453	+0.78%
1925	6,539	+1.22%
1933	7,452	+1.65%
1939	8,627	+2.47%
1946	9,557	+1.47%
1950	10,021	+1.19%
1964	7,797	−1.78%
1971	7,346	−0.85%
1981	6,537	−1.16%
1985	6,278	−1.01%
1989	5,874	−1.65%
1990	5,707	−2.84%
1991	5,578	−2.26%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1992	5,583	+0.09%
1993	5,984	+7.18%
1994	6,350	+6.12%
1995	6,759	+6.44%
1996	7,205	+6.60%
1997	7,931	+10.08%
1998	8,584	+8.23%
1999	9,074	+5.71%
2000	9,457	+4.22%
2001	9,813	+3.76%
2002	10,072	+2.64%
2003	10,298	+2.24%
2004	10,554	+2.49%
2005	10,727	+1.64%
2006	10,812	+0.79%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	10,787	−0.23%
2008	10,754	−0.31%
2009	10,706	−0.45%
2010	10,661	−0.42%
2011	10,399	−2.46%
2012	10,404	+0.05%
2013	10,522	+1.13%
2014	10,603	+0.77%
2015	10,876	+2.57%
2016	11,009	+1.22%
2017	11,210	+1.83%
2018	11,390	+1.61%
2019	11,727	+2.96%
2020	11,833	+0.90%