Wandlitz

For the lake, see Wandlitzsee.

Wandlitz
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Wandlitz within Barnim district
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Barnim
Subdivisions	9 Ortsteile mit je einem Ortsbürgermeister
Government
• Mayor	Udo Tiepelmann (SPD)
Area
• Total	164.27 km2 (63.43 sq mi)
Elevation	59 m (194 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	24,104
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16348
Dialling codes	033397
Vehicle registration	BAR
Website	www.wandlitz.de

Castle Dammsmühle in Schönwalde

Wandlitz is a municipality in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 25 km north of Berlin, and 15 km east of Oranienburg. The municipality was established in 2004 by merger of the nine villages Basdorf, Klosterfelde, Lanke, Prenden, Schönerlinde, Schönwalde, Stolzenhagen, Wandlitz and Zerpenschleuse.

The communal government of the Great municipality has its seat in Wandlitz directly. It consists of deputies from the several parts of the commune and in accordance with the election results of the existing parties here.

Demography

The post-war influx of refugees from eastern regions lead to a rise in the population. The population growth stagnated during the communist era. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the population began a rising tendency again.

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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

Wandlitz:
Population development within the current boundaries

Year Inhab. 1875 6868 1890 7474 1925 9309 1933 11069 1939 13163 1946 15674 1950 16180 1964 15851 1971 16415 1981 14762

Year Inhab. 1985 14560 1989 14607 1990 14194 1991 14125 1992 14278 1993 14935 1994 15179 1995 15744 1996 16086 1997 16625

Year Inhab. 1998 17236 1999 17905 2000 18494 2001 18859 2002 19159 2003 19525 2004 19987 2005 20463 2006 20760 2007 21065

Year Inhab. 2008 21237 2009 21530 2010 21704 2011 20775 2012 20945

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

Sightseeing

• Wandlitzsee lake
• The nearby lake of Liepnitzsee
• The Agricultural Museum in Wandlitz-old village (Barnim Panorama)
• The Steam Railway Museum in Basdorf (Heidekrautbahn-Museum)
• The International Museum of Circus Performers in Klosterfelde (Internationales Artistenmuseum)
• Several old churches
• Beautiful lakes in the surrounding area such as Wandlitzsee, Liepnitzsee, Bogensee, Rahmersee, Stolzenhagener See
• In the woods North East of the village Wandlitz is the small Bogensee with a former summer house of Joseph Goebbels, later part of the academy of the Free German Youth organization. Today the area belongs to the Berlin state forests and the buildings are to let.

Culture

• Goldener Löwe Kulturbühne: regular concerts, cabaret, opera, poetry readings, and comedy events.
• Studio of stained glass artist Annelie Grund

Sport & Leisure

• Windsurfing school and board hire on Wandlitzsee lake
• public beach and bathing area on Wandlitzsee
• Horse-riding
• 27-hole golf-course at nearby Prenden

Twin towns

• La Ferrière, Vendée, France
• Trzebiatów, Poland
• Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia

History

Wandlitz was first mentioned as Slavic Vandlice in a 1242 deed, when the Margraves of Brandenburg John I and Otto III sold it to the Lehnin Abbey. The word means men who live at the water. Situated on the Barnim plateau among woods and lakes it became a popular recreation area especially in the 20th century. Since 1901 the Heidekrautbahn railway line links Wandlitz with Berlin.

Development

The townhouse in Wandlitz, former being a private hotel.

The name Wandlitz was and is also often used as a synonym for the nearby "Waldsiedlung" compound, where the highest East German functionaries lived removed from the general population. But this settlement is a part of the town Bernau.

Shortly after WWII, the village was home to an orphanage of children from Berlin. The orphanage, run by nuns, later became a holiday spot for visiting high-ranking Communist party members. The children of the small orphanage were frowned upon as second-class citizens by villagers, and often went hungry.

Pictures from Towns and Villages in Gemeinde Wandlitz

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  Village church of old Wandlitz
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  Catholic church in the new quarter Wandlitzsee (Lake of Wandlitz)
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  Village church on Basdorf village green
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  Old village cottage in Schönwalde
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  Lanke Palace
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  Village church of Schönerlinde
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  Village church of Klosterfelde
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  Village church of Stolzenhagen
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  Village church of Prenden
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  Church in Lanke
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  Obersee in Lanke
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  Information on twin towns

Traffic and Transportation

Wandlitz is situated at the junction of the Bundesstraße 109 to Berlin and the Bundesautobahn 10 (Berliner Ring) with the Bundesstraße 273 leading from Oranienburg to the Bundesautobahn 11. The NEB Heidekrautbahn links Wandlitz with the Berlin-Karow railway station on the Berlin S2 S-Bahn line.

External links

• Heidekrautmuseum Basdorf
• Internationales Artisetenmuseum Klosterfelde
• Agrarmuseum Wandlitz
• Goldener Löwe
• Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn - NEB Heidekrautbahn railway
• Prenden Golf Course