Kloster Lehnin
Kloster Lehnin | |
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Location of Kloster Lehnin within Potsdam-Mittelmark district | |
Coordinates: 52°19′00″N 12°45′00″E / 52.31667°N 12.75000°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Brandenburg |
District | Potsdam-Mittelmark |
Subdivisions | 14 Ortsteile |
Government | |
• Mayor (2016–24) | Uwe Brückner[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 199.30 km2 (76.95 sq mi) |
Elevation | 36 m (118 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 11,317 |
• Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 14542, 14778, 14797 |
Dialling codes | 03382, 033207 |
Vehicle registration | PM |
Website | www.lehnin.de |
Kloster Lehnin, or just Lehnin, is a municipality in the German state of Brandenburg. It lies about 24 km (15 mi) west-south-west of Potsdam.
Overview
Kloster Lehnin was established on 1 April 2002 by the merger of 14 villages:
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The centre of the municipality is Lehnin. It is best known for Lehnin Abbey, the oldest monastery in the Margraviate of Brandenburg, established in 1180 by Margrave Otto I. The adjacent settlement developed about 1415 out of a market held by the monks outside the abbey walls.
Today, this well-maintained area includes the renovated monastery church and other Gothic buildings.
In addition to tourism, Kloster Lehnin's local economy is supported primarily by
- the Evangelical Deaconess House Berlin Teltow Lehnin, a hospital network
- Hansa-Heemann AG, a mineral water and soft drinks company
- Grand River Enterprise, a cigarette company
- Windeck, a metal construction company.
All of these companies are established in the industrial area, Rietz.[3]
Demography
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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)
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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 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)
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Notable people
- Roland Kaiser (1943–1998), actor
- Waltraud Kretzschmar (1948–2018), handball player
- Wolfgang Schmidt (*1966), serial killer
Photogallery
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Church in Göhlsdorf
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Church in Krahne
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Manor house and fire station in Krahne
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Church in Rädel
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Manor house in Reckahn
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Church in Reckahn-Meßdunk
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Listed hotel building in Lehnin
See also
References
- ^ Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters, accessed 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Bevölkerungsstandim Land Brandenburg Dezember 2022" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). June 2023.
- ^ "Kloster Lehnin".
- ^ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons