Zehdenick

Zehdenick
Town
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Zehdenick within Oberhavel district
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberhavel
Government
• Mayor	Arno Dahlenburg (SPD)
Area
• Total	221.52 km2 (85.53 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	13,283
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16792
Dialling codes	03307
Vehicle registration	OHV
Website	www.zehdenick.de

Zehdenick is a town in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the river Havel, 26 kilometres (16 miles) southeast of Fürstenberg/Havel, and 51 kilometres (32 miles) north of Berlin (centre).

Subdivision

Zehdenick includes the following villages:

• Badingen (b. Zehdenick) (with Neuhof and Osterne), 705 inhabitants
• Bergsdorf, 509 inhabitants
• Burgwall, 263 inhabitants
• Kappe, 195 inhabitants
• Klein-Mutz, 551 inhabitants
• Krewelin, 324 inhabitants
• Kurtschlag, 320 inhabitants
• Marienthal, 462 inhabitants
• Mildenberg, 832 inhabitants
• Neuhof
• Ribbeck, 167 inhabitants
• Vogelsang 104 inhabitants
• Wesendorf, 265 inhabitants
• Zabelsdorf, 291 inhabitants

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)
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  Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

Zehdenick:
Population development within the current boundaries (2013)

Year Population 1875 10 598 1890 12 293 1910 17 117 1925 17 337 1933 18 363 1939 20 247 1946 22 257 1950 22 723 1964 19 215 1971 19 248

Year Population 1981 17 469 1985 17 413 1989 17 249 1990 16 980 1991 16 749 1992 16 545 1993 16 321 1994 16 243 1995 16 077 1996 15 981

Year Population 1997 15 752 1998 15 733 1999 15 594 2000 15 443 2001 15 206 2002 14 993 2003 14 903 2004 14 708 2005 14 607 2006 14 478

Year Population 2007 14 292 2008 14 090 2009 14 033 2010 13 830 2011 13 511 2012 13 471 2013 13 345

Abbey

Zehdenick is the site of the former Cistercian nunnery, Zehdenick Abbey.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Zehdenick is twinned with:

• Siemiatycze, Poland

Notable residents

• Paul Georg von Möllendorff (1847–1901), German linguist and diplomat in East Asia
• Marianne Grunthal (1896-1945), teacher, victim of the SS
• Karl Frenzel (1911-1996), SS-Oberscharführer, participant in the Action T4 and section commander in Sobibor extermination camp
• Sten Nadolny (born 1942), writer
• Sebastian Mielitz (born 1989), soccer player

Photogallery

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  Amtsgericht
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  City church
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  Wentow channel in Marienthal
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  Former brickyard in Mildenberg

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  River Havel in Mildenberg
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  Fortified house and church in Badingen
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  Church in Bergsdorf
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  Church in Kappe

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  Church in Krewelin
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  Church in Kurtschlag
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  War memorial in Kurtschlag
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  Church in Wesendorf

External links

Media related to Zehdenick at Wikimedia Commons