Herzberg (Elster)

Herzberg
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Herzberg within Elbe-Elster district
Herzberg Herzberg
Coordinates: 51°40′59″N 13°13′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Elbe-Elster
Government
• Mayor	Karsten Eule-Prütz
Area
• Total	148.48 km2 (57.33 sq mi)
Elevation	81 m (266 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	8,731
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	04916
Dialling codes	03535
Vehicle registration	EE
Website	herzberg-elster.de

Herzberg (Elster) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district of the German federal state of Brandenburg.

Overview

As of 2004, its population is 10,968 and the mayor is Michael Oecknigk of the Christian Democratic Union.

Villa Marx

Herzberg (Elster) is twinned with the following cities:

• Büdingen, Hesse
• Świebodzin, Poland
• Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
• Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia

From 1939 to 1945 there was the Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster, a huge longwave transmitter, whose mast was the second tallest construction in the world, at Herzberg/Elster. The basement of the mast is still there.

Herzberg Town hall

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)
• 
  Recent population development (blue line) and forecasts

Herzberg (Elster): Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 8,259 —     1890 8,865 +0.47% 1910 8,337 −0.31% 1925 8,250 −0.07% 1933 8,715 +0.69% 1939 9,346 +1.17% 1946 12,457 +4.19% 1950 12,479 +0.04% 1964 11,474 −0.60% 1971 12,091 +0.75% 1981 11,956 −0.11% 1985 11,899 −0.12% 1989 12,229 +0.69% 1990 12,165 −0.52%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 12,075 −0.74% 1992 11,950 −1.04% 1993 12,126 +1.47% 1994 11,955 −1.41% 1995 11,897 −0.49% 1996 11,816 −0.68% 1997 11,801 −0.13% 1998 11,718 −0.70% 1999 11,616 −0.87% 2000 11,380 −2.03% 2001 11,148 −2.04% 2002 11,053 −0.85% 2003 11,046 −0.06% 2004 10,968 −0.71%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 10,930 −0.35% 2006 10,792 −1.26% 2007 10,524 −2.48% 2008 10,275 −2.37% 2009 10,130 −1.41% 2010 9,982 −1.46% 2011 9,461 −5.22% 2012 9,345 −1.23% 2013 9,161 −1.97% 2014 9,127 −0.37% 2015 9,067 −0.66% 2016 9,129 +0.68% 2017 9,087 −0.46%

Sons and daughters of the city

Luise von Francois around 1881

• Louise von François (1817-1893), narrator and writer
• Werner Janensch (1878-1969), paleontologist and geologist
• Steffen Zesner (* 1967), world class swimmer

External links

Media related to Herzberg (Elster) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website Template:De icon