Wusterhausen

Not to be confused with Königs Wusterhausen.

Wusterhausen
Municipality
Church in Nackel
Coat of arms
Location of Wusterhausen within Ostprignitz-Ruppin district
Wusterhausen Wusterhausen
Coordinates: 52°52′59″N 12°28′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Ostprignitz-Ruppin
Government
• Mayor	Philipp Schulz (Ind.)
Area
• Total	195.42 km2 (75.45 sq mi)
Elevation	33 m (108 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	5,854
• Density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16868
Dialling codes	033979
Vehicle registration	OPR
Website	www.wusterhausen.de

Wusterhausen (official name Wusterhausen/Dosse) is a municipality in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in northwestern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the river Dosse, 7 km southeast of Kyritz, and 75 km northwest of Berlin.

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

Wusterhausen/Dosse: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 8,144 —     1890 8,151 +0.01% 1910 7,673 −0.30% 1925 7,912 +0.20% 1933 7,551 −0.58% 1939 7,619 +0.15% 1946 12,264 +7.04% 1950 11,550 −1.49% 1964 8,590 −2.09% 1971 8,338 −0.42% 1981 7,561 −0.97% 1985 7,447 −0.38% 1989 7,414 −0.11% 1990 7,266 −2.00% 1991 7,113 −2.11%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1992 7,146 +0.46% 1993 7,219 +1.02% 1994 7,115 −1.44% 1995 7,097 −0.25% 1996 7,065 −0.45% 1997 6,965 −1.42% 1998 6,878 −1.25% 1999 6,904 +0.38% 2000 6,857 −0.68% 2001 6,730 −1.85% 2002 6,665 −0.97% 2003 6,650 −0.23% 2004 6,621 −0.44% 2005 6,584 −0.56% 2006 6,532 −0.79%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 6,411 −1.85% 2008 6,378 −0.51% 2009 6,251 −1.99% 2010 6,227 −0.38% 2011 6,129 −1.57% 2012 6,017 −1.83% 2013 6,015 −0.03% 2014 5,979 −0.60% 2015 6,013 +0.57% 2016 5,955 −0.96% 2017 5,885 −1.18% 2018 5,807 −1.33% 2019 5,761 −0.79%

People

• Hermann Wagener (1815-1889), journalist and politician

References

Church in Tornow