Wriezen

Wriezen
Town
Panorama
Coat of arms
Location of Wriezen within Märkisch-Oderland district
Wriezen Wriezen
Coordinates: 52°43′00″N 14°07′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Märkisch-Oderland
Subdivisions	4 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Karsten Ilm (CDU)
Area
• Total	94.54 km2 (36.50 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	7,221
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16269
Dialling codes	033456
Vehicle registration	MOL
Website	www.wriezen.de

Wriezen is a town in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 11 km southeast of Bad Freienwalde.

Demography

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  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)
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  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 2014-2030 (red line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)

Wriezen: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 11,738 —     1890 10,302 −0.87% 1910 10,467 +0.08% 1925 10,364 −0.07% 1933 10,574 +0.25% 1939 10,509 −0.10% 1946 8,731 −2.61% 1950 9,375 +1.80% 1964 8,486 −0.71% 1971 9,168 +1.11% 1981 9,289 +0.13% 1985 9,564 +0.73% 1989 9,300 −0.70% 1990 9,243 −0.61% 1991 9,009 −2.53%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 8,864 −1.61% 1993 8,758 −1.20% 1994 8,690 −0.78% 1995 8,629 −0.70% 1996 8,658 +0.34% 1997 8,720 +0.72% 1998 8,605 −1.32% 1999 8,617 +0.14% 2000 8,519 −1.14% 2001 8,410 −1.28% 2002 8,285 −1.49% 2003 8,250 −0.42% 2004 8,206 −0.53% 2005 8,109 −1.18% 2006 8,105 −0.05%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 7,944 −1.99% 2008 7,809 −1.70% 2009 7,703 −1.36% 2010 7,679 −0.31% 2011 7,487 −2.50% 2012 7,425 −0.83% 2013 7,379 −0.62% 2014 7,328 −0.69% 2015 7,355 +0.37% 2016 7,331 −0.33% 2017 7,259 −0.98% 2018 7,254 −0.07% 2019 7,174 −1.10%

Photogallery

• St. Mary’s Church
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• Haselberg
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  Church
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  Distillery
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  English oak
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  Fieldstone wall
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  Grave of horse Pipifax
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  Sparkasse (Savings bank)

Sons and daughters of the town

• Henning von Boehmer (born 1943), journalist and commercial lawyer, former general secretary of the International Chamber of Commerce - Germany (ICC)
• Cornelia Froboess (born 1943), actress, teen idol and pop singer
• Michael Succow (born 1941), biologist and agronomist, an honorary citizen of the municipality Lüdersdorf / Biesdorf, now district Wriezen

See also

• Berlin Wriezener Bahnhof

External links

Media related to Wriezen at Wikimedia Commons