Altlandsberg

Altlandsberg
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Altlandsberg within Märkisch-Oderland district
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Märkisch-Oderland
Subdivisions	6 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Arno Jaeschke
Area
• Total	106.21 km2 (41.01 sq mi)
Elevation	57 m (187 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	9,808
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15345
Dialling codes	033438
Vehicle registration	MOL
Website	www.altlandsberg.de

Altlandsberg () is a historic town in the district of Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated about 22 km (14 mi) east of Berlin.

History

Altlandsberg Church

Altlandsberg was first mentioned in a 1230 deed, it was located at the site of a former Slavic (Sprevane) settlement. The area then was resettled in the course of the German Ostsiedlung, promoted both by the Ascanian Margraves of Brandenburg and the rivaling Margraves of Meissen from the House of Wettin. The town's name may refer to Saxon Landsberg Castle and therefore indicate an establishment by the Wettins. In 1245 the tensions rose to an armed conflict, in which the Ascanians maintained their grounds. From that time on Altlandsberg remained with Brandenburg.

The city was laid out at the behest of the Ascanian rulers, their successor Margrave Louis I from the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach even established a monastery of the Servite Order in 1335, which was dissolved during the Protestant Reformation. Altlandsberg was devastated by the Hussites in 1432, it was affected by several town fires and plague epidemics in the 16th century. The medieval town burnt down completely in 1632 during the Thirty Years' War.

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 (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Altlandsberg:
Population development within the current boundaries

Year Population 1875 3 875 1890 4 214 1910 4 437 1925 6 029 1933 7 094 1939 8 188 1946 9 315 1950 9 326 1964 5 935 1971 5 853

Year Population 1981 5 043 1985 4 942 1989 4 796 1990 4 799 1991 4 768 1992 4 856 1993 4 916 1994 4 963 1995 5 265 1996 5 877

Year Population 1997 6 502 1998 7 044 1999 7 498 2000 7 903 2001 8 092 2002 8 189 2003 8 494 2004 8 645 2005 8 677 2006 8 737

Year Population 2007 8 739 2008 8 769 2009 8 757 2010 8 806 2011 8 723 2012 8 809

Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Friedrich Wilhelm Langerhans (1780–1851), architect and Berlin city planner
• Fritz Kunert (1850–1931), member of parliament (SPD)
• Erasmus Schöfer (born 1931), writer
• Herbert Graedtke (born 1941), theater actor and director

Other personalities who are associated with the city

Friedrich I of Prussia ca 1701

• Frederick I (Prussia)(1657–1713), first king of Prussia, was educated in Altlandsberg
• Gujjula Ravindra Reddy (born 1954), 1993-2003 honorary mayor of Altlandsberg

External links

Media related to Altlandsberg at Wikimedia Commons