Lenzen (Elbe)

Lenzen

Coat of arms
Lenzen
Location of Lenzen (Elbe) within Prignitz district
Coordinates: 53°05′28″N 11°28′24″E / 53.09111°N 11.47333°E / 53.09111; 11.47333Coordinates: 53°05′28″N 11°28′24″E / 53.09111°N 11.47333°E / 53.09111; 11.47333
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Prignitz
Municipal assoc. Lenzen-Elbtalaue
Government
 • Mayor Christian Steinkopf (CDU)
Area
 • Total 95.75 km2 (36.97 sq mi)
Elevation 19 m (62 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 2,136
 • Density 22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 19309
Dialling codes 038792
Vehicle registration PR
Website www.lenzenelbe.de

Lenzen (Elbe) is a small town in the district of Prignitz, in Brandenburg, Germany. The town lies to the north of the Löcknitz River, not far from where the Löcknitz flows into the Elbe. It is part of the Amt Lenzen-Elbtalaue.

Overview

Lenzen is situated near the Elbe, approx. 20 km northwest of Wittenberge. It was the scene of the Battle of Lenzen, an early victory by the Germans over the Wends in 929. Frederick Count of Zollern confiscated it from the von Quitzow family in 1420 for their part in the uprising of the Wendish nobility, and mortgaged it to Otto von Blumenthal. He redeemed the mortgage and restored the von Quitzows in 1422.

Another Lenzen is an Old Prussian site in (former) East-Prussia near the Baltic Sea.

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)
Lenzen (Elbe): Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)[2]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 4,619—    
1890 4,403−0.32%
1910 4,065−0.40%
1925 4,167+0.17%
1933 4,069−0.30%
1939 3,980−0.37%
1946 5,309+4.20%
1950 5,389+0.37%
1964 4,258−1.67%
1971 4,038−0.75%
1981 3,503−1.41%
1985 3,390−0.82%
1989 3,293−0.72%
1990 3,255−1.15%
1991 3,100−4.76%
1992 3,133+1.06%
1993 3,084−1.56%
1994 3,067−0.55%
1995 3,008−1.92%
1996 2,985−0.76%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1997 2,986+0.03%
1998 2,926−2.01%
1999 2,916−0.34%
2000 2,830−2.95%
2001 2,766−2.26%
2002 2,750−0.58%
2003 2,707−1.56%
2004 2,661−1.70%
2005 2,622−1.47%
2006 2,554−2.59%
2007 2,519−1.37%
2008 2,453−2.62%
2009 2,381−2.94%
2010 2,363−0.76%
2011 2,319−1.86%
2012 2,293−1.12%
2013 2,251−1.83%
2014 2,209−1.87%
2015 2,219+0.45%
2016 2,160−2.66%

Photogallery

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2017 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2018.
  2. ↑ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

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