Plattenburg

Plattenburg
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Plattenburg within Prignitz district
Plattenburg Plattenburg
Coordinates: 52°58′00″N 12°01′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Prignitz
Government
• Mayor	Anja Kramer
Area
• Total	200.76 km2 (77.51 sq mi)
Elevation	32 m (105 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	3,319
• Density	17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	19336
Dialling codes	038796
Vehicle registration	PR
Website	www.plattenburg.de

Plattenburg is a municipality in the Prignitz district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is named after the water castle of Plattenburg which is located in the district.

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

Plattenburg: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 6,113 —     1890 5,589 −0.60% 1910 5,592 +0.00% 1925 5,852 +0.30% 1933 5,505 −0.76% 1939 5,384 −0.37% 1946 8,816 +7.30% 1950 8,827 +0.03% 1964 6,571 −2.09% 1971 6,351 −0.49% 1981 5,141 −2.09% 1985 5,265 +0.60% 1989 5,270 +0.02% 1990 5,146 −2.35% 1991 4,973 −3.36%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 4,889 −1.69% 1993 4,933 +0.90% 1994 4,782 −3.06% 1995 4,693 −1.86% 1996 4,600 −1.98% 1997 4,390 −4.57% 1998 4,317 −1.66% 1999 4,197 −2.78% 2000 4,177 −0.48% 2001 4,165 −0.29% 2002 4,134 −0.74% 2003 4,092 −1.02% 2004 4,041 −1.25% 2005 3,977 −1.58% 2006 3,954 −0.58%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 3,867 −2.20% 2008 3,815 −1.34% 2009 3,750 −1.70% 2010 3,712 −1.01% 2011 3,542 −4.58% 2012 3,471 −2.00% 2013 3,449 −0.63% 2014 3,415 −0.99% 2015 3,413 −0.06% 2016 3,412 −0.03% 2017 3,325 −2.55% 2018 3,297 −0.84% 2019 3,274 −0.70%