Beeskow

Beeskow
Town
View over Beeskow
Coat of arms
Location of Beeskow within Oder-Spree district
Beeskow Beeskow
Coordinates: 52°10′N 14°15′E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oder-Spree
Subdivisions	Kernstadt und 7 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Frank Steffen (SPD)
Area
• Total	77.15 km2 (29.79 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	8,210
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15848
Dialling codes	03366
Vehicle registration	LOS
Website	www.beeskow.de

Beeskow (Lower Sorbian: Bezkow) is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, and capital of the Oder-Spree district. It is situated on the river Spree, 30 km southwest of Frankfurt an der Oder.

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 and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Projection by the Brandenburg state for 2005-2030 (yellow line); Projection by the Brandenburg state for 2014-2030 (red line); Projection by the Bertelsmann Foundation for 2012-2030 (green line)

Beeskow: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 6,668 —     1890 6,585 −0.08% 1910 6,408 −0.14% 1925 6,744 +0.34% 1933 7,403 +1.17% 1939 7,128 −0.63% 1946 9,509 +4.20% 1950 9,191 −0.85% 1964 8,667 −0.42% 1971 8,774 +0.18% 1981 9,617 +0.92% 1985 9,749 +0.34% 1989 9,854 +0.27% 1990 9,712 −1.44%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 9,595 −1.20% 1992 9,585 −0.10% 1993 9,415 −1.77% 1994 9,329 −0.91% 1995 9,403 +0.79% 1996 9,549 +1.55% 1997 9,398 −1.58% 1998 9,294 −1.11% 1999 9,100 −2.09% 2000 8,946 −1.69% 2001 8,865 −0.91% 2002 8,756 −1.23% 2003 8,612 −1.64% 2004 8,594 −0.21%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 8,432 −1.89% 2006 8,365 −0.79% 2007 8,314 −0.61% 2008 8,235 −0.95% 2009 8,206 −0.35% 2010 8,120 −1.05% 2011 8,030 −1.11% 2012 7,996 −0.42% 2013 7,981 −0.19% 2014 7,964 −0.21% 2015 8,122 +1.98% 2016 8,099 −0.28% 2017 8,080 −0.23%

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

• Max Seiffert (1868–1948), musicologist, editor of ancient music
• Joachim Mattern (born 1948), canoeist
• Judith Zeidler (born 1967), rower
• Ronny Ostwald (born 1974), sprint athlete

External links

Media related to Beeskow at Wikimedia Commons