Halbe, Brandenburg

Halbe, Brandenburg
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Halbe, Brandenburg within Dahme-Spreewald district
Halbe, Brandenburg Halbe, Brandenburg
Coordinates: 52°6′31″N 13°42′3″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Dahme-Spreewald
Municipal assoc.	Schenkenländchen
Subdivisions	3 Ortsteile und 4 Gemeindeteile
Government
• Mayor	Ralf Kunze (Ind.)
Area
• Total	78.08 km2 (30.15 sq mi)
Elevation	35 m (115 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	2,464
• Density	32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15757
Dialling codes	033765
Vehicle registration	LDS
Website	gemeinde-halbe.de

Halbe (Lower Sorbian Łobje) is a municipality in the Dahme-Spreewald district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated near the capital city Berlin and the Spreewald. Four other villages are part of Halbe: Briesen/Brand with the Tropical Islands resorts of Dom, Teurow, Freidorf and Oderin.

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)

Halbe: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 1,573 —     1890 1,807 +0.93% 1910 2,476 +1.59% 1925 2,408 −0.19% 1933 2,422 +0.07% 1939 2,555 +0.89% 1946 3,031 +2.47% 1950 3,007 −0.20% 1964 2,648 −0.90% 1971 2,570 −0.43% 1981 2,264 −1.26% 1985 2,194 −0.78% 1989 2,133 −0.70% 1990 2,119 −0.66%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 2,117 −0.09% 1992 2,098 −0.90% 1993 2,079 −0.91% 1994 2,112 +1.59% 1995 2,105 −0.33% 1996 2,134 +1.38% 1997 2,217 +3.89% 1998 2,262 +2.03% 1999 2,244 −0.80% 2000 2,266 +0.98% 2001 2,267 +0.04% 2002 2,240 −1.19% 2003 2,225 −0.67% 2004 2,360 +6.07%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 2,232 −5.42% 2006 2,219 −0.58% 2007 2,194 −1.13% 2008 2,167 −1.23% 2009 2,169 +0.09% 2010 2,141 −1.29% 2011 2,194 +2.48% 2012 2,208 +0.64% 2013 2,150 −2.63% 2014 2,176 +1.21% 2015 2,615 +20.17% 2016 2,457 −6.04% 2017 2,402 −2.24%

See also

• The Battle of Halbe, which was fought in the last days of the Second World War.
• The Kaiserbahnhof Halbe, which was built for Kaiser Wilhelm I