Wiesenburg

Wiesenburg
Municipality
Location of Wiesenburg within Potsdam-Mittelmark district
Wiesenburg Wiesenburg
Coordinates: 52°07′00″N 12°26′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Potsdam-Mittelmark
Government
• Mayor	Marco Beckendorf (Left)
Area
• Total	218.20 km2 (84.25 sq mi)
Elevation	167 m (548 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	4,253
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	14827
Dialling codes	033849
Vehicle registration	PM
Website	www.wiesenburgmark.de

Wiesenburg (official name: Wiesenburg/Mark) is a municipality in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 11 km west of Belzig, and 46 km southwest of Brandenburg. It is located in the High Fläming Nature Park.

Geography

Since 2000, when 14 surrounding villages voluntarily merged to form the free municipality Wiesenburg/Mark, it has an area of 218.19 km².

These villages became districts (Ortsteile) of Wiesenburg/Mark:

• Benken
• Grubo
• Jeserig/Fläming
• Jeserigerhütten
• Kelpzig
• Lehnsdorf
• Medewitz
• Mützdorf
• Neuehütten
• Reetz
• Reetzerhütten
• Reppinichen
• Schlamau
• Wiesenburg

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)
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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)

Wiesenburg/Mark: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 5,868 —     1890 6,026 +0.18% 1910 6,084 +0.05% 1925 5,915 −0.19% 1933 5,749 −0.36% 1939 5,845 +0.28% 1946 8,761 +5.95% 1950 8,519 −0.70% 1964 7,146 −1.25% 1971 6,691 −0.94% 1981 6,190 −0.78% 1985 6,071 −0.48% 1989 5,794 −1.16% 1990 5,685 −1.88%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 5,582 −1.81% 1992 5,662 +1.43% 1993 5,601 −1.08% 1994 5,600 −0.02% 1995 5,594 −0.11% 1996 5,570 −0.43% 1997 5,564 −0.11% 1998 5,474 −1.62% 1999 5,453 −0.38% 2000 5,435 −0.33% 2001 5,332 −1.90% 2002 5,459 +2.38% 2003 5,420 −0.71% 2004 5,311 −2.01%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 5,181 −2.45% 2006 5,086 −1.83% 2007 5,050 −0.71% 2008 4,935 −2.28% 2009 4,817 −2.39% 2010 4,708 −2.26% 2011 4,594 −2.42% 2012 4,519 −1.63% 2013 4,461 −1.28% 2014 4,413 −1.08% 2015 4,420 +0.16% 2016 4,302 −2.67% 2017 4,271 −0.72%

Politics

Wiesenburg Castle

Barbara Klembt (Left Party) is mayor of Wiesenburg/Mark. In 2001 she was elected for an eight-year-term by the municipal council.

The municipal council has 26 members. The Left Party and the Christian Democrats (CDU) have 5 seats each, the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Farmers Association have 4 seats each. The remaining seats went to small local groups.

Places of interest

Main attractions are Wiesenburg Palace, a medieval castle that has been partially transformed into a neo-renaissance palace and its park.

There is also a set of sculpture walks starting from Wiesenburg, heading towards Bad Belzig.

External links

• Private Website Template:De icon
• Wiesenburg Castle Template:De icon
• Wiesenburg Park Template:De icon
• High Fläming Nature Park Template:De icon
• Bahnhof am Park/Wiesenburg